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Isn't Diwali the best time of the year? Freshly painted walls of the house, clean cupboards, new clothes, new bedspreads. Its the festival of lights and no festival is complete without some special recipes to share with near and dear ones. I have compiled some easy savoury and sweet recipes from the blog which can be made during festivities both for family members and welcoming guests. Instant dark chocolate and thandai ladoos   Fun twist of traditional ladoos! Each ladoo is stuffed with bitter -sweet chocolate ganache and then coated in melted dark chocolate. Every bite reminds you of having thandai and tastes divine!  Paan biscuit pudding cheesecake jars I can't even begin to tell you that how amazing this dessert tastes. This dessert combines two of the most famous food trends right now- biscuit pudding and fusion desserts. You can substitute cream cheese with hung yogurt or make home-made cream cheese which I use for making my No bake chocolate cheesecake . Rose ca...

Thandai is a traditional Indian milk based drink served cold. It is made by blending almond paste with other spices like cardamom, black pepper, fennel seeds, poppy seeds, melon seeds, saffron and mixing in milk. Holi announces beginning of summer in India and Thandai is consumed on Holi to cool off the body especially after playing with colours all day and relishing festive sweets and snacks. I must admit that when I first tried it, I wasn't sure how it would turn out. But to my surprise, it turned out amazing in the very first trial. It tastes much much better than the store bought thandai mixture and the best part is you can add more or less spices and modify it according to your taste. Some people like it hot and add more black pepper while others prefer more prominent flavour of fennel in it. Having lived in Rajasthan, this delicious and aromatic thandai drink made with  cooling ingredients like poppy seeds, melon seeds and fennel kept the body cool and prote...