Indian festivals can’t be celebrated without mithai. But making something different is always a challenge. While you can always have traditional gujiyas and jalebis, serving something a little hatke to your guests is always impressive. To help you add that uniqueness to your menu, My Kolkata caught up with MasterChef Kirti Bhoutika for some recipes.
Kirti, who owns Sugarplum Cakery in Salt Lake, has come up with a Holi-special menu by the baking brand. The menu has everything from bento cakes to dessert boxes. The sweets queen lets out two of her recipes from the Holi menu!
Thandai Tea Cake
Kirti says, “The Thandai Tea cake screams holi! A cake for all age groups, it is moist, delicious and addictive!” This cake makes for a perfect gift, and can also be served to your guests post a sumptuous meal or simply with the evening snacks.
Ingredients
- Sweetened condensed milk: 100ml
- Soft butter: 50g
- Refined flour: 100g
- Baking powder: ½ tsp
- Baking soda: ¼ tsp
- Milk: ⅓ cup
- Lemon juice: ½ tsp
- Saffron: 1 tsp
- Cardamom powder: ¼ tsp
- Thandai syrup: 2-3 tbsp
- Thandai powder (optional): 1/2 tbsp
To garnish
- White chocolate: 50g
- Coconut oil: 1 tbsp
- Rose extract: a few drops
- Finely chopped Pistachios
- Dried rose petals
Method
Motichoor Pudding in a Kulhad
For a quick dessert fix, the Kolkata girl has an easy-peasy recipe. The Mithai Kulhads have been a crowd favourite every holi. These are available in three flavours: Motichoor Pudding, Chikki Chocolate and Gulab Jamun Cheesecake at Sugarplum Cakery. Kirti shares the easiest recipe — of the Motichoor Pudding — with us.
Ingredients
For the cream
- Cream cheese: 150g
- Whipped cream: 100g
- Thandai syrup: 25 g
- Powdered sugar: 20 g
- Vanilla essence: 1 tsp
Other ingredients
- Crushed digestive
- Cake crumbs
- Motichoor laddoo
Method
- Mix the cream cheese, whipped cream, thandai syrup, powdered sugar and vanilla essentials all together to make the cream cheese thandai cream
- Layer the cream cheese and thandai cream with the other ingredients one by one in a washed kulhad and it's ready!
