These amazingly delicious sweet shots might look difficult to make but honestly, they are super easy and a complete delight to make.
I made them for a group of kids who were looking forward to something exciting and new. The cones are store bought and dipped in melted chocolate and rolled in crushed Almonds. Inside is ice cream milk shake that I made in chocolate flavor, but it can be easily switched to any other flavor as well. I cut the Ferrero Rocher in to half. I think it goes well with all ice cream flavors.
Its an excellent sweet dish for small party, kids party or a small get together. Please follow the ice cream recipe that I have posted. These little heavenly cones will surely be praised and loved by you and your guests.
For most Chocolate lovers, chocolate Ice cream and chocolate cake are one of the world’s most favorite flavors. A mix of oreos in that batch and the taste becomes heavenly.
Chocolate cake, without any kind of icing is our family favorite. Its simple to make, easily baked and rapidly vanishes. And the one day, my boys wanted something more exciting and and wanted to try making an Ice cream cake, which we normally buy from our favorite Ice cream store. My kids are just like me, if I crack the recipe of one dish, I have to try harder and crack another one. They like me to experiment with new things and then they try to mix and match. So, once I mastered the perfect ice cream recipe, they wanted to try the ice cream cake.
We mixed in a few crushed Oreos to enhance the taste and make it more kid friendly, since it was an idea from my boys. The recipe is very easy. The cake recipe and Ice cream recipes are a part of my recipes too and you can find them on this site as well.
This Chocolate chip pie was made on demand by my little one. In fact, he made sure he makes it with me. I call him my Little chef and those who know me personally, know, how much he enjoys cooking.
One day he was in the mood to cook for a play date. His friend was coming over and he wanted to cook something nice to show off in front of his friend. I thought he might like to make Chocolate chip cookies, but instead he demanded that he wants to make a pie and that too with chocolate chips. Hence, this recipe was invented.
This recipe is simple and tastes very close to chocolate chip pies from popular restaurants. Since I made it with my little one, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that making this dish is a child’s play.
My boys love their weekend Breakfast. Their school day breakfast is pretty simple, consisting of boiled eggs or a fruit with milk. But Saturday and Sunday are always special for breakfast and that’s when I make them waffles, Pancakes, Biscuits etc.
Initially, I used to make simple pancakes and with time adding different variations to the Pancakes, I added chocolate chips to the pancake and poured some chocolate syrup on top. The Pancakes come out fabulous and your kids are surely gonna love them.
Banana split is always a special treat for Ice cream lovers. When we talk of Ice cream and children, chocolate flavor is the first thing that comes to our mind.
Mr. Parveez and I loved taking walks to a wonderful Ice cream shop near our first home and that’s when we got the hang of Banana split. Though our life before children, we would get a scoop of chocolate, vanilla and strawberry. After our boys joined our Ice cream lovers club, the scoops changed to chocolate only. Usually, the chocolate Ice cream would be finished by my boys, and Mr. Parveez and I would enjoy the Banana…I guess joys of Parenthood…LOLzzz. Now, this was only when we went out for ice creams. At that time, I couldn’t even imagine that I would be making so many varieties of Ice creams myself, some day.
And, then one day I started with my Ice cream experiments. Initially my Ice cream recipes contained egg. Though the Ice creams came out fantastic, but somewhere I felt they weren’t just as good as I desired them to be. Also, the fact that I knew they contained eggs made me feel that I was eating raw egg…LOLzzz. Not just that, I could never decide if I could actually smell the egg or was it just in my mind. So, with all that confusion, I decided my Ice creams had to be egg free. I started experimenting more, and after numerous failures came up with a recipe as good as store bought. I did come down to the conclusion that for that perfect creaminess Gelatin or Agar Agar has to be used in the recipe. I used Halal Gelatin, but if you are using the vegetarian substitute, Agar Agar can be used in same amount as Gelatin.
After that, one day I felt the mom in me felt that my kids weren’t consuming enough fruits and I started coming up with various ideas of making them eat more fruit. This is when I decided that I should serve then Banana split when I give them Ice cream on weekends. And thus, this Ice cream recipe. Enjoy!!!
I have mentioned in my other food stories of how my better half, Mr. Parveez has loads of stories of his different food flavors that he has experienced since childhood.
One of his childhood favorites were Khajas. Khajas are also known as Chirotis down south. Now, let me get this straight, I had never tried khajas before, so when Mr. Parveez told me the story about Khajas, the explanation was, “Its has layers, its fried and its sweet”. According to him the details good enough but imagine getting these details for something you haven’t seen or tasted.
But, when Mr. Parveez demands something, I have to try and do everything to make it for him. Cooking for him, specially what he demands give me immense happiness. I get a kick out of it….LOLzzz.
So, basically I was still clueless as to what he expected and just went ahead with what I understood and the result was a disaster. They were too soft, chewy and absorbed too much oil and were nothing close to what Mr. Parveez desired. But, I can’t give up so easily, therefore there was a second try and this time I made sure I do proper research before a try.
Mr. Parveez always called them “Khajas”. While doing my research, I found that they are widely known as “Chiroti”. Reading various regions making it, I not only understood how to make them, but also got an idea of so many variations in them.
This recipe that I am sharing is fool proof and very easy. Loved by kids and adults. Do try it.
Kulfi is an Indian Ice cream and is favorite to ice cream lovers. My family has always loved eating or ordering kulfis from our favorite kulfi shop. There used to be one particular Kulfi shop that sold the best “marwari kulfi”. That shop is still by the clock tower in Jodhpur and it still sells the most authentic marwari kulfi.
Though in last few years, a lot of new ice cream shops and kulfi places have opened and become popular too. But, for people like me, we still go back to that old shop to get the traditional and delicious kulfi.
Being far away from home, we yearn to have those flavors and no matter which restaurant we go to, the kulfi doesn’t taste the same as what we get back home. I always craved for the creamy texture and nutty flavor which I never found anywhere around.
And then one fine day, I decided to start making my own. Trust me, its one of the best decision I ever took. After this, it was no looking back. I experimented with loads of different flavors and made a huge variety.
I feel there is nothing better than having your kulfi homemade. See, there is nothing that can beat the freshness, the quality of the products that you use plus the shelf time. When you buy them from the market, you have no idea how many times, they have been defrosted and refreeze again and don’t forget all the preservatives added to them.
As much as its hyped with all the recipes given of how to get a perfect kulfi, trust me there is no big deal to it. Its simple and comes out delicious. Just follow the simple steps. It doesn’t require too many ingredients and it would turn out more delicious than your favorite store brand.
If you have questions, feel free to ask.
This Halwa was an idea that I had after I made badaam ka halwa, which is pretty popular in India. I felt that Almonds or badaam have been given a lot of importance when it comes to nuts, where as , walnuts are very healthy, but not liked a lot due to their taste. Its easy to see moms feeding their kids badaam ka halwa, when kids refuse eating plain almonds with milk. Indian mothers and their never ending love that always displays in the food and the amount of food that we serve our kids. Its amusing how one bowl of badaam halwa takes place of 7-8 almonds/badaam…LOLzzz.
So, the mother in me wanted to feed walnuts to my boys and thats when the idea hit me. Initially, I planned on working with walnuts only, but then realizing that they might not taste as good by themselves as I would like them to.
Finally, I decided of experimenting walnuts by adding a little cashew to it for that creamy texture and nut sweetness. It did the trick. This is one of best Halwa that I have cooked. The recipe is sure to impress everyone.
We love avocados…healthy, fresh and tastes great. Most of the times, we used them as a part of a salad, or make guacamole and serve it with tortilla chips.
So, taking a step ahead I tried the avocado ice cream. Mr. Parveez thought I am taking it a little too far, but it ain’t gonna hurt trying, Right??? So, I decided to try. Like all fruit based ice creams, this too has very strong Avocado flavor. I was surprised when I had some friends over as guests and I served them the Avocado ice cream and one of them said, “The taste of Avocado is pretty prominent”. And, I said to myself, “mmmm, did I say mango ice cream while serving, No, it is Avocado so it will taste avocado too.”…LOLzzz
Nevertheless, I love all my friends, with their great tastes and weird tastes. Some spice lovers, some sweet lovers, some generous with compliments, other prove it by over eating. But in all, they all are lovely and wonderful.
It is pretty simple and easy to make and is perfect for beginners. Its creamy, fresh and the taste of avocado makes it even more delicious.
My family and I love homemade chocolates…From Atlantic city, New Jersey to Ooti, India… any place that said homemade chocolates, we were there . We would try almost all kinds, cashews, coconut, caramel and our most favorite Almond. I would always look forward to our trips or spend a fortune online to have them shipped to us.
Finally, one day I got down to trying my own and Oh boy! They were out of the world. And since then, everything changed…These chocolates were made on different occasions along with making them for my kids schools . The best part was everyone always trying to find out the name of the store [since I used colored wrappers from amazon with no names].
The recipe makes chocolates that melt in the mouth. I made these and cut them uneven like homemade chocolate bars. Later, I got chocolate molds and they look super delicious and beautiful.
