Ladoo is a popular dessert snack in India. Ladoo's are made from variety of flours like besan, whole wheat, semolina, coconut etc. Rava naral ladoo as the name suggests is made from rava+naral. These ladoo's tastes oh so delicious, they are soft and just melts in your mouth, plus fresh coconut give these ladoo's just the right texture.  Ingredients 2 1/4 Cup fine rava/semolina 3 tbs ghee/तुप  1 cup fresh grated coconut 1 1/2 Cup sugar+ Water to make syrup or पाक as called in marathi 1/4 tsp cardamom powder Method Melt ghee in a kadhai, add rava to it and over medium flame roast until you get a nice aroma and rava turns slightly pink in color. Add grated coconut and roast for some more time and shut off the gas. In another pan mix sugar and just enough water to cover the sugar. Bring this mixture to boil on a medium heat. You will need ektaari paak for these ladoo's. Now the question is how do we know if paak is done? The syrup should be little bit s...

This is my first post after coming from a long and relaxing vacation in India. Any vacation just rejuvenates you and makes it easy to get back into your daily routine. I learned new recipes and got new ideas for recipes after eating variety of food in India. I would like to share stuffed mushrooms recipe which I learned from my sister in law. Personally I don't like mushrooms much but these stuffed mushrooms tastes  delicious and mouthwatering. Makes a good appetizer for parties, and they go pretty fast so make sure to make a big lot if you are going to make it for a party. Ingredients 1 package white mushrooms, stemmed(mine had 15 mushrooms in 1 package) Clean mushroom using wet kitchen napkin or paper towel and remove all the dirt. Make sure to wash paper towel/napkin in between cleaning process so that you always have cleaner napkin. 1 tsp canola oil 1 medium size red onion finely chopped 2 cloves garlic crushed 1/2 cup bread crumbs(more or less as needed) 1/3 cup shred...