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Eggless South African Donuts – Eggless Donuts with Cardamom & Coconut

December 19, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Donuts are my kyrptonite and these Eggless South African Donuts have my heart. These are slightly different from the American donuts. They are sweet, spongy and pillowy, spiced and traditionally dipped in sugar syrup. SO GOOD!

Eggless South African Donuts - #EgglessDonuts with Cardamom & Coconut

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Food feeds the soul. To the extent that we all eat food, and we all have souls, food is the single great unifier across cultures. On a larger scale, food is an important part of culture. Traditional cuisine is passed down from one generation to the next. It also operates as an expression of cultural identity. Immigrants bring the food of their countries with them wherever they go and cooking traditional food is a way of preserving their culture when they move to new places.

Being in America has opened up a pandoras box of global cuisine. What stays the same though is the extent to which each country or community’s unique cuisine can reflect its unique history, lifestyle, values, and beliefs. As the world becomes more globalized, it is easier to access cuisines from different cultures….

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Filed Under: Baking, Bread, Breakfast, Dessert, Entertaining, Fried Foods, Fusion, International Cuisine, Sweet, Sweets Tagged With: African donuts, Breakfast, donut, donuts, eggless donuts, fried donuts, South African Koeksister, south african recipes, spiced donuts

Creme Brûlée Linzer Cookies

December 12, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Theses Creme Brûlée Linzer Cookies will become your  absolute cookies ever! These gorgeous and easy cookies are buttery, flaky shortbread filled with thick custard and the torched sugar makes it heavenly. A Class dessert turned into a Christmas Cookie Classic!

Creme Brûlée Linzer Cookies #lizercookie #christmascookiephotography #cremebruleecookies

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“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale

It’s the time to be jolly, the time to shine, to give and to hold.

It’s a choice to be in the moment and to somehow find a balance between happiness and melancholy. Some moments are never planned out, some paths are taken and then we see where it leads us.

This year has taught us to live in the now. To be and to live, simply….

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Filed Under: Appetizer, Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Dessert, Entertaining, Sweet, Sweets Tagged With: Christmas, christmas baking, Christmas cookies, Christmas treats, creme brulee, creme brulee cookies, cutout cookies, dessert, easy cookies, linzer, Linzer Cookies, sandwich cookies

Red Velvet Thumbprint Cookies with Cream Cheese and White Chocolate

December 7, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Red Velvet Cookies are a must make for Christmas. Baking and holiday season is  upon us and I’m so happy to be bring this festive recipe for you. Buttery pillows of rich dreamy thumbprint cookies topped with cream cheese and white chocolate mixed in with cashews.

Red Velvet Cookies with Cream Cheese white chocolate #christmascookie #redvelvetcookies

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Red velvet cookies or cake is definitely one of the most festive looking treats for Christmas and the holidays.   It’s the sweet marriage of cream cheese and vanilla with a little cocoa for good measure. She’s beautiful, dramatic, and completely topped with  cream cheese and white chocolate frosting. This is my favorite.

These cookies are a blend of my two favorites, chocolate and vanilla. In my opinion red velvet shouldn’t be overpowered with chocolate. Red velvet desserts to me is a combination of vanilla and chocolate….

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Filed Under: Almonds, Bake with Kids, Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Dessert, Sweet Tagged With: bake treats, baking, Christmas, Christmas cookies, cookie, cookies, red velvet, red velvet cookies, valentines cookie, valentines treat

Gluten free Best Tahini Brownies with Peanut Butter

December 4, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

The BEST brownie recipe! These Tahini Brownies have a crispy top and edges, fudgy middles, and rich chocolate flavor, these homemade brownies will disappear in no time. Double the recipe!

 Best Tahini Brownies with Peanut Butter #tahinibrownies #brownie

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I’ve been making  “homemade brownies” that were average for years, until I found the perfect recipe.  Anytime I made homemade brownies, I wanted them to be just like the ones I ate made by my team member for Thanksgiving for the old age home – super fudgy, moist, and chocolaty, with crispy edges and crackly tops. They were the best, I’d sneak a few to bring home for the boys. And Grace graciously would box a few for me. She said the recipe came from a friend and almond butter made it ever so perfect….

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Filed Under: Bake with Kids, Baking, Cake, Chocolate, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, Dessert, Gluten Free, Sweet, Sweets, Walnut Tagged With: baking, brownie, brownies, Christmas cookies, Christmas Desserts, cookies, dessert, easy desserts. baking, walnut brownies

Badam Anjeer Roll/ Fig Almond Burfi/Anjeer Burji/Anjeer Barfi

November 5, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Anjeer roll has many names: fig roll, anjer barfi or badam anjeer roll, it is a treat that’s pleasing to the eyes, deliciously moist, tender and nutty with a hint of rose, cardamom. And it can be made at home easily. This stuffed fig roll is naturally sweet from the figs and is refined sugar free. Perfect for a diwali platter or sweet gift box.

Badam Anjeer Roll/ Fig Almond Burfi/Anjeer Burji/Anjeer Barfi #diwalisweets #anjeerroll

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Diwali is the Festival of lights, family and lots of food!
It is one of the most popular festivals in India, if not the most. There are many stories linked to the reasons behind the celebration. Growing up, Diwali for me was all about new clothes, fun with family, food and FIRE CRACKERS(it was like the July 4th in India).

Ladies would start making savory and sweets a week before the big day.  Snacks would be stored in big steel boxes.  Cleaning was a big part, painting the home, changing linens, it was all chaotic. Shopping for clothes was also so much fun.  The stores would be so crowded that we hardly had space to turn around.

We might not be celebrating how we did back then, but I love to make sweets and savory snacks and give it to friends.

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Filed Under: Almonds, Cookies, diwali, Entertaining, Festival Food, Indian, INDIAN SWEETS, Snacks, Sweet, Sweets, Thanksgiving, VEGETARIAN Tagged With: almond burfi, anjeer barfi, anjeer burfi, anjeer burfiburfi, diwali easy sweets, diwali snacks, diwali sweets, fig almond barfi, fig barfi, fir roll, marzipan, sugar free treat, sweets

sweet bonda -Vada in Coconut Milk

October 20, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Sweet Bonda- soft spongy Urad Dal Vada soaked in sweetened coconut milk. It’s a heirloom recipe of a very culturally rich small community of a district in Tanjore/Thanjavur. Perfect Navratri Sweet.

Sweet Bonda - Urad Vada in Coconut Milk (Tanjore special) #navratrisweets #indiandessertJump-to-Recipe

The memories of this sweet bonda traces back to when I was about 14-15 yrs. Back road drives, our yearly trips with aunts, uncles and cousins.

That year we visited Tanjore, South India. Tanjore is known for many things: It’s paintings, the very popular temples that were build during the Chola empire, and their hospitality. How can I forget the food?!  To this day, Thanjavur and it’s food has stuck with me. We stayed at my mom friend’s home. A traditional home with thatched roofs, inviting thinnai and beams that were intricately carved out of teak wood. There are not enough synonyms to describe how varied their food is and how very delicious it is.

Reaching Tanjore past midnight, we went straight to bed after a few minutes of obligatory talk….

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Coconut, Dessert, diwali, Entertaining, Festival Food, Indian, INDIAN SWEETS, Lentils, South Indian, Sweet, Sweets, Veg, Vegan, VEGETARIAN Tagged With: easy desserts, easy sweet, medu vada, navratri sweet, navratri sweets, southindian sweet, sweet bonda, sweet dishes, traditional dessert, traditional desserts, traditional sweet, urad dal vada, vada, vegan, vegan dessert, vrat food

Sesame Apple CAke

September 28, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Thinly sliced sweet apples run through this tender, fluffy and buttery Sesame Apple Cake. This apple cake screams simplicity and comfort, a cake that is not overtly sweet and so so satisfying.

Sesame APPLE CAKE #applecake #cakephotography #bestapplecakeJump-to-Recipe

That abundance mentality vs scarcity mentality. We are human, we want it all. Recognition, success, respect, money – these are all things that most of us dream of having in abundance on a daily basis.

Steven Covey in his book Seven Habits of highly successful people coined this well.

_________”Most people are deeply scripted in what I call the Scarcity Mentality. They see life as having only so much, as though there were only one pie out there. And if someone were to get a big piece of the pie, it would mean less for everybody else.

The Scarcity Mentality is the zero-sum paradigm of life. People with a Scarcity Mentality have a very difficult time sharing recognition and credit, power or profit – even with those who help in the production. The also have a a very hard time being genuinely happy for the success of other people.

The Abundance Mentality, on the other hand, flow out of a deep inner sense of personal worth and security. It is the paradigm that there is plenty out there and enough to spare for everybody. It results in sharing of prestige, of recognition, of profits, of decision making. It opens possibilities, options, alternatives, and creativity.”_____

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Filed Under: Almonds, Bake with Kids, Baking, Cake, Dessert, EGG, Entertaining, Sweet, Sweets Tagged With: apple, Apple Cake, apple dessert, autumn cake, cake, cakes, dessert, indian cakes, Indian Dessert, Nuts cake, sesame cake

Sweet Paratha stuffed with nuts

August 27, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Sweet Paratha. Flaky buttery paratha stuffed with nuts, spiced with cardamom and saffron is topped with sweet condensed milk. Divine and irresistible. Perfect as a sweet treat, a great snack, and offering during festivals.

Sweet Paratha stuffed with nuts #paratha #breadphotography

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WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, mom made an array of quick sweet treats for a junk loving household. Although my dad was very health conscious, sweets was his weakness. He would skip a chapathi, but eat that sweet poli, or mom’s classic gulab jamun. Sweets were not a rare appearance like many homes. Mom made her famous sweet dosa, sweet pongal, pal poli, sweet paniyaaram for breakfast, and evening snacks were the classic traditional ones. When special occasions came by, there were the pricey nuts involved and more ghee, of course.

Being a working mom, she never made us feel like she was busy,  she made sure to pamper us with the most delicious food and quality family time. I didn’t have to pester her a lot, a request or an order sometimes, and anything we asked was ready in minutes. Although there were so much sweets, she’d balance it out with all the veggies she snuck in into our diets. Smart lady!

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Filed Under: Bread, diwali, Festival Food, Nuts, Sweet, Sweets, Veg, Vegan, VEGETARIAN Tagged With: Diwali, diwali food, diwali sweet, festival food, flatbread, ganesh chathurthi, ganesh pooja, ganesha festival, nuts, Paratha, parathas, poli, pura poli, roti, Sweet bread, sweet flatbread, sweet roti

Modak/Kozhukkatai/Sweet dumplings with sesame and coconut

August 18, 2020 By Asha Shivakumar

Modak/Kozhukkatai, a sweet dumpling served on the auspicious day of the birth of Ganesha, the elephant GOD. It’s nutty, sweet and with a drizzle of ghee, it’s irresistible.

Modak/Kozhukkatai/Sweet dumplings with sesame and coconut #modak #kozhukkataiJump-to-Recipe

You are what you eat, so eat something sweet!

He sits majestically, adorned with flowers and a spread of Modak, laddos, corn, puffed rice and vada is abundantly piled on a silver platter and placed in front of him. The moment we dread, with tears: mom dad and myself have to bid him goodbye for a year. Dad does the aarti, and we take him to do visarjan( leave him in water}.  Sighs. It’s a sad few moments.

Morning starts off real early, 5.00 a.m to be exact. A bath and new clothes, a brass plate in hand, dad and I get ready to go bring Ganesha from commercial street. A place where my grandfather and his father got the custom made Lord that’s made out of a mould, and liberally sprinkled with gold dust….

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Filed Under: Coconut, Dessert, diwali, Entertaining, Festival Food, Gluten Free, Indian, INDIAN SWEETS, sesame, Sweet, Sweets, Veg, Vegan, VEGETARIAN Tagged With: coconut kozhukattai, coconut modak, dumpling, ellu kozhukkatai, festival food, Ganesha, kozhukkati, modak, modakam, steamed modak

12 BEST Christmas COOKIES

December 16, 2019 By Asha Shivakumar

“I am still convinced that a good, simple, homemade cookie is preferable to all the store-bought cookies one can find.”James Beard
Here are my top 12 best Christmas cookies. Treat your family to exotic Moroccan cookies to Pizzelles, classic shortbread, addictive coffee cardamom cookies, Indian bakery cookies, Persian cookies, butter cookies and a gluten free amaretti cookies.  All my favorite and I hope you enjoy them.
12 BEST Christmas COOKIES12 BEST Christmas COOKIES #christmascookiesBaking Christmas Cookies is one of the holiday traditions I look forward to the most! MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

‘Tis the season for Christmas cookies, sweet and spicy scented Pizzelles smiling back at us, buttery melt in your mouth shortbread cookies and holiday cookie decorating parties!

Christmas cookies are a wonderful way to share your own Christmas traditions with friends and family throughout the holiday season. From cookie platters at your holiday parties to getting together to virtual cookie parties , Christmas cookies are loved by everyone!…

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Filed Under: Almonds, Bake with Kids, Baking, Chocolate, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, Cookies, Dessert, Sweet Tagged With: Almond cookies, butter cookies, Christmas, Christmas cookies, coffee cookies, cookie, cookies, Indian cookies, Kaak, khaak, pecan cookies, persian cookies, pizzelles, shortbread

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