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Milk and Cardamom Cookbook Hetal Vasavada

It’s official! I am a published author! My cookbook, Milk & Cardamom, is ready for preorder! This book has been a labor of love! Hours and hours of recipe testing, recipe developing, writing and editing has finally ended with this- a cookbook close to my heart where I share recipes inspired by the Indian desserts […]

Surti Locho

Surti Locho Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

I recently paired up with Sanskar Teaching to share a couple Gujarati dishes with unique names! The first recipe I’m sharing with you guys is Surti Locho. The word surti refers to Surat, a major city in Gujarati where this dish orginates from, and locho, means a messy mixture. The word locho is used to […]

Parle G Cookie Bottom Brownies

Parle G Bottom Brownie Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

I love baking with Elara and this one bowl Parle G Cookie Bottom Brownie recipe is super easy to make with her. To be honest I love how excited she gets when we bake together. She basically says what I’m thinking out loud. “Oh mannnn”, “Oooo CHOCOLATE”, “Can I lick the smashula?” were some her […]

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

Cookies were my gateway dessert. It’s what started it all! I was an OG cookie monster growing up. The only cookies my mom would ever stock in our house were Parle G cookies. So it was up to me to make my dreams of having soft chocolate chip cookies a reality. Cookies are so simple […]

Gajar Ka Halwa Granola

Gajar ka Halwa Granola Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

If you ask any Indian auntie what their favorite Indian dessert it, they’ll tell you its gajar ka halwa. Gajar ka halwa is made with shredded carrots cooked down until they’re tender in ghee and milk and spiced with cardamom. It’s sweet, soft, with just a little texture from chopped nuts and, depending on who cooked it, super […]

Lemon Cardamom & Rose Posset

Lemon Cardamom and Rose Posset Recipe | Milk and Cardamom

My favorite kind of Indian desserts are custards and creams. I can remember savoring silky smooth shrikhand and rich warm kheer! I recently came across possets on Cooks Illustrated and became intrigued. It’s a citrus-flavored (usually lemon) dessert that’s has a texture similar to pudding or pot de cremes but without eggs! It’s made with only […]