Paneer Jamun Recipe | Easy Gulab Jamun With Paneer | Fresh Paneer Jamun Recipe

Easy Paneer Jamun Recipe with step by step by photos. Paneer Jamun is nothing but a Gulab Jamun prepared with fresh paneer without mawa or other ingredients. Just Freshly prepared paneer is enough to make this Tasty Jamun Sweet Recipe. I have prepared this Jamun few times and they tastes so delicious and kids & V love it a lot. Jamuns are their favorite sweet, I rarely use Instant Mix and mostly make it from the scratch using this fail proof Gulab Jamun Recipe.

Aval Payasam Recipe / Aval Paal Payasam Recipe / Paal Payasam With Aval(Poha)

Happy Janmashtami Wishes to all my Friends & Readers. Aval Payasam, is a quick and easy to make Indian Dessert. For Krishna Jayanthi, Aval or poha, Butter, milk are the most commonly used ingredients to make Neivedyam for Lord Krishna. So, I Wanted to share a recipe with these ingredients and Here the super rich and delicious Aval Payasam recipe. For this Aval Payasam I used only Whole Milk to cook and did not use any water.  This Aval payasam need just 4 main ingredients and can be made in 20 minutes or less. Make this creamy and delicious Aval Paal Payasam on this special day and enjoy with your friends and family. 

Rava Coconut Laddu Recipe / Rava Coconut Ladoo - Easy Krishna Jayanthi Recipes

Today's post is a Krishna Jayanthi or Gokulashtami(Aug 18th this year) Special recipe, Rava Coconut Laddu that can be prepared in just 10 minutes. I have already shared Aval Laddu & Rava Ladoo Recipes and if you want check it out. Rava Coconut Laddu is so simple and any one can cook it in no time. People  who are new to cooking or even bachelors can make this quick sweet to offer God or to satisfy their sweet cravings instantly. Make this super quick and simple Rava Coconut Ladoo for this Krishna Jayanthi and offer to God and enjoy with your friends and family. Now off to the recipe..

Milk Powder Burfi Recipe | White Burfi Recipe | Milk Powder Recipe In 10 Minutes - Easy Diwali Sweet Recipe

Easy Milk Powder Recipe with step by step photos. I love Milk sweets more than other sweets variety. Doodh Peda & White colored burfis are my favorite milk sweets. I always wanted to try White Burfis from Sweet Shops and when I saw this recipe few months back I immediately bookmarked it and decided to share it here as Diwali special Recipes. It is almost similar to that of Kesar Mawa Burfi Recipe except this is prepared using Milk Powder and also without Kesar flavor & color.

Chocolate Peda Recipe | Chocolate Condensed Milk Peda | Milk Powder Choco Peda - Quick Diwali Sweet Recipe

Today's recipe is also an easy, quick and delicious sweet recipe that can be prepared in no time. I have already shared Doodh Peda, Microwave Peda, Malai Peda, Coconut Mawa Peda recipes and now sharing Chocolate Peda Recipe. Except the shaping time, it only requires 5 minutes to make this sweet, as it is has chocolate flavor kids will love this for sure. These Chocolate Pedas are so simple to make and only needs 3 ingredients and perfect for any occasion or party. Hope you try this sweet for Diwali and if you try please don't forget to share your feedback here.

Rose Coconut Ladoo Recipe | Rose Nariyal Ke Ladoo | Rose Coconut Ladoo Using Condensed Milk - Easy Diwali Sweet Recipe In 10 Minutes or Less

One of my friend called me Yesterday and appreciated me about my come back and said she loved all my Diwali recipes. She also mentioned that though all recipes sounds tempting and easy she can't do deep fry or do paneer from scratch. As my friend is working and she don't get enough time and patience to make sweets or snacks from scratch. So she requested to post any quick or almost Instant sweets & snack recipe, so that she can try for her family & friends this Diwali Occasion and thus I end up with this Rose Coconut Ladoo Post.

Komola Bhog Recipe | Orange Rasgulla Recipe | Orange Flavor Rasgulla Recipe

Komola Bhog | Bengali Komola Bhog Recipe with step by step pictures. Komola Bhog is nothing but a Orange Flavored Rasgulla. This recipe was in my to do list for long time and finally tried today and they came out so soft, juicy and delicious Rasgulla with nice Orange flavor. The recipe and method is almost same to the regular Rasgulla except the addition of fresh Orange Juice. To enhance the orange flavor I also added the Orange Zest to the Sugar syrup. Everything turned out so good except I added extra food color by mistake. The bright Orange color was not pleasing for the pictures otherwise it doesn't alter the sweet taste. Now off to the recipe...

Beetroot Halwa Recipe | Easy Beetroot Halwa Recipe | Beetroot Halwa Without Khoya

Again I am here with an easy, delicious and healthy sweet, Beetroot Halwa recipe to celebrate my blog baby's 6th Birthday, yes.,Spicy Treats turned 6 last weekend, I couldn't believe that Spicy Treats is six years old now, time flies fast. I started this blog on a Thai Pongal day, 2011 with Vazhaipoo Vadai recipe as my first post, I started it because I needed a diversion or to try something new which I love to control my depression. I knew I love cooking and even before starting blog I used to capture my cooking with mobile just to share with my mom & sis. Later, I used that mobile captures to post recipes in my blog under the title 'sangeethaskitchen'. With the warm welcome and encouragement from my dear friends and few co-bloggers really motivated me to continue my work in an even better way with good pictures and presentation. Then, gradually improved myself and moved from blogspot to own domain www.spicytreats.net in August 2012. Also, V gifted me Nikon DSLR camera the same year and then got new interest on food photography and still learning to present a recipe with simple and appetizing pictures.

Saamai Paal Payasam | Little Millet Kheer | Millet Kheer Recipe | Easy Millet Payasam Recipe

Happy New Year Wishes to all my readers and fellow bloggers. After a short break I am back to blogging and feeling good to start my blog post. I got emails, messages and comments from some of my readers about my absence,  we had to go to India for visa related issues and everything went well and we came back here last week. It was a short unplanned trip to India, I am so happy to meet my family after almost 8 years and my kids had great time with their grandparents, uncles and aunt. They mingled well with everyone and enjoyed each and every day. Its really a new and fun filled experience for them and now they wanted to visit India every 2 or 3 yrs once :)

Carrot Kheer Recipe | Easy Carrot Payasam Recipe | Carrot Kheer - Indian Dessert Recipe

Carrot Kheer Recipe with step by step photos. Spicy Treats completed 5 years of blogging and celebrate the occasion I am sharing this rich and delicious Carrot Kheer. Five successful year completed by last week but I was sick and couldn't able to cook and post any recipe. More than my sickness, Browsing about the symptoms made me more upset and depressed. Thankfully, my test results were normal but still some issues there and hoping to recover soon.

It is better to late than never, So I don't want to skip a celebration post and made this simple and easy to make Carrot Kheer. Usually I prepare a week or 10 days before Blog Anniversary Date and decide the recipe and sometimes buy props too. This year I couldn't plan anything. Somehow managed to cook something simple for the occasion.

Almond Dry Fruit Roll Recipe | Badam Khajur Roll Recipe | Badam Dates Roll | Almond Roll - Indian Sweets Recipe

Ending this year with a sweet post, Almond Dry Fruit Roll recipe. This Year 2015 went well for us with good memories and fun. Now ready to welcome 2016 with the same hope and prayers. In terms of blog too, this year was good and Me & My blog got featured thrice in Aval Kitchen Magazine & Once In The Hindu, Chennai January Edition.  

Kesar Peda Recipe | Kesar Doodh Peda | Saffron Flavored Milk Peda Recipe - Easy and Quick Diwali Sweet Recipe

Kesar Peda Recipe with step by step photos. Just a day for Diwali and hope everyone is busy with Diwali preparations. I have started mine and this year I prepared Boondi Ladoo, Thenkuzhal, Ribbon Pakoda and planned to make few more sweets and snacks tomorrow. Today's recipe is a simple and quick sweet recipe, Kesar Peda / Saffron Flavored Milk Peda. I followed my Doodh Peda recipe and extra I added some milk & Saffron strands. Milk and saffron gave nice flavor and smooth and soft texture to the peda and the it turned out so good. Here, I used Milk Mawa Powder but you can also use milk powder(full fat or low fat milk powder).

Coconut Besan Burfi Recipe | Besan Burfi With Coconut | Besan Burfi Diwali Sweet Recipe

Easy to Make Coconut Besan Burfi Recipe with step by step photos. Besan Ki Burfi was in my to do list, I have tasted Besan Burfi prepared by my friend. She makes Besan Ki Burfi for all special occasions at their house. But V doesn't like the authentic Besan Burfi with gram flour and lots of ghee. Hence I wanted to make Besan Burfi with some change and found this Coconut Besan Burfi recipe Here. This recipe was so simple and has our favorite coconut addition in the burfi. So immediately without any second thought tried it. The burfis turned out super good and Besan paired well with coconut and the burfis tasted so good and melts in mouth like Ghee Mysore Pak. I stored this Burfis in an air container for Diwali.

Badam Katli Recipe | Almond Burfi Recipe | Diwali Special Sweet Recipe - Badam Burfi !

Badam Katli/Badam Burfi recipe with step by step photos. Badam Katli is another easy and equally addictive sweet like Kaju Katli. I wanted to try this Badam Katli for long time and finally last week gave it a try. The first attempt wasn't successful, the burfis turned out too sweet and hard crisp due to more sugar i think. Then again tried with little less sugar quantity and the burfis turned out pretty good. I followed the same recipe of my Kaju Katli and only difference is instead of raw Almonds / Badam I used Blanched Almonds. If you have blanched almonds in hand then you can make this burfi in 15 minutes or less. My kids loved it a lot and I am planning to make it again for Diwali.

Coconut Burfi Recipe | Coconut Burfi Uing Mawa | Easy Diwali Sweet Recipe Ideas

Today i am sharing another easy and tempting Diwali sweet recipe, Coconut Burfi. This coconut burfi is very simple and you can make it in a jiffy. V and myself, both are fond of coconut burfi, the one we get in theaters crispy sugary coconut burfi made using fresh coconut. I have tried it many times but every time I ended up making hard burfi or soft juicy burfi, due to the moisture from fresh coconut or wrong syrup consistency. I referred and followed all the tips n tricks from my co-bloggers' post but i couldn't get it correctly.

Maa Laddu Recipe | Maladdu(Roasted Gram Dal Ladoo) | Pottukadalai Urundai

Today's recipe is another easy and quick traditional Indian Sweet, Maa Laddu. If you are looking for simple Prasad for Navaratri, then this Maa Laddu is one best choice. It is not only easy, a healthy snack/sweet for growing kids. During my childhood days, we used to eat sugar and roasted gram dal as snack when we don't have snack at home. Mostly, we powder it coarsely and have it as such or along with coconut. Whenever, me, my sister, cousins play with our cooking set, we make this pottukadalai maavu and we all ate together with those miniature dinner sets :) We used to play for hours together with our kitchen set. Those are golden days, wish i had some rewind button to go back and enjoy once again those childhood fun and care free life.
Now off to the recipe, For This Ladoo along with ghee, I also added 1 tbsp milk to get soft and smooth ladoos. Milk gives nice texture and taste to ladoos, but if you can skip it and use ghee alone to make Maa Laddu.

ThirattiPal Recipe | Homemade Palkova Recipe(From Whole Milk) | Traditional Method Of Making Palkova | Krishna Jayanthi Special Recipes

Thirattipal or Palkova is a traditional South Indian Sweet that is prepared using condensing milk with sugar until solidifies. I wanted to try this traditional method for long time, finally today tried it and the palkova turned out so perfectly. Its worth to try this lengthy, time consuming and tiring process to enjoy the final end product, Palkova. Nothing can beat the taste of this Freshly prepared Thirattipal from Whole Milk. Even without flavoring ingredients and ghee palkova smells and tastes divine.
I have already shared the quick method of Making Palkova using Condensed Milk(microwave method) and Palkova using Milk Powder.

Aval Laddu Recipe | Poha Ladoo | Easy Janmashtami Recipe Ideas | Poha Laddu Recipe In 10 Minutes

Today's post is a Janmashtami or Gokulashtami Special recipe,Aval Ladoo/Poha Ladoo that can be prepared in just 10 minutes or less. For Krishna Jayanthi, Aval or poha, Butter, milk are the most commonly used ingredients to make Neivedyam for Lord Krishna. So, I Wanted to share recipes with these ingredients and first comes here Quick Aval Ladoo Recipe. This Aval Laddoo tastes similar to Rava Ladoo and can be made in a jiffy. No special preparation required, a last minute recipe that comes handy for Neivedyam. Fresh Homemade Ghee takes this simple ladoo to next level, loved the flavor and also laddus tasted so yummy. Now off to the recipe..

Inippu Ulunthu Vadai | Inippu Medhu Vadai Recipe | Inippu Vadai | Sweet Medhu Vada Recipe

Today's recipe is one of the traditional sweet recipe, Inippu Ulunthu Vadai or Sweet Medhu Vada. Inippu vadai is prepared using urad dal/black lentil and sugar combo with cardamom flavor. This sweet vada is one of my favorite sweet,but it is not prepared often like other sweets, my mom makes it only during special occasions or for padaiyal(pooja) or if we have guest at home. But we often buy it from our near by shop and enjoy it for our evening snack. My grandma used to say that dishes prepared using Urad dal are healthy for growing kids especially for girls. She suggest my mom to make Ulunthu kali, uluntham kanji, inippu vadai(with jaggery or karuppati)for me and my sister during the periods days. Ulunthu kali or kanji is good for girls' health and gives energy during those tiring days. These foods are not only healthy, tastes divine too. I will try to share the recipe for Uluntham Kanji sometime soon.

Kesar Mawa Burfi Recipe | Kesar Milk Powder Burfi | Kesar Burfi Recipe | Easy Holi Sweet Recipe

Wishing Everyone a Happy Holi. On this special occasion, I am sharing a simple and easy to make burfi Instanly using Mawa Powder or Milk Powder & Kesar/Saffron. This is a rich and delicious burfi with two layers, one is plain burfil & the other one is Kesar Burfi, that is burfi flavored with Saffron or kesar. I have one more reason to share a sweet recipe with my friends & readers. The reason is, 10 of my Broccoli Recipes published in this month edition, March Month's Aval Kitchen Magazine. My sincere thanks to Aval Kitchen team for featuring my recipes in their magazine. This is the first time my recipes published in Magazines and I am so happy and excited on seeing the magazine pages with my own pictures and recipes. Thanks to my family, friends & readers for the constant support and encouragement.