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Paal Payasam - Milk based Sweet for Diwali

Paal payasam is also known as Milk Kheer.This is a traditional dish in the Indian subcontinent.It is a rice pudding typically made by boiling rice with milk and sugar. It is often flavored with cardamoms, saffron, pistachios or almonds that have been soaked overnight and made into fine paste.

Mysurpa / Mysore Pak

How many of you have seen folks from Coimbatore talking in awe about the famous MysorePak from the great Sri Krishna sweets, Coimbatore? If I remember my childhood correctly, the traditional Mysore Pak made in South Indian marriages used to be slightly hard. Sri Krishna sweets came out with a totally soft, delicious mouth watering version, which changed my illusion of this sweet. Unlike others they claimed their product has been ‘made only with pure ghee’. Mysurpa became one of my favourite sweets only after tasting this Sri Krishna Sweets product which easily melts as soon you put it in your mouth.



I followed the recipe from Mahanandi. I learnt from a few other places that we can add milk too as one of the ingredients. I personally don’t prefer to add milk as I wanted to refrigerate and preserve the sweet for a longer period. As said in the recipe, you need to make sure that you use the freshest ingredients possible. Also be sure to wait until you see the pores coming up before you switch off the stove and take away the vessel else you may end up with a dish which gives the raw smell of the flour.


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Sandesh / Bengali Sweet made from paneer

This was another recipe I made last weekend from the paneer prepared at home. Sandesh is a Bengali sweet and I have got a taste for Bengali and Maharashtrin sweet from my neighbors. I definitely can blame my sweet tooth, but after they introduced me to so many sweets I can ever resist myself nowadays from making one a week.
This is a quick fix for a sweet when there are guests over for dinner. Make the paneer the previous day and freeze a part of the paneer for a dish the next day. With the other half prepare this sweet and refrigerate, it will definitely be a hit in any party.

When preparing the dish, precaution should be taken that all the water from the paneer should be extracted while preparing the paneer. This can be done by placing a heavy vessel on the top of the paneer and pressing it as hard as possible. Nidhi gupta has suggested not to heat the paneer and sugar mixture, but I heaed the mixture for about 2 -3 minutes in a heavy bottomed non stick pan. Then while removing from heat add a bit of rose water or rose essence to get the flavor, as the store brought ones. If you want your sandesh to be colorful add kesari powder or dissolve saffron threads in the rose water and add it to the mixture. Make the sweet into desired shapes of your choice and refrigerate.

Serve sandesh when it is cold and fresh.


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Rava Kesari

Rava kesari is a common dessert as a part of an Indian meal, made with semolina or rava with sugar. You can add either orange color or saffron can be added which gives a beautiful color to the dish . At times sugar is added to the boiling water and then the rava is added and mixed, but if the sugar is added at an earlier stage the sugar melts and the consistency becomes a bit hard. If the sugar is added after the rava is semiccooked then you get a perfect soft kesari. Enjoy the kesari as a dessert along with any meal.


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Kajaalu / Sweet made with Maida in sugar syrup

This is an easy to make sweet with all purpose flour and can be stored for a while. The recipe tastes good with ghee rather than with Vanaspati. You can also substitute water with milk while making the dough, or use equal amount of milk and water while kneading the dough. If there is very less time to fold the dough to the shape shown in the picture try cutting it into small rectangular shapes and follow the same procedure.


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