On World Chocolate Day, celebrate the deliciousness that bridges cultural differences and uplifts people all across the world. July 7 is marked as world chocolate day and every year, chocolate connoisseurs and sweets lovers assemble to honour this cherished delight. On this unique day, you can enjoy the delectable pleasures that chocolate provides while also appreciating the artistry and workmanship involved in crafting it. So, mark the day on your calendar and take part in the global celebration of World Chocolate Day, as chocolate turns into a common language that unites people from all over the world.

Here are some easy-to-make chocolate recipes for making world chocolate day more special this year. You can make these sweet dishes with affordable ingredients in less time. 

So, let us have a look at the recipes:  

 A dish that tops the list is

1.) Chocolate mug cake: This sweet dish can be prepared in the microwave and that too in less than 5 minutes. The ingredients needed are very basic like flour, sugar, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and oil. 

2.) Chocolate Lave cake: This dish can make your mouth water even if you’re stuffed. The ingredients used are chocolate, butter, icing sugar, egg yolks, and flour. 

3.) Homemade Chocolates: You can make delicious as well as nutritious chocolates at your home easily. These can be prepared by mixing chocolate, butter, and a bit of cream and melting them together. Then put the mixture in a bowl, and let it cool for some time. Then you can give it the shape you want and let it freeze in your refrigerator. You can also garnish these homemade chocolates with your favorite berries, nuts, or anything else. 

4.) Chocolate brownies: These are usually preferred to satisfy one’s impulsive chocolate craving. These are prepared by blending butter, cocoa, sugar, vanilla extract, salt, and baking powder.  You can also prepare it with some additional nuts or any other topping. 

5.) Chocolate pudding: Although originated in France, this sweet dish has been successful in getting love from India to a large extent. This dish includes moist chocolate pudding. To prepare his mouthwatering sweet dish, you just need unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar, low-fat milk, and low-fat cream. 

So, these, easy to make and easy to serve as well, dishes, will surely act as catalysts for your world chocolate day celebration, in 2023 !

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Every year Janmashtami is celebrated to demark the birth of Lord Krishna. Followers indulge in the practice of worship of Lord Krishna by singing songs, dancing, re-enacting Lord Krishna’s life in plays and many more such practices.

Some followers also practice a day-long fast and put together a Bhog as an offering to Lord Krishna. Janmashtmi this year will be celebrated on august 18th.

The auspicious occasion does come with a little restriction for the worshippers who practice fasting. The worshippers, who follow the practice of fasting, are expected only to eat very few ingredients during Janmashtami fasting such as dry fruits, sabudana, Amarnath, makhana, buckwheat, and a few more.

Therefore, we bring to you a list of 5 recipes that one can put together which will even cater to the people who will fast.

Sweet Potato Chaat

Sweet potato and rock salt tossed in with some spices, preferably according to taste, turns into a tasty filling item to be consumed during Janmashtami. Sweet potato is a fast-friendly ingredient that is a household item in India during the times of Navratri.

Read Also: Janmashtami 2022: Date, shubh muhurat, and rituals

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Kuttu Ki Puri
To make this one needs to use buckwheat to prepare a dough and add Sendha Namak, rest is similar to any puri recipe, and fry it according to the crisp.

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Sabudana Khichdi
To make this one needs to soak Sabudana and add them stir-fried with peanuts, Aloo, jeera, and rock salt, the rest is very similar to a normal khichdi. To know more watch the video

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Sabudana Kheer
Sabudana kheer is identical to a normal kheer made from rice or Seviyan. One just has to put Sabudana instead of rice. The rest of the making steps are similar to the kheer.

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Someone has rightly said that God cannot be present everywhere, so he has created mother. Mother is the most unique gift made by God.

Mother’s Day is celebrated every year on the second Sunday of May. This time Mother’s Day will be celebrated on May 10, 2022. This day is dedicated to all the mothers. Mother is a woman in every person’s life with whom they can share about every aspect of life, be it personal or professional.

And if we talk about the mother, then no matter how bad her child is for people of the world, she is the most beloved. Maybe that’s why no one can understand a mother’s love.

Every year on Mother’s Day, people do many creative things to make their mother feel special, some give surprise gifts to their mother and some cook their mother’s favourite food. In such a situation, if you also want to make something for your mother this Mother’s Day, then the homemade cake is the best idea.

Nothing is better than a cake when it comes to celebration. Let’s know the cake recipe to make it, and it is also very easy to make.

Recipe to make Homemade Cake

Ingredients:

Maida – 1. 1/2 cup

Sugar – 1 cup

Curd – 1 cup

Oil – 1/2 cup

Sweet soda – 1/2 tsp

Cocoa Powder – 4 tsp

Vanilla Essence – 2 tsp

Baking powder – 1/2 tsp

Milk – 1/2 cup

Steps

First of all mix sugar, curd and oil together.

Then, add flour, baking powder, baking soda and milk to it.

Add cocoa powder as well.

Mix all the ingredients together.

Put the batter in the butter greased cake pan.

Now bake the batter in the oven at 180 for 25-30 minutes.

Garnish the cake with hot chocolate or chocolates of your mom’s favourite.

Sprinkle some gems.

Cake is ready to serve.

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Janmashtami, the auspicious festival that celebrates the birth of Lord Krishna is around the corner. And, ahead of this auspicious festival, devotees have started preparing for the birthday of Lord Krishna that will take place on August 30. On this day, the devotees keep a day-long fast and they offer prayers to Lord Krishna. The devotees break their fast at midnight by consuming the Prashad. Apart from this, the devotees also prepare several Prashads and scrumptious dishes to appease Lord Krishna on his special day. However, before all of this, a Panchamrit is prepared for Lord Krishna in which he takes bath, and it is offered to the devotees later.

Earlier, in our Janmashtami series, we shared some Prashad recipes that are popular in Bihar, now we will share the easy recipe of Panchamrit. The Panchamrit is made with dairy products and it includes dry fruits, basil leaves, among other things.

What are the ingredients required to make Panchamrit?

The ingredients that are required to make Panchamrit are:

Milk– Half cup
Curd– One cup
Gangajal– Half cup
Sugar– Two tablespoon
Ghee– Half Tablespoon
Dry fruit and nuts
Chironji
Makhane
Honey– Half Tablespoon
Basil Leaves– 9-10 leaves

Also Read: Janmashtami 2021: Make Meva Laddoo, Makhan Mishri, Makhana Kheer, Nariyal-Badam Barfi, Lauki ki Barfi at home

How to make Panchamrit?

Step 1: Take a pot, and add one cup of curd to it.

Step 2: Now, add half a cup of milk and two tablespoons of sugar in it, and mix it well.

Step 3: Now. You need to add half a cup of Gangajal, one tablespoon honey and one tablespoon ghee in the pot, and mix it all again.

Step 4: The last step is to add basil leaves to the pot, and mix it well.

Step 5: Now, you can pour Panchamrit in small cups and serve it to your friends and family.

In other news, here are some scrumptious Janmashtami recipes from Bihar that you need to try your hands on.

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