Sweets, desserts and chai
Besan barfi recipe: roasted chickpea-flour fudge at home
A besan barfi recipe with three ingredients and a slow ghee roast. Amounts in grams and cups, setting and cutting tips, and fixes for raw taste or a runny set.
Sweets, desserts and chai
Plain-English guides to mithai such as barfi, rasgulla, jalebi and gulab jamun, plus kulfi, kheer, lassi and chai, and how each is made.
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Sweets, desserts and chai
Mawa barfi: what the milk-solid fudge is and how it is made
Mawa barfi is an Indian fudge of reduced milk solids and sugar. Learn how khoya is made, how mawa barfi differs from kaju and besan barfi, and how to store it.
Sweets, desserts and chai
Rasgulla: the spongy syrup-soaked cheese dumplings explained
Rasgulla is a Bengali and Odia sweet of soft chhena balls in light sugar syrup. See how it is made, how it differs from gulab jamun, and how to serve it.
Sweets, desserts and chai
Indian sweets (mithai): the main types and how they differ
Indian sweets (mithai) explained: milk fudges, syrup sweets, laddus and nut sweets, how they differ, and how to pick a mixed box without guessing.