Desserts

This is an easy recipe that needs very few ingredients. But before you get to it, you'd want to get a little comfortable with gelatin. Click here for everything there is to know about working with this ingredient.

A sweet semolina cake topped with flavoured sugar syrup. Very easy to make, it is known by different names in different parts of the Arabic world - Nammoura in Lebanon, Basbousa in Egypt, Harissa in Syria and Revani in Turkey and Greece. This recipe serves 5-6 people.

Indian comfort food at its best, this halwa recipe is both delicious and healthy, and can be refrigerated for up to 10 days. Using evaporated milk or milk which has been reduced to half by heating adds more flavour to the halwa. But you can use regular whole milk too. 

In this video, Chef Manuel creates two versions of Crema Catalana (a kind of crème brûlée that comes from north Spain), a little different from the burnt cream recipe you’d find on the Internet – rustic style and Arola style.

Lemon custard hidden beneath a delicate layer of cake. Inflate perceptions of your cooking skills with this fail-safe recipe! 

While traditional gaajar halwa can take anywhere between 2-21/2 hours to prepare, this recipe takes only 15-20 minutes! And it's healthy too. The best part is when you take a bite, you won't be able to tell the difference.

Panna Cotta is an easy and elegant dessert from Italy. It goes well with almost all types of cut fresh fruits, fruit coulis and chocolate sauce.

This is a recipe from my mom’s friend Sharmishta who lives in Buffalo (NY). It's not exactly like milk cake in texture, but very close to it in look and flavour. The best part is it requires very few basic ingredients that are always at hand - milk powder, sugar, cream and ghee. 

If you're fond of Kalakand, you'll love my mom's take on this traditional dessert that's easy to make, tastes delicious and is healthy too because it's made from cottage cheese. Called Ras Madhur - a moniker given by a group of my friends who polished off an entire batch one day - this modern mithai is ready in 15 minutes flat! While I prefer to use homemade cottage cheese prepared from full cream milk - primarily because it's not salty - you can use the store-bought version too, although I would suggest you hunt for an unsalted variety.

This halwa or sheera is a common childhood favourite. Remember, well-roasted flour adds to the flavour of this halwa. Don't be afraid to brown it because after you add water, the colour will lighten.