German Roasted Almonds | Gebrannte Mandeln
Gebrannte Mandeln/ German Roasted Almonds are a crowd favourite at German Christmas Markets and easy to make in the comfort of your home.
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Homemade Hot Chocolate
Winter & Hot Chocolate make for a classic combo. The joy of sipping this warm, creamy, sinful drink on a cold wintry day is something else. There are many ways of making Hot Chocolate. It is as easy as stirring in some cocoa-powder into hot-milk! But, if you want to make it absolutely creamy and with intense rich chocolaty flavour, read on!
Spitzbuben | Linzer Cookies | Jam Cookies
Spitzbuben is a classic German Christmas Cookie, it is a jam cookie made by sandwiching a layer of jam between two shortbread cookies with one cookie having an opening in the middle from which the jam is visible. The word itself loosely translates to “Little Rascals / Little Rogues”. These cookies depending on the region are known by few other names like Hildabrötchen, Johannes Plätzchen and Linzer cookies
Bremer Klöben | Bremer Klaben
The Klöben /Klaben is Bremen’s response to Dresden’s Stollen and hence goes by the name Bremer Klaben. It is a rich heavy, fruit loaded yeasted white cake. Traditionally it is baked at the beginning of December and allowed to mature for atleast couple of weeks.
Tukdi | Diamond Cuts
Among all the snacks and nibbles that constitute the Mangalorean Kuswar Platter, the Tukdi is the easiest to make. To explain in plain simple terms, a dough made of seasoned flour is rolled thin and cut into diamond shapes and deep fried. Tukda means “piece” …
Guliyo | Rice Marbles
Guliyo are crunchy sweetened deep-fried spheres of sweetened dough. They have a signature earth-shattering crunch to them. You can consider them to be a minion version of the ‘Jawbreaker’ candy.
Kidiyo | Kulkuls | Mangalorean Christmas Gnocchi
Kulkuls are deep-fried sweet dough curls prepared as part of the Christmas Kuswar Platter in Mangalore and Goa. They are believed to be introduced to the region by the Portuguese as a derivative of Filhós(Filhoses) Enroladas.
Nevri | Karanji | Deep-fried Sweet-Puffs
Nevri (plural Nevryo) as they are called in Konkani are deep-fried Sweet -Puffs. These are similar to Samosas but crescent shaped with a light golden crunchy pastry shell with a flavour-packed sweet filling.
Rosette Cookies | Kokisan
Popularly known as Kokkis or Roce Cookies in Mangalore, Rosette Cookies are thin, lacy, wafer like cookies prepared from seasoned coconut-milk batter during Christmas time as part of the “Kuswar” platter. These are prepared by dipping a hot iron mould into the batter and immediately immersing in hot oil to release the cookie into the oil for frying.
Chakli | Chakuli | Simple Indian Savoury Snack
Chakli are a popular savoury Indian snack usually shaped as a crispy spiral, a key component of Mangalorean Christmas Kuswar preparations.