Tag Archives: Festival
Diwali Special : Snacks and Sweets
Happy Diwali to All Of You Diwali, the festival of lights has started. Wow!! Dussehra and then Diwali; Navaratri, Golu, Community gatherings – all these have filled the month of October with lots of fun and family events. This year has passed so quickly. I just love this festival of lights. I feel… Read More
Karanji
Karanji is a Maharshtrian dessert prepared during festival season mostly during Diwali. Karanji is the Marathi word of Gujia. It is filled with Khoya or Coconut. I made the filling with coconut. For filling: Desiccated coconut- 1 cup Sugar- 1 cup Sooji/ Semolina- 1 tablespoon Cardamom powder- ¼ teaspoon Raisins- optional Chironji- optional (chironji… Read More
‘T’ is for Teaching our tradition
Culture grows on the vine of tradition (Before I write, just to let you all know that I have written this article last year for Austin newsletter after Makar Sankrant. So, I am posting the same with some changes. Hope you will like it.) One of my previous articles “Be Their Role Model”… Read More
Til Burfi/Tilaachi Vadi/Sesame Fudge
Til-Gul Ghya, God God Bola With the new calender year, we look for January 14th, when the first Indian festival of the year is celebrated. Sankrant also known as ‘Makar Sankrant’ (Maharashtra), Pongal (Southeren states), Lohari (Panjab), Bihu (Assam). It is the festival to celebrate the harvest season. This time the Sun enters the Zodiac… Read More