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  Tutti frutti are bright coloured (red, green or yellow) sweet in taste, small cubical pieces made from raw papaya. These tutti frutti are used in cakes, cookies, ice cream and in desserts. Tutti frutti can also be prepared from watermelon . The sweet red flesh part of watermelon is very popular but actually the whole part of watermelon is edible including its rind.  Watermelon rind can be used for making tutti frutti. Peel and discard the green part from the watermelon rinds using a sharp knife. Then make small cubical pieces of it. Use any colour of your choice. Here I have used orange food colour and the final product is just awesome. Get the full recipe below : Also try : Watermelon Juice Watermelon Ice Pops Watermelon Ice Cubes Easy Tutti Frutti Recipe Made From Watermelon   🔪Preparation Time :  30 minute ♨Cooking Time :  30 minutes 🕞Total :  1 hour  INGREDIENTS: 1 watermelon (1 kg weight)  2 cups of water  2 cups of sugar ...

Curd is a very healthy diary product that we should include in our diet everyday. Chocolate curd  is a simple recipe where cocoa powder or chocolate are added in curd to make it flavourful. Curd is a very popular dairy product that is produced by coagulating milk in a process called curdling. The bacteria used to make curd is called lactobacillus. The milk used to make curd is basically cow milk, as cow milk is commonly available. Curd can also be made from buffalo milk and goat milk. Curd in Assamese is called  Doi and in Hindi is called Dahi and is very popular across the Indian subcontinent. Consuming curd can lead to many health benefits as curd ontains calcium, magnesium, potassium, vitamin B12, vitamin B2, good bacteria etc. As curd contains lots of calcium, it can help maintain healthy bones and teeth. Vitamin B12 may helps in protecting hearth diseases. Manganese and potassium are the minerals that can help regulating blood sugar. Good bacteria helps in boos...

Banana cake is a cake where bananas are used as a primary ingredient. You can use leftover ripe bananas to make this cake. It's a very easy recipe. Banana cake is a soft, sweet and moist cake that everybody likes. Mashed bananas are mixed with other cake ingredients to make it more sweet and flavourful. Simple Banana Cake Recipe  📎 Course :  Dessert  📎Cuisine :  Continental  🔪Preparation Time :  15 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  35 minutes 🕞Total :  50 minutes INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida) 1/2 cup powdered sugar  1/2 cup unsalted butter or refined vegetable oil  2 large ripe bananas  1 tbsp baking powder  2 tbsp tutti frutti  METHOD: Mash the bananas using mixer grinder.  In a large bowl beat eggs.  Add unsalted butter or vegetable oil. Mix well.  Add mashed bananas. Mix well.  Add maida, baking powder and powdered sugar. Mix everything well to m...

I made caramelized pineapple today. Pineapple is a tropical fruit with an incredibly delicious taste. It has many health benefits too. Pineapple originated from South America and during summer it is widely available in my place. Packed with various vitamins and minerals, pineapple can be consumed by making different recipes. It can be consumed raw as well as cooked, by making salsa, juice and many more. Caramelized pineapple recipe is a very easy pineapple recipe. You only require just 3 ingredients to make this recipe: pineapple slices, sugar and butter. Here I used few basil leaves and Italian seasoning for an extra flavour. Try this recipe this Sunday and serve it as a dessert. Caramelized Pineapple Recipe  📎 Course :  Dessert  📎Cuisine :  Continental  🔪Preparation Time :  10 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  10 minutes 🕞Total :  20 minutes 🍴Servings :  4 INGREDIENTS: 1 pineapple  4 tbsp sugar  2 tbsp ...

Mango yogurt is a simple homemade mango dessert recipe which can be prepared with just 4 ingredients. An easy summer dessert which you can serve to your guests this summer. As the season of mango is on, I prepared this mango yogurt dessert today. Mango and hung yogurt is blend into a smooth puree and then chilled. Garnish with chopped cherries before serving. Mango Yogurt Dessert  INGREDIENTS: 1/2  cup hung yogurt  1 ripe mango (big)  2 tbsp sugar  1 tsp cardamon powder  2 tbsp of chopped cherries  METHOD: Wash mango and peel. Make small cubes. Now in a blender jar take mango cubes, hung yogurt, sugar and cardamon powder. Blend again into a smooth puree.  Transfer the liquid into a airtight container Close the lid and place in the freezer for 6 hours. After 6 hour take out the container from the freezer and garnish with chopped cherries.  Enjoy! 

  A carrot cake is a cake that contains carrots.  The recipe of carrot cake is not a new one.  The origin of carrot cake is a disputed one. It may be England, French or Switzerland that claim its origins.  The carrot cake were made for childrens specially for birthdays. Modern carrot cakes are single layer or double layered cakes with white cream frosting decorations. Today I made a single layer simple carrot cake with simple ingredients. It's a very easy cake recipe and good for beginners who wants to know how to bake a cake. Easy Carrot Cake Recipe  📎 Course :  Dessert  📎Cuisine :  Continental  🔪Preparation Time :  15 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  35 minutes 🕞Total :  50 minutes INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida) 2 eggs 1/2 cup powdered sugar  1/2 tsp salt  1/2 cup unsalted butter or vegetable oil  1 cup grated carrots  1/2 cup round slices of carrot  1 tbsp b...

Custard cake  is a very  tasty cake.  This light yellowish colour cake is very simple to bake.  I have prepared it in a very simple way using simple ingredients as I'm not very expert in baking. So anyone who is a beginner cook and wants to know  how to bake a cake, this recipe is for them. Easy Custard Cake : 📎 Course :  Dessert  📎Cuisine :  Continental  🔪Preparation Time :  15 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  35 minutes 🕞Total :  50 minutes INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida) 1/2 cup powdered sugar  1/2 cup unsalted butter or vfegetable oil  1/2 cup custard powder  1 tbsp baking powder  2 tbsp tutti frutti  METHOD: In a large bowl beat eggs.  Add unsalted butter or vegetable oil. Mix well.  Add maida, baking powder, powdered sugar and custard powder. Mix everything well to make a lump free batter.  Add tutti frutti and mix well.  Grea...

This recipe is also available in  Assamese(অসমীয়া). Biscuit cake is a very simple cake recipe.  You can use any biscuit of your choice.  Here I have used leftover broken biscuits to make this delicious leftover biscuits cake. It is a very simple recipe and good for beginners who wants to know how to bake a cake.  Biscuit Cake | Leftover Biscuits Cake  📎 Course :  Dessert  📎Cuisine : Continental  🔪Preparation Time :  15 minutes ♨Cooking Time : 35 minutes 🕞Total :  50 minutes INGREDIENTS: 1 cup broken biscuit  1/2 cup all purpose flour (maida)  2 eggs 1/2 cup powdered sugar  1/2 cup unsalted butter or vfegetable oil  1 tbsp cocoa powder  1 tbsp baking powder  METHOD: Grind the broken biscuits to a fine powder. In a large bowl beat eggs.  Add unsalted butter or vegetable oil. Mix well.  Add biscuit powder, maida, baking powder, powdered sugar ...

Gajar ka Halwa is a popular dessert across India. It is made by simmering grated carrots in milk flavoured with cardamon and dry fruits. As carrots are fully available during winter, so it's a winter dessert.  Carrot halwa is made specially during Indian festivals.  Gajar Ka Halwa | Carrot Halwa Recipe  📎 Course : Dessert  📎Cuisine :  Indian 🔪Preparation Time :  15 minutes ♨Cooking Time : 1 hour 🕞Total : 1 hour 15 minutes INGREDIENTS: 1/2 Kg carrot  2 cups of  milk  2-3 tbsp ghee or clarified butter  1/2 tbsp freshly ground cardamon  1 cups of sugar  Ground cashew nuts and almonds METHOD: Wash carrots under running water. Peel the carrots.  Now grate the carrots with the help of a hand grater.  In a heavy bottomed pan heat ghee.  Add grated carrots. Fry till oil separates.  Add milk, sugar and cardamon powder.  Mix everything well and cook under medium heat....

Sticky rice in Assamese Bora saul (বৰা চাউল) is a variety of glutinous rice found in Assam. Bora saul is mostly used during Bihu festivals  to make til pitha, narikol pitha and ghila pitha  (rice cakes). Sticky rice is an important ingredient of Assamese cuisine. Assamese like to eat boiled sticky rice also with curd and jaggery(jolpan) and also with meat or vegetables. Assamese cuisine is different from the mainland India and is  very similar to Southeast Asian cuisines. sticky rice cake  Yesterday I made a steamed sticky rice cake with coconut.  It's a very simple recipe. During Bihu, after making pitha, we used to make this sticky rice cake from the leftover sticky rice powder at my mother's place. Assamese like to serve this cake with tea only as dessert or sweet at the end of the meal is generally not practised. But sticky rice cake is a perfect recipe to serve  as a dessert. Steamed Sticky Rice Cake with Coconut  📎...

Custard is a variety of  dessert preparations generally based on milk. Milk is thickened by adding either egg yolks, corn flour or gelatin etc. and at last fruits and nuts are added to it.  Kids love to eat custard and it's very easy to prepare. Dry fruits custard is also a very simple recipe to prepare where rich dry fruits are added in sweet creamy custard. Try similar recipe of  Fruit Custard Dry Fruits Custard Recipe  📎 Course :  Dessert  📎Cuisine :  World  🔪Preparation Time :  10 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  10 minutes  🕞Total :  20 minutes 🍴Servings : 2 INGREDIENTS: 2 cups of milk 2/3 tbsp custard powder 2-4 tbsp of sugar 1/2 cup of dry fruits cut into pieces (dates, cashews, raisins, cheery etc.) METHOD: Heat milk in a saucepan on medium heat.  In a bowl take custard powder.  Add some milk and mix thoroughly.  Now add this custard and milk mixture into the  boi...

Fruit custard is the simplest dessert recipe I used to cook when I was a beginner cook.  It's a simple dessert recipe that anybody can make.  Some find fruit custard as boring but it is a tasty and healthy dessert recipe that can be prepared in no time. Here in this recipe I'm using egg free custard powder. You can add any fruit of your choice in this dessert. Fruit Custard  📎 Course : Dessert  📎Cuisine : World  🔪Preparation Time :  10 minutes ♨Cooking Time :  10 minutes  🕞Total :  20 minutes 🍴Servings : 2 INGREDIENTS: 2 cups of milk 2/3 tbsp custard powder 4-6 tbsp of sugar 1/2 cup of mixed fruit cut into pieces (apple,  pomegranate,  grapes etc. ) METHOD: Heat milk in a saucepan on medium heat.  In a bowl take custard powder.  Add some milk and mix thoroughly.  Now add this custard and milk mixture into the  boiling milk , stir continuously.  Add sugar,  stir...