We all have our weaknesses with regard to many things in life. It may be shopping for certain things that you cannot simply resist or food items and dishes that you are unable to resist inspite of knowing that it may not be wholly beneficial to you..I simply can't resist ghee and cheese , so, now instead of foregoing them I balance out somewhere else like walking a little more or doing a few more toe touching exercise if I feel the need !
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usha manohar wrote:Shampa Sadhya wrote:Any food item that tastes good is my weakness but sweet dishes score a little more in respect to any tasty dish. I just love them and I fail to resist myself from eating.
From what I have heard Bengalis start their day with a sweet dish...am I right ? and with all those mouthwatering variety of Bengali sweets how can one resist ?
No, not exactly but yes, the majority of Bengalis are sweet lovers, fish and other non-veg items. It will be better to say that Bengalis are extremely foodie. In Delhi I really miss the sweets of Bengal. Here too there are some tasty sweets but somehow that Bengali flavour is missing. It makes me yearn for more.
usha manohar wrote:jabeen wrote:I am a foodie and love eating vegetarian food. I have a special liking for sweets- barfi, jalebi, kheer and so on. Inspite of knowing that I am in danger of suffering from diabetes, I can't resist them. Though I try to limit eating them as my mother is a diabetic patient. And I also have a weakness for tea.
Don't worry too much since Diabetes skips one generation...What is important is enjoying the food you like and remaining active rather than sit and analyse it's nutrition blah blah..
Didn't know that diabetes skips a generation. Then its a good news for me. I am normally very active and in fact am workaholic. I hardly get time to sit down idly.
Not just here, the world over people love sweets .. Austria is known as the pastry capital of Europe because of the many varieties of cheesecakes and a mind boggling variety of desserts available there which goes to show how people love to eat sweets any time of the day , after meals or before meals , does not really matter !
usha manohar wrote:Not just here, the world over people love sweets .. Austria is known as the pastry capital of Europe because of the many varieties of cheesecakes and a mind boggling variety of desserts available there which goes to show how people love to eat sweets any time of the day , after meals or before meals , does not really matter !
Yes I have read about it. I once had the pleasure of eating apple strudel, I think it is from Austria, isn't it? I am totally in love with the delicious pie!
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:usha manohar wrote:Not just here, the world over people love sweets .. Austria is known as the pastry capital of Europe because of the many varieties of cheesecakes and a mind boggling variety of desserts available there which goes to show how people love to eat sweets any time of the day , after meals or before meals , does not really matter !
Yes I have read about it. I once had the pleasure of eating apple strudel, I think it is from Austria, isn't it? I am totally in love with the delicious pie!
I think strudel originated in Austria but those days Hungary, Austria and Germany formed one empire so all can take equal credit for the dish ..I too love it , so flaky and buttery !
Shampa Sadhya wrote:No life becomes respectable if it lacks sweetness.so is the case with any type of meal. It remains incomplete without any sweetmeat. Usually, people prefer to relish a sweet dish after a sumptuous meal and that's the greatness of sweets.
It is said that eating sweets after a sumptuous meal helps in digestion and absorption of certain types of proteins. It also releases enzymes that cause one to feel good.
usha manohar wrote:I too like all kinds of halwas , beetrot halwas is made pretty much the same way as Carrot halwa adding khoa ..Here in a restaurant they make it very well with lots of ghee and nuts . I am sure each helping would be 300 - 400 calories
I make that kind of carrots halwa, loaded with calories and the same kind of lauki halwa ! 
And I can safely say that I am pushed into making that kind of halwa by my husband and son!
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:usha manohar wrote:I too like all kinds of halwas , beetrot halwas is made pretty much the same way as Carrot halwa adding khoa ..Here in a restaurant they make it very well with lots of ghee and nuts . I am sure each helping would be 300 - 400 calories
I make that kind of carrots halwa, loaded with calories and the same kind of lauki halwa !
Lauki ka halwa can be very tasty. One of my room mates who was from Kurukshetra often used to make it and add lots of sugar and ghee in it. It was tasty. Normally I cook the simple suji ka halwa. Once I tried to make halwa of banana reading from cookery book. But it ended horribly. It might be because I used aluminium wok for cooking
Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:usha manohar wrote:I too like all kinds of halwas , beetrot halwas is made pretty much the same way as Carrot halwa adding khoa ..Here in a restaurant they make it very well with lots of ghee and nuts . I am sure each helping would be 300 - 400 calories
I make that kind of carrots halwa, loaded with calories and the same kind of lauki halwa !
One of the tastiest halwa that we make here is from ash gourd which can grow to enormous size .It takes a few hours to cook but worth every bit of the effort . Normally ash gourd is used in making a tasty dish called curd curry and Sambhar !
jabeen wrote:Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:usha manohar wrote:I too like all kinds of halwas , beetrot halwas is made pretty much the same way as Carrot halwa adding khoa ..Here in a restaurant they make it very well with lots of ghee and nuts . I am sure each helping would be 300 - 400 calories
I make that kind of carrots halwa, loaded with calories and the same kind of lauki halwa !
Lauki ka halwa can be very tasty. One of my room mates who was from Kurukshetra often used to make it and add lots of sugar and ghee in it. It was tasty. Normally I cook the simple suji ka halwa. Once I tried to make halwa of banana reading from cookery book. But it ended horribly. It might be because I used aluminium wok for cooking
Yes Jabeen, Lauki ka halwa is very tasty and at the same time, it is cooling too. So best for people who suffer from acidity. I think your banana halwa went wrong most likely due to aluminium wok. Next try making it in a nonstick pan, it will turn out alright.
usha manohar wrote:Kalyani Nandurkar wrote:usha manohar wrote:I too like all kinds of halwas , beetrot halwas is made pretty much the same way as Carrot halwa adding khoa ..Here in a restaurant they make it very well with lots of ghee and nuts . I am sure each helping would be 300 - 400 calories
I make that kind of carrots halwa, loaded with calories and the same kind of lauki halwa !
One of the tastiest halwa that we make here is from ash gourd which can grow to enormous size .It takes a few hours to cook but worth every bit of the effort . Normally ash gourd is used in making a tasty dish called curd curry and Sambhar !
Ash gourd halwa? I am hearing about it for the first time, I know about and have eaten petha that is made from ash gourd, but halwa? It must be indeed very tasty and delicious! Another thing that I really like is sweet potato kheer, it is very simple to make and wholesome and tasty but no one else likes it besides me so I don't make it often!
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