Mawa and Kaju Ladoo with Gulkand Centre (No-Bake Diwali Sweet)
Soft mawa and cashew ladoos with a surprise gulkand and nut filling. A quick, no-bake Diwali sweet for gifting.
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3-Ingredient Chocolate Coconut Balls (No-Bake Diwali Treat)
No-bake chocolate coconut balls with just 3 ingredients: coconut, condensed milk and chocolate. An easy, pretty Diwali treat for gift boxes.
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Coconut Ladoo with Condensed Milk (Easy Diwali Sweet)
Soft, easy coconut ladoos with condensed milk: just 5 ingredients and about 30 minutes. The perfect homemade Diwali sweet and gift.
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Eggless Rasmalai Tres Leches Cake (Diwali Fusion Cake)
A soft eggless cardamom sponge soaked in saffron rasmalai milk, topped with nuts and rose petals. A rich Indian fusion cake for Diwali.
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Eggless Paan Cake (Indian Fusion Cake for Diwali)
This eggless paan cake has all the flavours of a meetha paan after a festive meal: fresh betel leaves, gulkand, fennel seeds and sweet supari, baked into a soft green cake topped with pistachios and rose petals. It is my fun Indian fusion dessert for Diwali. A sweet paan after a big festive meal is…
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Rose Pistachio White Chocolate Fudge (No-Bake Diwali Sweet)
This rose pistachio white chocolate fudge is my favourite no-bake Diwali sweet. It needs just white chocolate and condensed milk, a little rose water and pistachios, no oven, and it makes the prettiest homemade Diwali gift. It is a fusion of a classic fudge and our Indian barfi: creamy and melt-in-the-mouth, with the fragrance of…
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Eggless Gulab Jamun Cake (Diwali Fusion Cake)
This eggless gulab jamun cake tastes just like the gulab jamuns we all grew up with: soft and spongy, fragrant with cardamom, saffron and rose, and soaked in a light rose syrup. It is my favourite fusion cake for Diwali. I first made this cake for Holi, but honestly, you don’t have to wait for…
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How to Store Pantry Staples: 5 Common Mistakes & Easy Fixes
Most pantry staples don’t spoil from age. They
spoil from air, moisture, heat and light. Here is
what goes wrong with whole wheat flour,
chickpea flour, nuts, spices and cocoa powder,
and exactly how to store each one, whatever your
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Why Your Cake Sinks in Humid Weather (And How to Fix It)
There is a particular kind of heartbreak that only a baker knows. You’ve done everything right. The batter was silky. The oven was hot. Outside, the monsoon is doing its beautiful, dramatic thing — that first proper rain after a long summer, the smell of wet earth drifting through the kitchen window, a cup of…
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The Art of Slow Living in a Busy World
My life isn’t slow — I film, I write, I’m building a house, I bake for a living. Yet the slowest things I do are the ones that hold my days together. A reflection on chai, kitchens, poetry, and living fully inside a busy world.
