Anshu's Food Odyssey

Rasgulla  or Roshogulla is one sweet delicacy which is synonymous to the Indian state of West Bengal. The soft and spongy cottage cheese dumplings cooked in sugary syrup, make for an ultimate delight for all those with a real sweet tooth. Though this palatable Bengali dessert is quite common and is easily available in every sweet shop throughout India, yet nothing can beat the satisfaction which you get making it with your own hands. But let me tell you, making this dessert demands a lot of patience and skill. I tried making the rasgullas couple of times, but every time the result was a disaster; either my rasgullas turned out to be flat, remained uncooked from inside or turned out to be hard with a thick sugar syrup coating. After about 5 to 6 tries and after seeing couple of recipes on the internet, finally I got what I was waiting for, the perfect spongy rasgullas with a juicy inner core. I flavored them with a little saffron that made them all the more delectable. One can...

When festive season is knocking the doors and you are living out of India, few things that you surely miss are all that glitter of the decked up markets, the hullabaloo of the festive noises reverberating in the air and off-course, an infinite range of those lip-smacking mithais, without which the celebrations for us Indians are absolutely incomplete. It's been 2 years since we moved to Singapore and this food blogging bug bit me; and since these two years around September-October I gear up to try my hands at some of the traditional Indian sweets which have been part of our celebrations since ages. This Gram Flour - Semolina Fudge was one of the initial few sweets that I tried after moving here; a variant of traditional Besan Ladoos , they are absolutely lip-smacking with semolina lending them a beautiful texture and crunch. If you too are looking for some easy Indian sweet recipes to try out this festive season, this barfi recipe is certainly a keeper. Do try it out and let me...