Puff Pastry Baklava Sticks

I have been craving baklava for the last few days, the layers of nuts and phylo dough soaked in honey and syrup just sound delicious. Then it occurred to me that my kids had never tasted Baklava before. Now I was on a mission! I always keep puff pastry sheets in the freezer, it is  [...]

Mango Kulfi (Mango Indian Icecream) Frozen Zoku Pop

A fond memory of growing up in India was spending summer with my grandparents.  Every day while we were at my grandparents home – the ice-cream man or the ‘kulfi wallah’ would come by, and all the cousins would run out to get some kulfi. It was a treat for the kids and the elders [...]

Nutty Tiramisu Zoku Frozen Pop

Hello My Zoku Maker! I have missed you! It only made sense to put you away while the temperatures were freezing… but now we are back as Spring is around the corner! I have a long list of Zoku Recipes we are going to be posting on YumKid over the next few months. The first [...]

Recipe: Persimmon Rice Pudding

Sometimes you have all the best intentions to make sometime and you don’t for any number of reasons. I had bought some fuyu persimmon to make some jelly at home. That was wishful thinking! Between the holidays, start up hours, kids and entertaining relatives – hmm… let’s just say they sat there! I love persimmons! [...]

Oreo Cake

Last week I was invited to Magnolia Bakery, a NYC transplant to the LA scene, to preview their holiday collection. One of the deseerts that everyone really enjoyed was the ‘IceBox’, which was basically layers of oreo cookies,  cream  and ice cream. It had the most amazing texture, was utterly delicious and was perfect in every [...]

Cantaloupe Banana Zoku (Frozen Pop)

Here’s a little bit of trivia – Cantaloupes are known as “Musk Melons” in Asia. I leant something new today that cantaloupe juice can help increase appetite. Cantaloupes have a healthy dose of fiber, are rich in potassium (helps prevents kidney stones) and vitamin c. This combination of cantaloupe and banana makes a very creamy [...]

Guava Pineapple Zoku (Frozen Pop)

I travelled alone last week with my two kids under the age of 3, lugging 4 suitcases, 3 carry-ons, 1 car seat and 1 stroller all the way on a 36 hour door to door journey to India. It was long tiring journey involving 3 plane changes and an overnight in another Indian city before [...]

Red White and Blue Zoku Frozen Pop

Happy July 4th!  America is my adopted country and I love it for what it has given me.  I have always considered myself a citizen of the world.  Born in a different country, grew up in another for early part of my life, went to boarding school in a remote area where there were kids [...]

Recipe: Virgin Pina Colada Zoku Frozen Pop

I think we need to go to an island as all the food items I think about lately are coconut, papayas, pineapple, guavas, passion fruit and bananas. Till we visit an island I think we are going to pretend we are on an island by drinking and eating island inspired food and wearing our leis [...]

Recipe: Strawberry Coconut Zoku

Feeling very island inspired lately.  All I want to make at home is tropical food and eat tropical fruits such as pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, guava, and coconut. This Zoku is one of my favorites at the moment.  I really like the combination of strawberries and coconut. Strawberries are in season right now in Southern [...]

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