This year for Diwali/ Deepavali, I had made a baked version of almond burfi and my friends loved it during a potluck dinner. After a friend asked me for the recipe recently, I finally made it again to finally document the recipe and share it. It is almost Christmas now, so there is more opportunity
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Happy Deepavali/ Diwali!! I’m here again with a new Diwali sweet to celebrate the festival of lights this year. Mung dal or lentil needs no introduction. It is widely used in various dishes in India and desserts make no exception.  This year, I wanted to make a really quick gluten-free sweet and settled on a
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Happy Diwali/ Deepavali!!! One of the advantages of being a food blogger is that one will always get inspired to try new things in the kitchen. Yes. Having connected with other food bloggers, it is hard to just sit there and watch as your friends are posting new recipes for Diwali. With three days to
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The Indian festival of Navaratri is here! I regularly make sprouted black eyed bean sundal during this time. Here is the way to prepare a sweet and a savory version of this protein-rich snack: Black eyed peas are one of the easiest beans to soak and sprout, next to mung beans. If you can get
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It is Krishna Janmashtami, or the birthday of Lord Krishna tomorrow. I am here with an easy and healthy way to prepare his favorite sweet rice flour balls, shallow-fried with just a Paniyaram or Aebleskiver pan. Yes, and no compromise in taste! It is advisable to use only oils with a high smoke point for
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  Yes! Believe it or not, these soft and chewy gluten-free cookies are super easy to make.  Made with 90% nuts that are activated by soaking- not your conventional method of making a cookie. Read on to find out how these beauties can be made easily in no time (except for soaking, of course!).  
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Here’s a healthy snack that I made for Diwali this year! Tagging this to Meatless Monday, the initiative to eat more vegetarian meals. Flourless, no deep-frying, just steam cooked lentil cakes mixed with jaggery or unrefined sugar. I learned this recipe from my mother-in-law this summer and we all fell in love with it. You
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Celebrate Father’s Day with DFT Team with healthier and diabetes friendly desserts, this week. “Kesari” is the ubiquitous dessert that you would find at any south-Indian celebration. The easy-to-prepare sweet is made with rava or semolina. Adding pineapple is a variation that adds a new dimension to the flavor taking it to a new level.
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Tomorrow is the south-Indian festival of Karadaiyan Nonbu (or vratam in Sanskrit). A traditional festival observed by many Indian families. The women pray for the health and longevity of their husband while younger girls pray for getting a good spouse. It used to be exciting to sit with our mother and other elder ladies in
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  I’m so excited to be participating in the Virtual Vegan Potluck,a yearly online party for vegan-friendly bloggers. This is their 5th Potluck party and the first one for me! Annie, the blogger at An Unrefined Vegan organizes this event and my entry is in the Desserts category. Do check out the other entries using
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