Tag: desserts

Til Bugga (Sesame Sweet)

Til Bugga (Sesame Sweet)

Til Bugga is a healthy and tasty winter dessert that is a popular sweet eaten during makarsakranti (a hindu festival). Til or sesame is a rich source of calcium and jaggery powder is known to purify blood, improve digestion and relieve constipation.

Modak or Ukadiche Modak Recipe

Modak or Ukadiche Modak Recipe

History and Origin Name and Meaning Modak is a steamed dumplings stuffed with coconut and jaggery with a rice flour dough outer layer. In Marathi, these sweet dumplings are called Ukadiche Modak and Kozhukattai or Kolukattai in South India. Steamed or Ukadiche Modak is the 

Burmese Pathein Halwa

Burmese Pathein Halwa

The Pathein Halwa is a traditional Burmese dessert. It was first sold in Bassein (now Pathein), a delta valley town in the 1930s.

Eggless Vanilla Dry Sponge Cake

Eggless Vanilla Dry Sponge Cake

History and Origin Sponge Cake is a light cake made with egg whites, flour and sugar, sometimes leavened with baking powder. Sponge Cake when leavened with beaten eggs, originated during the renaissance, possibly in Spain. Ingredients 1 cup all purpose flour 3/4th cup sugar 1