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This year Christmas was extra special for more than one reason. It's the first one after our marriage and my brother was with me for Christmas after 6 yrs. I made all the goodies during the week after I got back from work. Some of the recipes are from other fellow bloggers. Sharing with you all a few pictures and a recipe. Clockwise from top: Farsi Puri, Rawa Ladoo, Fruit cake, Seven Cup Sweet, Murukku, Kaju Katli and Boondi Ladoo in the center Farsi Puri Rawa Ladoo Fruit Cake Seven Cup Sweet Murukku Kaju Katli Boondi Ladoo My Christmas Goodies Seven Cup Sweet Ingredients: Coconut (shredded) - 1 cup Besan - 1 cup Ghee - 1 cup Sugar - 3 cups Milk - 1 cup Method: Fry besan in a tawa on low heat for about 5 minutes till the raw smell disappears. Add shredded coconut and fry for another 10 minutes in low heat. Increase the heat and add milk and sugar and mix well. Stir till all the sugar melts and then slowly add ghee in spoonfulls till it is completely absorbed. Stir till the...

WISHING YOU All A MERRY CHRISTMAS

This is a very easy and quick recipe. It takes about 20min and tastes great. I try to avoid readymade sauces as much as possible and hence this simple marinara tastes fresh and delicious. It is also free of any preservatives that are usually found in store bought sauces. Ingredients: Angel Hair Pasta - 8 oz Tomatoes (diced and stored in juice) - 1 can Basil (dried) - 1 tbsp Carrots (sliced) - 2 Capers - 1 tbsp Onion (chopped) - 1 Garlic (finely chopped) - 6 Olive oil - 3 tbsp Salt - as needed Pepper - as needed Chilli flakes - 1 tsp (optional) Method: Heat olive oil in a pan and add chopped onions and garlic. Once the onions turn translucent add sliced carrots and cook on medium heat. After about 5 minutes add the diced tomatoes along with the juice and let it cook in medium heat, till the tomatoes turn mushy (about 15 min). Add capers, dried basil, chilli flakes, salt and pepper and leave it on low heat. In the meantime cook the pasta according to the directions on the package. Rememb...

Here is my first entry to the JFI-Chocolate event . I've never made a dish for any other event this fast. Now I am sure you guys will accept that I am obsessed with chocolate. My boss usually brings us some treats during the holiday season and last year he brought this fudge. They tasted wonderful and my husband and I liked it a lot. I've been bugging him ever since for the recipe. Unfortunately his wife misplaced the recipe. I decided to Google for the recipe and found the one I liked, here . I omitted the nuts as the one I tasted last year was without the nuts. This tasted exactly like the one my boss brought last year and this year I packed some for him, as a pre-Christmas treat. It is a very easy no bake recipe and takes about 5 minutes to prepare and 2 hours to set. The fudge was chewy and soft and the cranberries complemented the white chocolate perfectly. Ingredients: White Baking Chocolate (chopped into smaller pieces) - 12 0z Sweetened condensed milk - 2/3 cup Cranberr...

Its my turn to host this month's JFI(Jihva For Ingredients). This event was started by Indira of Mahanandi and you can read all about it here . After much thinking (who am I kidding), I decided on this month's special ingredient. Full credit goes to my husband for suggesting this. Its my most favorite ingredient and I think it holds true for most of you out there. Both kids and adults love it. I have not come across anyone who hates it. There are people who like it, some who love it and then there are people like me who adore it. Yes this month's special ingredient is CHOCOLATE. For the last few months, every time a JFI ingredient was announced, I would hope that it isnt chocolate. I am glad that I got to choose this as my ingredient. You can say that I am obsessed with it. I love chocolate in any form or shape. We have all heard and read a lot of contradicting reports about its health benefits (dark chocolate is considered the best), but no one has challenged its taste and...