Kesar Pista Kulfi

Kesar Pista Kulfi

Welcome to Milk & Cardamom! A few days ago I started playing with the idea of re-branding my website so it matched more with what I blog about currently. Pretty Polymath was relevant back when I was obsessed with make-up, fashion, DIY (I’m a mom now, who has time for that!) and so much more! […]

Mini Brownie Cheesecake Bites

Mini Brownie Cheesecake Bites

  I haven’t been getting much sleep lately. Mostly because I have to wake up every 3-4 hours to feed baby, but also because I’ve been dreaming about food a lot. I thought cravings ended with pregnancy, but they are back and even stronger! The only difference is before I didn’t have much space in […]

Mini Pavlovas

Mini Pavlovas

  Ok, let’s just take a quick moment to take these in. How freaking CUTE are they! AHHHH! 

Strawberry and Chocolate Bread Pudding

Bread Pudding

  I have a confession. I’ve never had bread pudding until last year when a fellow MasterChef contestant of mine, Natasha (who happened to win Food Network’s All Star Academy!), gave me a taste of her bread pudding. Until then, I always thought bread pudding was just soggy bread. Nothing about it appealed to me. But […]

Peach Galette

Peach Galette

I spent this last week in Alabama hanging out with my husband’s family in Hunstville. Any time I visit the south, I get into this “biscuits and pie” mood. All I want is good old southern comfort food; hush puppies, pie, cornbread, all that good stuff. Ever since I landed here, I’ve been craving  pie […]

Cream Puffs

Cream Puffs

  Pâte à choux has to be the most versatile dough in baking. It’s the base for profiteroles (aka cream puffs), eclairs, gougères and french crullers (my fave!). It also requires a lot of technique and know how. The ratio of eggs, water, butter and flour is the most important part of baking pâte à choux. It is […]