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wow!..is it hard or soft? shakarpaaraas are relatively hard.
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Koeksisters are a bit crunchy on the outside but soft on the inside. At a bakery-cafe in Cape Town, a baker told me that the secret to this is to chill the sugar syrup and get it as cold as possible and dip the koeksisters into it as quickly as possible after frying.
On a similar note, other South African desserts:
Melktert (Milk Tart)
Malva Pudding
Hertzoggies
Peppermint Crisp Tart
Vlaskywe (Custard Slice)
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Traditionally, Sugar and Milk was the typical meetha in Sindhi cuture or I may say that in rural culture of sub-continent.
I was listening to this song by Abida Parveen penned by Shah Latif. This relates to story of Umar Marvi. Marvi was a poor girl from a village Malir in Thar and when she was abducted by the then ruler Umar Soomro, she kept on remembering her people, land, its seasons specially rainy days and then she rejects the delicious cuisine of the palace over the food that was consumed by her people (Maroo)
Muhnjo mulk malir- Abida Perween - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjEft5aj6oI)She mentions ‘Makhan Maakhi’ and ‘Khand Kheer - Sughar and Milk’ as the food which is dear to her people.
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**Chilled Blueberry Cheese Cake – Easy Recipe (YouTube)
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(Cheesecake is common in North American culture)
**How to Make Mango Panna Cotta (YouTube)
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(Panna cotta is common in Italian culture)
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**Watermelon Macaron スイカマカロン (YouTube)
**(Macarons are common in French culture)
How to Make Green Tea Chocolate / Matcha Nama Chocolate (Recipe) 抹茶生チョコレートの作り方（レシピ） (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHpOPESRqYQ)
(Green Tea Chocolate is common in Japanese culture)
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**วุ้นผลไม้สด Agar Jelly Fruit Cake Recipe (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra8UFj7mdlQ)
**(This recipe apparently comes from Thailand, but I’m unaware of whether or not the desert’s a common one over there)
**Agar Jelly with Fruits (YouTube)
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So I was right when I said 5 years back that this boring Sooji Halwa is almost present in all cultures.
Last January, I visited Turkey (one day in transit) and we were taken on free tour by Turkish Airline, which also included free lunch at a restaurant near Blue Mosque, Instanbul. There they served us with same Sooji Halwa. A Brazilian guy was also in our group and he liked it and asked ‘how this is made’. I told him its simple and even I can make it. This was confirmed by a Macedonian lady in our group, who said that they also made this in their home. lols.
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so this thread was reactivated by someone who promoted his / her youtube channel.
Interesting!
Halwa is universal
availiable in all culture
I am a meetha person but my dessert shouldn’t be too sweet. I don’t really prefer pakistani desseets tbh except for ras malayee and motichoor laddoos.
My faves are cheesecakes (ny style/blueberry only), muhallabia (lebanese specifically) and most european layer cakes.
American desserts are poison, if I must add.