Eggless Bread pudding with custard sauce | easy dessert recipes

Bread pudding with vanilla custard sauce is a wonderful dessert. It can be done with easily available ingredients like bread, milk, sugar and custard powder. If you are looking for an easy eggless dessert recipe then this this eggless bread pudding recipe is the one you should try. It has been in my to do list for a long time. Today actually i planned to post a paneer recipe, but changed my mind and posted this easy and yummy dessert. Next to shahi tukda this is another exotic dessert made with bread. Try this easy dessert at home this weekend and let me know how it turned out.

CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM RECIPE | HOME MADE EGGLESS CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM | NO ICE CREAM MAKER

Valentines Day is more special to me, as our son Varun was born on the same day. He is turning 8 this year and he wanted me to make Chocolate ice cream for his birthday.  I made it yesterday evening and it turned out very well . I have tried mango ice cream , strawberry ice cream but this is the first one i have tried without condensed milk. But to my surprise it was very creamy. I adapted the recipe from here, which i bookmarked a long back. Try this chocolate ice cream this Valentine's day and  surprise your spouse. This ice cream requires no cooking. Even you can engage your kids in making this ice cream too.

KAAPARISI RECIPE | A TRADITIONAL SWEET

Kaaprisi is a traditional sweet made in our home during the naming ceremony of the new born child . Generally we do the Punyavachanam (naming ceremony) for the baby on the 11th day from the day it is born. Kaaparisi we make and give for all ladies along with the haldi kumkum (vettathallai pakku). This is made with rice and jaggery which has a crispy texture, roasted dal and coconuts adds extra taste to this. During my India trip i asked my mom for the recipe and  she instructed me the method and i made this kaaparisi under my mom's supervision.

KOVIL SAKKARAI PONGAL RECIPE | PONGAL FESTIVAL RECIPES

Pongal festival 2014 is celebrated tomorrow. I have already posted sakkarai pongal recipe which is  my mom's version. She always adds milk to sakkarai pongal but most of the traditional Kovil sakkarai pongal will not have milk in it. Though i don't like the addition of pacha karpooram(edible camphor) and cardamom powder, generally they are added in sweet pongal.
Update (13 - 1- 2017)
This sakkarai pongal post is updated with video on how to make pongal in Pressure cooker. You can use the same method for making in pongal paanai. If using mud pot, wash it nicely and soak in water for 24 hours. Wash again, wipe it and spread few drops of oil on the inside of the pot and leave it for 3 hours. Then wash it and start using the pot.
WISHING ALL OF YOU A VERY HAPPY PONGAL 
Check out my

• Samba wheat sakkara pongal
• Ven pongal recipe

KALKANDU PONGAL RECIPE | PONGAL FESTIVAL RECIPES

Pongal festival is coming next week and it is the first traditional festival of Tamil people in the year 2014. Though we make Sakkarai Pongal  for pongal festival, this kalkandu pongal we make on the next day of pongal along with variety rice. My mom makes it very well and during my trip to India i took a pack  of kalkandu |rock candy from my mom , which was bigger in size . I made kalkandu pongal yesterday and it tasted just out of the world. Try out this creamy, milky pongal .
I used the big rock candy. If using the small kalkandu the measurement  for 1/2 cup rice add 1/2 cup of kalkandu.

INDIAN KULFI ICE CREAM RECIPE | EGGLESS ICE CREAM RECIPES

Wishing you all a very Happy New year 2014. Let this new year brings lots of abundance and joy in your life. Kulif ice cream i was planning to post to post for a long time . While i was scheduling clicks to post during my vacation time in chennai, suddenly i realized ,New year will be coming in between and for that i want to post a Sweet recipe. Suddenly Kulfi came into my mind and a reader also requested for this recipe long back. So made Kulfi ice crema just before the day we are about to leave from home and clicked it. the ice cream turned out super creamy and everyone loved it a lot.
Celebrate this New year with Kulfi Ice cream and see you soon with more interesting recipes.

CHOCOLATE MOUSSE RECIPE | EGGLESS CHOCOLATE MOUSSE RECIPE

Chocolate  Mousse recipe without eggs or gelatin, i wanted to try for a long time and finally i tried 2 weeks back at home as a dessert when i invited few kids after their exams got over. I made a kids meal which i will be posting this weekend. I made this Chocolate Mousse for dessert. All the kids enjoyed it very much. Make this easy dessert this Christmas. Wish all my readers a Merry Christmas.
 See you soon with more interesting recipes soon. Right now i am staying in my mom's place and for the first time clicking from here. Making some new recipes from here, learning many new recipes from my mom and my mom's sisters who are here with me.
This recipe i have adapted from Here.

CARROT BURFI RECIPE | EASY DIWALI SWEETS RECIPE

After the very successful attempt of trying out the BADAM BURFI I wanted to try out the carrot burfi. To add more happiness, this carrot burfi turned out fantastically well and it took 15 minutes for me to finish making Burfi. It tasted awesome and my daughter Varsha who is a perfect taste maker, raised her thumbs on the very first bite.  If you are new for making sweets for the first time, this burfi is definitely an easy sweet to try out for this Diwali. So lets move on to the recipe of carrot burfi – Easy  Diwali Sweet. Recipe updated with Video now

MAKKAN PEDA RECIPE|DIWALI SWEET RECIPES |WITH INSTANT GULAB JAMUN MIX

Makkan peda is a famous sweet from North Arcot District of Tamilnadu. As it is the native town of my in laws side i have heard about this sweet a lot. Generally it is made out of Khoya, as how we make KHOYA JAMUNS and it is stuffed with nuts. But i wanted to try out this with Instant gulab jamuns mix. As i know, in many housed Gulab jamun is a compulsory one for diwali and so give it a slight variation and try out this Arcot famous Sweet Makkan peda for this Diwali.



PREPARATION TIME:20 MINUTES . COOKING TIME: 30 MINUTES . YIELDS: 14 PEDAS

INGREDIENTS:

GULAB JAMUN MIX	1 CUP
SUGAR	1 AND 1/2 CUP
MILK	3-4 TBLSP
BAKING SODA	A PINCH
DRY FRUITS*	2-3 TBLSP
WATER FOR SUGAR SYRUP	1AND 1/2 CUPS
OIL	TO DEEP FRY
GHEE	1-2 TSP

*I added pista,cashew nuts,pumpkin seeds. I finely chopped the nuts.

METHOD:

• Chop the nuts finely. Sieve the jamun mix and add the baking soda to this.

• Use milk to knead the jamun mix into a soft dough without any cracks.
• cover this and keep it aside for 10 minutes.
• In a pan add the sugar and water. Heat this till the sugar dissolves.
• When the sugar gets completely dissolved switch off the flame.

• Now start making jamuns. Take a small lemon sized portion of the jamun dough and grease your hands with ghee. Roll this into a smooth ball and place a hole in the center.

• Place some chopped nuts into this and close the stuffing like how we do for modak.

• Meanwhile heat the oil for deep frying. When it is hot, bring down the flame to low.
• Flatten the stuffed jamun like a peda. Fry this in a very low flame and drain excess oil in a kitchen towel. The jamuns tend to expand in oil adn  even after putting in syrup. so make it bit small.

• Repeat the same for the rest of the dough. Keep the dough covered all the time till u make the pedas.
• Now heat the sugar syrup again for 2 minutes.
• Switch off the flame and soak these jamun balls in the syrup for 2 hours.
• I forgot to click the pictures of peda in soaked syrup.
• Serve chilled or as it as. 
• Garnish with some nuts while serving.          

NOTES:

• Always keep the jamun dough covered to avoid drying and getting cracks.
• You can add raisins ( dry grapes) in the stuffing.
• Always ensure that the sugar syrup is warm while adding the fried balls.

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BADAM BURFI RECIPE | QUICK DIWALI SWEETS RECIPES | ALMOND FUDGE RECIPE

Recipe of badam burfi - With video

Badam burfi is an easy and quick diwali sweet recipe which my mother in law generally makes for diwali , but she makes it out of cashew nuts. Burfi is a compulsory one which they make at home for Diwali. As i have already posted KAJU KATLI recipe i wanted to try out burfi with badam | almonds. Bookmark this badam burfi recipe to try out for Diwali 2013 which falls on Nov 2 .
Check out my Full collection of diwali recipes too.