Sweets Archives - Different Truths

October 6, 2025
Sarika Sarkar Das
Celebration, Recipe

Cultural Insight: Narkel Sondesh in Autumnal Puja Celebrations

Experience authentic Bengali bliss: whip up traditional Narkel Sondesh, a fragrant coconut delight that embodies Durga Puja’s sweet farewell and festive magic, with Sarika, exclusively for Different Truths. Life has...

August 2, 2024
Sonali Chakraborty
Food

Masala Kaju: Spicy Roasted Cashews

Sonali shares the recipe of masala kaju, yummy spicy roasted cashews, perfect snack during festivities. Read more in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. We just celebrated...

January 26, 2024
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Yummy Nolen Doi, a Bengali Sweet Yoghurt Dessert to Die For!

Nolen Doi (curd/ yoghurt) is a winter delicacy in Bengal. Sarika shares the recipe of baked yoghurt with palm jaggery, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. We,...

January 19, 2024
Sarika Sarkar Das
Food

Family, Festival and Food: Celebrate with Kheertua, a Sweet Dish from Assam

Sarika tells us how festivities changed as she grew up. Family and friends are of greater significance. She is saddened by honour killing and hopes that festivities would remove...

January 17, 2024
Tapati Sinha
History & Culture, Religion

Makar Sankranti: A Pan-Indian Solar Festival Celebrating Bounty

Makar Sankranti is an important pan-Indian solar festival, known by different names. It is known as Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Pedda Panduga in Andhra Pradesh, Bihu in Assam, Magha...

December 7, 2023
Ruchira Adhikari Ghosh
Potpourri

The Silver Bowl

Ruchira reminisces about a silver set for a cousin’s wedding, many moons ago, in the weekly column, exclusively in Different Truths. Looking back now, I am inclined to believe...

March 7, 2023
Sonali Chakraborty
Fairs & Festivals, Food

If it is Holi it has to be Gujiya!

In the US, all celebrations are on the weekend, Holi too. Sonali shares the recipe of baked Gujiyas, the traditional sweet pastry that is served during Holi. Though it...

January 27, 2023
Anumita Roy
Food, People

Three Delicious Bengali Sweets

Bongs and their Misti (sweet, both a noun and an adjective) are inseparable like a pair of old gloves. Anumita shares the recipes of three popular sweets, Misti Doi, Sandesh...

January 6, 2023
Susmita Bhattacharya
Food

Pithe and Patishapta: Winter Celebratory Sweets in Bengal during Poush Sankranti

With Poush Sankranti around the corner, Susmita tells us about Pithe and Patishapta, the celebratory sweets in Bengali homes, all over the world. Read more in the weekly column,...

November 11, 2022
Abhilasha Trivedi
Food, Potpourri

A Sweet Tale

Childhood and adolescence seem to be another country. Our identities are formed then. Simple things like what we ate or wore, the places we visited, become landmarks in our...

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