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Til Ke Laddu | Sesame Laddu (With Jaggery)

Til Ke Laddu or Sesame Laddu is a traditional Indian sweet made with sesame seeds, jaggery, peanuts and desiccated coconut. These nutty laddus are naturally vegan and are especially prepared during the Makar Sankranti festival.

August 19, 2026
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Thekua Recipe (Chaath Puja Special Sweet)

Thekua is a traditional sweet snack made with whole wheat flour, jaggery, coconut and ghee. The dough is flavored with fennel and cardamom and then deep fried until crisp. It is commonly prepared during the Chhath Puja festival in Bihar and Jharkhand.

August 19, 2026
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Sweet Pongal (Sakkarai Pongal, Chakkara Pongal)

Sweet Pongal is a traditional South Indian sweet dish made with rice, yellow moong lentils and jaggery. It is flavored with cardamom and finished with a tempering of ghee, cashews and raisins. Also called Sakkarai Pongal or Chakkara Pongal, it is commonly made during the Pongal festival.

August 19, 2026
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Sunnundalu Recipe | Urad Dal Laddu

Sunnundalu is a special and unique Andhra festive sweet made with urad dal (black gram), ghee and sugar or jaggery. These protein rich treats are tasty and keeps well for a few days at room temperature.

August 19, 2026
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Suji Ka Halwa | Sheera Recipe

Suji Ka Halwa (also called Sheera) is a classic Indian semolina pudding made with roasted suji (rava/semolina), ghee, sugar, and cardamom, garnished with nuts. This melt-in-the-mouth North Indian sweet is my family’s heirloom recipe; made for decades during festivals, poojas, and special occasions.

August 19, 2026
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Semiya Payasam Recipe (Vermicelli Payasam)

Semiya Payasam is a creamy, fragrant, sweet vermicelli pudding from the South Indian cuisine. It is made with roasted vermicelli (also referred to as semiya), milk, sugar, and flavored with cardamom. It is often garnished with cashews and raisins fried in ghee. This cardamom scented Vermicelli Payas

August 19, 2026
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Semiya Kesari

Semiya kesari is a delicious sweet made with semiya, dry fruits and ghee.

August 19, 2026
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Sattu Ke Laddu | Sattu Ladoo

Sattu ke Laddu are quick and easy ladoo recipe made with roasted black chana flour, jaggery and ghee. Roasted Bengal gram flour or black chickpea flour is called Sattu in the northern and central parts of India, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Moreover this rustic, healthy, age-old flour has

August 19, 2026
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Rava Modak (Stuffed Semolina Modak)

Rava Modak is a Maharashtrian sweet dumpling with a cooked semolina covering and a coconut-jaggery filling. Cardamom adds a warm, aromatic flavor to the stuffing. Since the rava dough is cooked before shaping, these modaks do not need steaming.

August 19, 2026
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Ragi Ladoo

This is a quick, easy and tasty ragi laddu made with three ingredients - ragi, jaggery and ghee.

August 19, 2026
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Rabdi Recipe | Traditional Rabri

Rabdi or Rabri is a traditional North Indian sweet made by slow simmering milk until it reduces, thickens and forms layers of clotted cream (malai). It is lightly flavored with cardamom and saffron, then topped with nuts and dried fruits for added texture and flavor. Serve it chilled as a dessert or

August 19, 2026