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Ismaili Recipes - This blog contains our family recipes; mainly it is Ismaili (Khoja) cuisine, our family lived in Uganda for 3 generations so we have a marked East African(Swahili, Lugandi) Influence in our cooking AND in our language!! (Kutchi / Cutchi / Gujarati. In recent years with new additions to the family our cooking includes, English, Pakistani, Italian and Irish influences.

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Desserts & Sweets

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Vegan Carrot Halwa
Mitha Chowka / Meetha Chawal / Sweet Nutty Rice Dessert
Lapsi / Nutty Cracked Wheat Dessert / Pudding
Strawberry Trifle
Summer Fruit Jelly
Rhubarb and Fig Crumble
Date Halva
Kheer / Nutty Rice Pudding with Saffron
Tumbua Ndizi / Gonja or Sweet Plantain Fritters
Gulab Jamboo / Jamun
Seviyan / Sweet Vermicelli
Sooji jo Seero / Seera - Nutty Semolina Halva with Saffron
Bundi ja Ladu
Mohsin's Pomegranate and Pineapple Fresh Fruit Salad
Mohsin's Fresh Fruit Salad
Nab's Biscuit Pudding
Pumpkin Pie



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Anonymous said...

Excellent website...thanks for sharing your recipes.

10 October 2015 at 15:59:00 BST

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