Oops it already started melting…..
To begin with, it’s my Better Half’s Birthday today , So Happy Birthday Dear Hubby (Even though you dislike publicly displaying affection and all those mushy sentiments..still….).
Then comes the rantings (Ahh that’s my favorite part of blogging..lol). It is a long Weekend here in India and me and kiddie were really looking forward to celebrate this day, since from past many months we hardly had got some FAMILY TIME to relax and enjoy just being together, chilling out with our kid, having fun roaming around, going on vacation…the desires are innumerable, the wishes, unending.
But its hard for me to understand why the corporate world need to be so ruthless and insensitive . Instead of enjoying this day with his family, parents, friends etc, he is working (though it being a National Holiday..Mahatma Gandhi’s Birthday ). Worse still…. rest of weekend and maybe next weekend too, for whatever reasons office people give.
I can understand the issues they have at workplace, still I am furious . I just can’t stand all this and wish I could do something about this.But helpless as I am, I am doing what I am capable of….Rant at my blog, take out all the frustrations , breathe in and breathe out and head on towards the recipe of the day…Kesar pista Kulfi (Saffron Pistachio Ice cream) ! But something more to share before that 
I longed to bake a cake, but since I am yet to decide upon Oven Vs Microwave, I hunted for a recipe to make a Cake using pressure cooker. I finally found one recipe, but it called for eggs. Nothing for Veg. option. So without having any other option(I was desperate to make one at home) I opted for Pillsbury Cooker cake mix and made the chocolate cake.It was good, came out well, tasted nice, but I really do not like to use such mixes for cooking anything.I love my food freshly made and not with anything having preservatives. But now that I am through with Baking ?(Huh?) , I guess I should wait till I got some Oven or find some good recipe for COOKER CAKES from scratch before baking another one.
Ok, I know you just want me to switch over to the recipe, so without annoying you anymore here is the Kesar Pista Kulfi , pure , fresh and pleasantly sweet.
The recipe is adapted from here and I hardly made any changes, except that I had less pistachios in my pantry , so used whatever I had instead of 1/4 cup as mentioned in the original recipe.Also I guess I added more than required saffron, since the colour looked pale while cooking.But after setting, it turned out to be Deep Yellow, but Who is complaining ? It tasted just perfect.The texture was smooth and creamy and the taste….Yummm.
Also I didn’t had any Popsicle so I went ahead and freezed the mixture in a plastic airtight container.
Thanks Ramya for a lovely recipe !
So Enjoy the spread of Chocolate cake, Kesar pista kulfi and Rasberry Jelly, while I wait here for Hubby dear to come back home.
Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
So good to see you back, reading your blog is like an addiction, a nasho as we say in Sindhi.
Zaafran Pista Kulfi, well its the fall season (what the Brits called the Autumn) and leaves have already begun to fall, some trees have already shed all their leaves, some are shedding. Some evergreens will remain as they are all winter. So I can’t exactly enjoy the dish except in pictures, I still hope you could teleport it to me so that instead of you I will eat it
but we will have to wait for the tech people to make this technology available possibly somewhere in Japan.
take care
Each time I see the Pillsbury cooker cake mix I wud want to try it and by 2nd thought will end up not buying it. Seeing urs, I feel I can give a try. Even I’ve a confusion with Oven vs Microwave as mine doesnt have any features n rarely bakes a ud cake!
cant see the pics,..:-( will chk again…
Lovely kulfi n cake dear…Same here..hubby went to office even on a public holiday…so spent whole time surfing..:(
I cannot see the pics and the recipe cannot open as blogs r banned here in shanghai.
Happy birthday to your husband, dearie!
I can understand your frustration! Just when I thought I could enjoy a long sleep tomorrow morning my daughter tells the school is compensating for the swine flu hols by keeping the school open tomorrow!!
Happy Birthday to you Hubby:-)
Sorry Alka, I had promised to send you to the pressure cooker cake recipe & didn’t. but that has eggs too.
I think zafrani pista kulfi is Waaaaaaaaaay better than cake! I cannot see the picture here, tho’ it showed in the reader. what happened?
Even I had the oven vs microwave dilemma when I was in bangalore. I had bought onida convection m/w oven. but i think if one is going to do some serious baking, oven is the best bet. according to me, a simple m/w (heating, cooking) and a oven (baking), both are needed
I dont think I have left a comment here before. You have a wonderful blog.
Can you please upload the photos, they are missing:-)
Oh Alka, the pictures didn’t come on! Could you please upload them again. Thanks.
I cannot see the pictures!
Sorry Folks, I don’t know whats happening..the pics are there, but sometimes visible while other times not. Can anyone crack this?
Cant able to see the picture, anyhow Happy birthday to ur better half..
Hi!That’s really a luscious cake. Thank you for coming to my virtual house. I’ve added your blog to my blogroll thanks to an english foodblog. I think yours it is really special, exotic and interesting. Unfortunally I am not writing an english version too, I should do it, but sometimes am too lazy..in the meanwhile I decide for an italian english version you can translate my recipes using this site: http://www.lexicool.com/translate.asp?IL=2
Cheers
sciopina
Happy belated to your better half.
I was not able to see the pictures and thought you knew about the bug with wordpress.So check into that may be that will help you. One more thing I noticed that one time when I logged into wordpress from google chrome and posted a blog it gave me all kinds of x’s and what nots. So had to log on from ie and redo the post all over again. I dont know if this might help you. These are some problems I am going thru and thought sharing might help you too.
I still have not made ice cream or kulfi homemade, but I want to try soon.
hey Alka, Happy Birthday to your Husband.
Looks yummy ,the yellow color it looks more like mango Icecream ohh I am so craving for mango ice cream or homemade kulfi.
Regarding the pictures, some browsers like google chrome do not load the pictures at most times, I keep having that issue so its the browser not your post/blog.
i dont think the packaged cake mixes have preservatives, since they just mix the dry ingredients like maida, baking powder and sugar. we have to add the wet ingredients. Next time I am at a grocery store i shall read the ingredients.
Mom used to always bake a cake in the pressure cooker for us when we were kids, I shall ask her for her recipe and send it to you if she still remembers.
Chalo take care hope u have settled down well in ur new house
Happy birthday to your hubby..am sure he enjoyed that kulfi..madam for all you say you don’t make sweets or desserts at home, this is way too much!…drooling over the pictures..that I can see..:))
Wow…both the kulfi and the cake look moutwatering delicious!!!!
Wow…both the kulfi and the cake look moutwatering delicious!!!! Birthday wishes to yout hubby!
dear alka,
there’s something for you at jugalbandi. congrats!!!
Woow..what a perfect treat on a bday! Wishes to him.
I am happy you are back to blogging..I enjoy reading your posts
Oh btw…I share my bday too on Oct 2nd. Well for now..I will take the visual treat of the yummy spread!!
Sweet dishes, torture for people like us. Kulfi looks great!
OMG.. the first picture.. I am literally drooling on my monitor
awesome kulfi!
we have mango kulfi here and many other flavours mixed with honey hows that for a change mun ir lakhani karachi
I want some of the kulfi – melting and all!
Beautiful post and kulfi looks delicious!
Hey Alka, I have missed your previous posts. Congratulations on the CLICK award! Loved the picture.
Wishing you and yours a very happy Diwali.
Belated Happy Bday to your hubby..m sorry m late
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The cake look fantastic dear, i still havent tried baking cakes in pressure cooker, loved the kulfi, slurp!!!!
Hi!Umm Yummy pic of kulfi ,but what abt the recipe hve been looking 4 it frantically ,pls send the recipe also include condense or powder milk as in malaysia difficult to get fresh milk,also pls suggest hwe to make perfect sindhi style satanaryan prasad as 2day is guru naank ji B’day,n also thanks for the lovely cake recipe pls suggest one without eggs my sister tried in a rice cooker with cake features also one electrical pressure with cake features did try the pillsbury packet taste good,Awaiting for more delicious recipe
Thanks N Best Wishes ,God Bless
Champs
Oh no! I hope you feel better soon!!
Avisha
I just want to know where do you stay??????
Really very tempting clicks and mouth watering creamy delights
My wife, not an Indian, is very fond of “Falloda”, thin crinkly Sindhi style.How do you make it?