Mango Custard – Quick and Easy!

A very big hello to everyone!!! Thank you all for your patience, and to those of you who are still viewing and commenting on my recipes.. It means a lot to me and I am back! After exactly 1 year!!! 🙂

Things have been going good and blissful.. and I promise and hope I am going to keep up with my passion – HappieBelle.

Since it is spring and the beginning of yummy Mango season, I thought I’d start off with something very delicious that involves mangoes, and something that is super duper easy to make. One can make it in less than 10 minutes.

The other day when I went to a lunch buffet along with my family, I was so in love with the dessert which was Mango Custard. I did some research on how to make it a super easy way and here its the one I experimented and loved:

Besan Sweet / Besan Laddu / Chickpea flour Sweet

Helloo dear friends!!

First off, very sorry about the long hiatus; just been a little busy in life. I promise I am going to take time to one of my passions, HappieBelle no matter how busy I am 🙂 .. Friends back again?!! .. Thank you!!

Now, here’s me wishing all the readers a very happy and prosperous Diwali!! 🙂

So going with the current occasion, I have for you all, a traditional sweet recipe from India which is very popular and made specially during the festival of Diwali – Besan Laddu / Besan Sweet.

Thanks to my little sister, for the inspiration 😉

It is a super easy, fool proof recipe and also since it doesn’t take too much time to make, unlike other traditional sweets from India, I feel one can’t go wrong here 🙂

Here’s a sneak peek of what we are about to make:

Spicy Baked Chickpeas!

Hey everybody!!

I am back yet again with one of my favorite kind of food – another spicy, crunchy Indian snack item which is super easy to make!!! This one is for all those people who love munching on healthy snacks 🙂

So let’s get started right away.. Like always, here’s a teaser 😉 :

Beetroot Crisps

Helloo friends,

It’s been a while and feels good to be back .. I have an interesting recipe today. To be really honest, this was sort of an experiement. The other day, when I came back home after an evening walk, I got an idea to make something different out of what I bought that previous morning – beetroots. Now, normally I would make beetroot halwa (a dessert) anytime I buy these, but this time I thought why not make a snack out of these – and a spicy one at that 😉 .. Put a few things together, mixed and fried and the result is a yummy crispy snack. Hope you check it out and give it a try!

Mint rice

Hey friends!

How is it going?

Have you ever wondered what to make when all you had was a bunch of mint at home?! .. Well, you can make a full meal with fresh mint and some basic indian cooking ingredients .. Mint rice, Mint Pulao, Green rice however you wanna call it, you gotta taste it to believe it 😉

I make this all the time and it’s perfect for lunch boxes or for dinner..

And I must mention, the pictures do not do good justice to the taste. One has to taste it to enjoy the deliciousness, trust me! 🙂

Black bean and Corn dip

Heyy all !!!

I am soo excited today to present you with a very, very easy and delicious recipe of a light evening meal or a perfect snack – a mexican inspired dip recipe (again!) .. you can easily say I love mexican 🙂 .. especially dips and chips!!

I came across the idea of this recipe online when I was searching for dips when I had bell peppers, corn and black beans at home (and was not in the mood to make something exhausting). An awesome replacement for the spices was from the ladies at ‘showmethecurry’ who used taco seasoning .. so I stole that idea from them 😉

Now let’s get into how it turns out to be, so you can decide for yourself if you want to go ahead check out the recipe 🙂

Quick puffed rice snack ~ Indian style !

Hey guys !

I made one of my favorite quick snack recipes today and wanted to share it with you all. I was debating if I should put it up on the blog or not, because it’s such a simple recipe and also I didn’t get to take enough pictures 😦 .. So hopefully you understand that and let’s jump right into the details :

Mocha Cupcakes

Happyy New Year friends !!!

Hope you all had a great 2012 and let’s welcome 2013 with lots of joy, laughter and some mouth-watering, delicious cupcakes !!! 😉

I’ve tried these yesterday for the very first time and was amazed at how yummy and addicting they are, yet so easy to make ~ All thanks to Laura (Laura in the kitchen) for the inspiration to this fantastic recipe !

So without any further delay let’s dig right into the recipe ..

Aloo Masala / Spicy Baby Potatoes

Hiii everyone !!!

It’s the holiday season and I hope you all are enjoying it to the fullest !!! .. My husband and I had a yummy, very filling meal the other day, and I wanted to share it with you all 🙂 ..

Alrighty, here’s today’s recipe’s highlight pic :

Masala Murukku

Heyy everyone!!

First off, I wish you all a very happy and safe Diwali !!! 🙂

I know this is one of everyone’s favorite festivals, mainly because it’s the festival of lovely lights and of course, because of the yummy food we make this season of the year !

I can go on and on about how much I used to enjoy and love Diwali as a kid and even now, but I want to jump right away to today’s recipe straight from my mom – Masala Murukku. Have a look at it and you decide if you would like to know the recipe or not .. 🙂