By Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe
August 9, 2023
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With the festive season underway, there is also a continued demand for all things sweet. Here are some quick and easy to make dessert options for your sweet tooth that are ideal treats for the festive season.
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Easy to make at home, you can whip up a small batch of peda by bringing together ghee, milk, sugar and flavours of saffron and cardamom in a warm pan.
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Bring together cashews, milk powder and sugar for making this diamond shaped sweet which is a total crowd pleaser. Layer it with silver foil for that halwai-like finish.
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Toss some dates in ghee and fold in roasted, crushed dry fruits. Roll into a cylindrical shape and coat in sesame before cutting into little round discs.
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Make coconut barfi without using a stove by mixing desiccated coconut, sugar and condensed milk. Spread the mixture on a barfi tray and allow it to set before slicing.
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Blend a mix of dry fruits together and add jaggery or sugar for sweetening this delicious mix. Add dates tossed in ghee as a binding agent so that the ladoos hold their shape.
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Make this quick recipe using full fat milk, crushed paneer, sugar and some condensed milk. Add saffron strands, cardamom powder and rose water for a delicious aroma.
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If you have roasted rava at home, mix it with some ghee and powdered sugar for a quick rava ladoo recipe. Add milk to bring the mixture together and some raisins for flavour.
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This refreshing dessert contains crushed paan, desiccated coconut and condensed milk. Gulkand placed in the centre before rolling makes for a sweet surprise inside!
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Put a somewhat instant spin on the traditional mishti doi recipe to make sweet curd by whisking in sugar or jaggery in fermented curd and adding cardamom powder for aroma.
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Do away with elaborate contraptions and make a simple halwa by melting jaggery in ghee and adding some wheat flour until it is blended into a smooth, dense dessert.
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