…and festive occasions. We love to enjoy our wine with slices of rich fruit cake and welcome our guests with cake and wine. Sharing with you two gorgeous beauties… Pineapple and Beetroot Wine which my family loves and which was long overdue. So happy that we can all celebrate and enjoy the festivities with our loved ones. Cherish and share the warmth and spirit of Christmas and the entire festive season with homemade fruity wine. Cheers!! A Very Bl…
…et me know. I have used dry blueberries and blueberry crush for this cheesecake. It turned out really well and made it a celebratory cake for my 5th Blog Anniversary. It is a pleasure to share all the lovely food that excites me; especially all the Goan food that we relish each day and with enthusiasm look forward to share many more. Even though we love all cuisines and I keep posting them; Goan Cuisine tops the list for us. How many of my Goan re…
…ne. Christmas, New Year, Easter and Weddings have the customary Rich Fruit Cake on the sweet table. Goans are proud to serve their special Fruit Cakes loaded with fruit soaked in alcohol which includes the good old Candied Ginger and Citrus Peels and it is the King of their sweet festive platter. Store bought ones are so expensive and sometimes it may not be available. There is no need to buy and your search ends here when you take that much neede…
…ngs to catch up on my to-do list. But I always use the almond paste for my cakes which is the uncooked recipe. Check out the Batternburg Cake with Almond Paste and Sugar Paste. This time I just thought it necessary to post my cooked Marzipan recipe for Easter Eggs on my blog for my family and for all those who would like my favorite recipe which has always been a great success. I am not much into decorating Easter Eggs with royal icing as we are n…
…Roce Cookies, Bolinhas, Neurio, Kulkuls, Kormolas, Baath Cake, Rich Fruit Cake… all these delectable sweets are already on this space and now… another addition to the (Kuswar) Goan festive sweet table… PINACA! So here is the recipe if you would like to try. I used a cookie stamp just to remember my childhood days. Feel free to make designer ones or the traditional classic ones. 🙂 Just look at the picture… don’t they look pretty. Ingredients…
…to utilize it in desserts. I have already posted the Pineapple Upside down Cake and Fresh Pineapple Cream Cake. I make so many delicious eats with the pineapple but forget to click pictures quite often. Sheera or Suji Halwa is so popular among Indian desserts and is mostly enjoyed at breakfast or at tea time. It is a must offering at puja and also many celebratory functions. Pineapple Sheera is loved by many and is very popular in most Indian home…
…and freeze. To Freeze Pesto: Pour the pesto sauce in ice trays, top with olive oil, cover with cling film and freeze. Once frozen, remove the cubes, store in a zip loc bag, label with date and the weight of each cube of pesto and re-freeze. Thaw the required cubes of pesto when ready to use….
Khaman Dhokla is a traditional Gujarati savory snack. It is a steamed cake made of chickpea flour/gram flour which is rich in proteins & carbohydrates. It is typically served at breakfast or dinner as part of a Gujarathi Thali. It also makes a great tea time snack or even to serve at kids’ parties. Years ago I would enjoy this lovely Khaman Dhokla which was prepared on a cart in a by lane on M.G.Road in Pune. There would be a large crowd eac…
…ese traditional goodies. 😀 For the Filling: 1 cup fresh Coconut (grated) 1 cake Goa Pyramid Jaggery or to taste (scraped with a knife) 1 tbsp. White Poppy Seeds (Khuskhus) ¼ cup broken unsalted Cashewnuts (roughly chopped) ¼ cup Raisins 5 pods Green Cardamom (powdered) A pinch of Salt To prepare the Filling : Lightly pan roast the poppy seeds on very low flame till the rawness disappears & you start getting a good aroma. Do not brown. In a suf…
…overnight. To Glaze : Melt the prepared glaze in the microwave. The cheesecake should be frozen for glazing. Rub off ice crystals on the surface if any. Defrost for a few minutes. Retain the spring form. Pour the chocolate mirror glaze evenly on the surface. Reserve excess glaze; properly covered in the fridge for future use. Chill the cheesecake until well set. Release from spring form pan. Transfer on a serving platter. Decorate, slice and serv…