Palada pradhaman that also goes by the name palada payasam is a Kerala style pudding made from milk ...
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Muhallabia – Middle Eastern Milk Pudding
Muhallabia, also spelled as Mahalabia is a delectable milk based, rose flavoured Middle Eastern dessert. This rich, creamy and delicately flavoured treat is a perfect indulgence when you are in the mood to celebrate. I would say that this dessert is ideal for festive occasions such as Eid, which by the way is right around the corner, so I am hoping that this recipe comes handy to many of you hunting for dessert recipes. Over the years, I have slowly begun to like just a few Middle Eastern desserts, most others I will pass because I find them tooth tingling sweet. Probably why I haven’t attempted to try them out at home but perhaps will try them sometime in the future if I am able to tone down the sweetness to my level of liking.
Ragi Chocolate Cake – Gluten Free
Like I’ve always said before I don’t bake as much as I used to because I eat up more of the baked goodies than anyone else does. However, sometimes there are some recipes that I come across that simply coax me into baking. This lovely recipe was shared by Laveena Pinto, a member of the food group I run on Facebook. Her original recipe was a cardamom flavoured ragi (finger millet) cake but I decided to adapt it and tweak it into a chocolate cake as I wasn’t sure if my kids would receive a ragi cake well. It was easier to deceive them with some chocolate in it and trust me, they had no idea that it was a gluten free cake. I used Laveena’s basic recipe and added a few ingredients to it to mask the deep, earthy…
Gadbad – A Layered Ice Cream + Video! To Celebrate 10 Years of Blogging!!
Most Mangaloreans I know love ice cream. From a particular ice cream parlour in Mangalore. A visit to this place is on the wish list of every Mangalorean visiting their hometown. Non-Mangaloreans who happen to be in our beautiful coastal town don’t miss enjoying some ice cream here either. The most popular of the lot is this wonderful, slender, clear glass layered with three different kinds of ice cream along with a mish-mash of dry fruits, nuts, fresh fruit, jelly and well, my most favourite – falooda sev or simply put, vermicelli or noodles made out of cornstarch. This my dear friends is called the ‘Gadbad’, which perhaps is the most common sight and probably the most ordered treat at Ideal’s Cream Parlour and Pabbas (owned by the same person) in Mangalore. From what I have heard, this parfait of…
Kadgi Gashi – Tender Jackfruit Curry
Sometime last month during the festival of Vishu our supermarket was flooded with tender jackfruits. Kadgi as we call it in Konkani is a favourite at home but we don’t buy it often as finding the perfect size of the fruit has always been a challenge. Then comes the cleaning which is a bigger task by itself, perhaps a deterrent why so many people don’t bother to cook it at all. However, since we are die hard lovers of traditional Mangalorean food, we make it a point to buy the raw jackfruit at least once every year. Our go to recipe is the kadgi sukhi which is raw jackfruit sauteed with garbanzo beans (black chana). This time I decided to search for some new recipes and found the Konkani style gashi (curry) recipe in many food groups on Facebook. I…
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Nivole (Aromatic Coconut & Carom Seeds (Ajwain) Curry) ~ Mangalorean Post Natal Recipe #2Hello my lovelies! I’m back after a much needed break a.k.a sick leave as I was a bit under the weather and busy too with everything and nothing. While I am glad that I’ve been able to get back to blogging after such a long time, I feel sad that …