Dates with heavy loads of assorted chopped nuts with slight tinge of milk fat makes this chewy healthy halwa. The conistency is similar to halwa but can be shaped to your choice, so call it whatever you want it to be.....we at home call it Date Domino's

Dates & Nut bar / Dates Roll / Dates & Nut halwa / Dates Laddu / Ladoo / Dates squares / Date Domino's

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Kulfi is a dense frozen dessert made with milk. It can be flavoured in numerous ways most popular being the kesar, pista, badam and mango. Unlike ice cream this is not whipped so its melting point is very high and also texture looks similar to thick dense custard.

Pista Kulfi / Malai kulfi / Qulfi / Frozen custard / dessert / Ice cream

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Semolina (rawa) kesari is simple South-Indian dessert mainly prepared during festive and special occasions. Adding fruits make it even tastier and here's one with Pineapple being our key guest ingredient.

Pineapple Kesari / Rawa Kesari / Kesari Bhath / Fruit Kesari / Kesari / Sujji / Rava / Sooji / Soji

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Madatha Kaja is a famous sweet item from Andhra, quite similar to our Badusha except involves little extra rolling and folding.

Madatha Kaaja / Khaja / Madata kaja / Kaja roll / Madatha Kaja / Andhra Pradesh / Telugu / Desserts / Sweet Rolls / Sweet Maida Kaja

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Laddus made with besan boondi soaked in sugar syrup, this item needs no introduction.... you have exact measures and pictorial steps to walk you through.... grab your pots and pans and start making these laddus.

Boondi Laddu / Besan Boondi laddu / Laddu / Sweet Boondi Laddu

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Lassi is a traditional North Indian yogurt based smoothie. Sweetened version of this is made with fruits and honey. Here is one such smoothie with Mango being the highlight.

Mango Milk Shake / Mango Smoothie / Lassi / Mango

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Pista flavoured khoya /mava shapped in the form of rolls.

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This post is created just to show the shaping technique, so pls check Chandrakala for the full recipe.

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South Indian stuffed sweet turnovers, similar to Surat Ghari. Though is called Chandrakala (Crescent Moon shape) in Southern parts, its nothing but the Ghari which we get in Western parts of India. Very famous in Surat, Gujarat and hence, its also known as Surati Ghari. Each region has it own unique stuffing and decorations, but most common form is sweetened khoa with nuts and raisins. Here is my version of typical South Indian style Chandrakala.

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Khoya / Mawa, is a dairy product used as a base for making many sweets and gravies. Milk is boiled and reduced to semi- solid state, which looks like a thick sticky mass. Based on the consitency, khoya can be classified into 3 types.

1. Firm Khoya / Bhatti - Milk boiled and reduced to a thick paste and later molded to make it firm, used for burfis.

2. Soft Khoya / Chikna - Milk boiled annd reduced to a sticky paste, used for halwas.

3. Granulated Khoya / Daan-e-daar - Milk boiled and curdled and then reduced to thick mass, used for certain sweets like kalakand and mawa laddus.

Making home made Khoya / Mawa / Khoa (unsweetened) is easy and economical but time consuming.

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