Although India can’t boast a refined baking tradition, it doesn’t mean you’ll be left without a dessert 🙂 Although the majority of local sweets are either fried or prepared by evaporating sweetened milk, it’s also possible to find some really delicious cakes. It wasn’t always like this though. When I first came to India almost ...read more »
For Indians, any festival is incomplete without sweets. And when it comes to celebrating Diwali or the festival of lights, one can hardly think of a sweeter occasion. Diwali is one of the major celebrations of India which signifies the triumph of good over evil, happiness over sadness, and light over darkness. To commemorate this ...read more »
When I look through my recent posts, I can't help thinking that my blog slowly but steadily turns into a culinary website: I've been talking about chai, fried bananas, kulfi... Actually I'm not much into food and cooking, but it's such a strong part of the Indian culture that one simply can't avoid it. And ...read more »
India is not a country where you can get a large variety of dairy products. I think you can hardly count them on the fingers of one hand. That's why I was so surprised to discover kulfi ice-cream - a dessert with an absolutely heavenly taste!` I suppose the main difference of this ice-cream from ...read more »
You know that feeling of joyful expectation just before Christmas? Something like that I'm experiencing at the moment - the grandest Indian festival, Diwali, is just a weak away. I know I have very little to do with it, but when the whole city is GETTING READY, selling lanterns, decorations, fireworks and lights, it's impossible ...read more »