Treat a Week Recipes

Badaam paak is a North Indian sweet commonly served on auspicious occasions.  I made it recently for a Diwali celebration. ...

We are well into the summer wedding season in North America.  In many cultures, weddings are associated with particular foods.  In Mex...

This is my first post in 2012 – it’s been a busy year so far! While I continue to cook fairly regularly, my blogging has lagged as I’ve ...

Lapsi is a sweet North Indian pudding or porridge similar to the semolina pudding (siro or sooji halwa) I featured previously on this blog...

This is one of my favorite Indian mithais (literally ‘sweets’). It seems to be Gujarati in origin since most of my Indian friends have nev...

Millet is possibly the first domesticated cereal grain. Recent evidence suggests that it has been grown in East Asia since 8000 BC and was ...

In a previous posting I mentioned semolina pudding (also called siro or sooji halwa ) which is a common treat in South Asia. This pudding ...

Pistachios are native to Iran, Turkey, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan and the first archeological record of their consumption dates to 6760BC...

Samosas are wildly popular among Indians and are commonly served as appetizers or snacks. They are also loved by non-Indians, which makes t...

Ondhwo is one of my comfort foods. It’s a flavorful Gujarati cake often served as an appetizer or tea-time snack. Although baked, it invol...

I made this burfi (as well as the treat featured last week) in celebration of Divali, the Hindu New Year or Festival of Lights. Accordi...

Before you dismiss this recipe, remember that maple sugar is also tree sap. This recipe uses one of the most unusual ingredients that I’ve ...

Although I’ve featured over one hundred recipes on this blog, this is one of the few that resembles what I grew up eating for dinner on a re...

This is a recipe from my father’s childhood. It comes from the Nanwalla Mithai shop , a store that sold Indian sweets in Dar es Salaam, Tanz...

My summer wedding season is now in full swing. It began two weekends ago with an Indian Hindu-Christian union in San Francisco, continues...

Growing up, nan khatai were one of my favorite treats. I couldn’t resist their rich, buttery sweetness, especially hot from the oven. I rem...

Growing up, we often served channa bateta (which literally translates as chickpeas and potatoes) with chevdo , a spicy snack mix, that add...

I was recently at the opening night of a new exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago . “Cézanne to Picasso” features paintings once owned o...

This is a perfect treat for Valentine’s Day. It is sugary sweet, smells like roses and pink ! It is also ideal for sweethearts with food all...