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  Balushahi or Badusha is a one of the traditional and popular Indian sweet. Balushahi is made with all purpose flour and later glazed with sugar syrup. Balushahi has crispy from outside and soft , flaky texture from inside. Balushahi is one of my favorite sweet to prepare on Diwali. Making Balushahi or Badusha is very easy if you use correct ratio of ingredients and follow the process .We can store Balushahi at room temperature for about one week. Ingredients A ll purpose flour or Maida 1 cup Ghee  1/4 cup Curd or Yoghurt 2 tbs Baking Soda 1/4 tsp Sugar 1 cup Water 1 cup Cardamom powder a pinch Pistachios chopped for garnishing Method Preparing dough Take all purpose flour or maida in a bowl. Add baking soda into the bowl and mix well. Add ghee into the bowl and mix it together by rubbing with fingers. Add yoghurt and mix well. If you need , add 1 tbs of water and mix to bring everything together . In this recipe we should not knead the dough. Cover the dough and keep it asid...

Suran is also known as jimikand or elephant foot yam or yam . Jimikand is very healthy vegetable and rich with minerals , vitamins and dietary fiber. It has ritual purpose of eating suran sabzi on Diwali festival. Jimikand or yam helps in maintaining digestive system functioning and promotes weight loss by reducing bad cholesterol. Suran or Jimikand / Yam is available throughout year . So Jimikand sabzi / Yam curry is a nice change to regular veggies.

Poppyseed is also popularly known as Khus Khus or Posta dana in hindi. Poppyseed or Khus Khus Halwa is very delicious as well as nutritious . Poppyseed Halwa is super healthy for new moms as well. Poppyseed is widely used in various curries and kebabs.

Namak pare or Saloni is very popular snack in India . This snack recipe is super simple and easy that does not require so much time. In my native place (UP) , every small roadside sweet shop (halwayi shop) or tea stall vendors make fresh namak pare everyday for tea time. This recipe reminds me of my childhood days . There are so many shop where they serve some kind of potato curry ( famous as dumaloo there) over these Mathari and it taste amazing. 

Besan laddoo is one of the most popular sweets in India. This is the first sweet which I learned to make for the first time and It came out so well. My hubby and kid love this laddoo. I learned this recipe from my mom. She told me about all the details to take care of in making laddoos. This Laddoo recipe is very simple and easy to make.