These Goan coconut cookies called Bolinhas are crispy on the outside and moist and delicious on the inside. First Semolina is roasted and cooled. Egg white is beaten till white and foamy and kept aside. Butter & Sugar are then creamed together and egg yolks are added and incorporated into the butter and sugar. Fresh …
Jujubes are made out of sugar, water, lemon, gelatin and flavourings.Its poured into a greased container. Once set its cut into cubes and then rolled in sugar a few times and stored in a dry air tight container. My grandmother always made these as part of her Christmas platter or kuswar, and it wasn’t until …
Kul Kuls are my favorite sweet treat over the holidays. It’s fair to say that it doesn’t feel quite like Christmas, unless I make a batch of these crispy deep fried dough springs. This recipe is adapted from my Aunty Celie’s recipe that I prepared a few years ago. The recipe is pretty much the …
A dough is kneaded and then rolled super thin. It’s then smeared with a butter and flour mixture and another layer of rolled dough is added to the top. The two layers are then rolled tightly together and chilled. This is then cut, rolled out individually then deep fried and once cooled it’s dredged in …
Christmastime calls for fruitcake! My original recipe is boozy and loaded with fruit and buts. Typically a dense cake, this cake does not rise much and is heavy. In this version of my recipe, I’ve lightened up the batter to give it enough rise to fill the cavities of my cake pop pan, if you …
I’ve never been a fan of Guavas growing up to be honest, but they have started to grow on me as I get ‘older’ and my palette is more ‘sophisticated’ Guava Cheese, also known as Perad is a famous Christmas time sweet to make as part of the traditional Christmas platter or ‘Kuswar’ This year …
I’ve been wanting to make these gorgeous baskets ever since I saw them in a friends house over the holidays. I was thinking about giving it a twist for Easter by tinting the coconut filling pastel colors and giving it a cute little basket handle. I’ve filled this the traditional way but you can use …
A delicious filling made with nuts, coconut, poppy and sesame seeds is stuffed into a flaky dough and then deep fried till crispy. This is also knows as Karanji. These lovely crispy crescents are stuffed with coconut & nuts, sometimes they are stuffed with Mawa and other fillings. These grace the Christmas platters or Kuswar …
I’m a big fan of traditional recipes, but also a big believer that there is always an easier and better way to get those traditional recipes on the table minus the elbow grease. At Christmas time, people slave over a hot stove stirring up batches of goodies like milk cream and marzipan. Years ago I …
So many different names for one delicious dessert! Bebinca is Goa’s pride. According to Fatima da Silva Gracia who authored Cozinha de Goa suggests that Bebinca might have been invented by Bibiona, a nun at the Convento da Santa Monica in Old Goa. Her first version was crafted with seven layers to represent the seven …
