Desi Bakes: 85 Recipes Bringing the Best of Indian Flavors to Western-Style Desserts
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Drawing on the sophisticated flavors of the Indian pantry, baking blogger Hetal Vasavada applies them to an array of Western treats, influencing them with fresh character,
Her rice crispy treats, for instance, include toasted chickpea flour for depth of flavor. Her spritz cookies sparkle with jaggery sugar and ginger. Her vanilla cupcakes are also redolent of orange and fennel. And she has a cinnamon and pomegranate cheesecake tart.
Bakers who are familiar with traditional Indian treats will find some of them represented heren the form of things like strawberry mango aam papad (fruit leather’s sweeter cousin), salam pak spice cake (named for a fudgy sweet), mango murabba (a preserve).
Original and very interesting.
Hardcover. Color photographs throughout.
Published: October 1, 2024
