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Dilkush in Hindi means: “heart is happy” (Dil=heart and Kush=happy), after tasting this homemade dilkush my heart was filled with happiness…<\/p>\n
A nostalgic pastry! I have had this pastry while growing up in Kerala, it’s sold at most bakeries in my hometown. It’s also available in some bakeries in Tamil Nadu. I didn’t grow up enjoying a whole lot of homemade pastries as baking wasn’t that common in my family nor in my hometown back then. So, whenever we got the pastry craving, we would rush to the nearest bakeries. One of the pastries that I often used to enjoy was this Dilkush. I lack words to describe the taste of this particular pastry. It’s like a large round bun stuffed with sweet filling; the pastry or bun is so soft, fluffy, and has a spongy texture and the sweet filling makes it taste even more delicious. It’s usually cut into triangular slices, sold as slices or as a whole pastry. We always used to buy the whole pastry as after enjoying a single slice we would certainly long for more. It’s truly hard to resist and sometimes I got so greedy that there were times when I’d finished up the whole dilkush in a single sitting.<\/p>\n
Last weekend, I had a sudden craving for dilkush. I haven’t had this pastry for a very long time and haven’t seen this being sold at any Indian stores in the US or Canada. I somehow couldn’t remember the name of this pastry and that thought was bugging me a lot. I phoned my mom, woke her up from her sleep as it was night in India and asked the name of the pastry that I loved the most while in India. She replied right away: It’s Dilkush.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t remember the number of times I had woken my mom up from her sleep to get recipes, measurements and names of dishes. She never hesitates! Mom\u2019s are the best and daughters are so mean \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
I wasn’t sure about the exact recipe for making dilkush so I had to do some research before giving it a try. I. As it’s a yeast-based pastry, had to let it rise for 2 hours. After it was placed in the oven, I kept pepping through the oven window and eagerly waited to taste it. As it came out of the oven, I was speechless it looked exactly like the bakery-bought ones. Before letting it cool down, I did take a small bite of it. I stood stunned, it tasted very very close to the ones that are sold at the bakeries, even the aroma and the texture of this dilkush was just phenomenal.<\/p>\n
If there’s anyone who is looking for the recipe for making delicious dilkush, this is the one, you would be lost in your nostalgic thoughts…<\/p>\n
Modifications I’ve made from the original recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n
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<\/p>\n \t\nDilkush – Pastry with a sweet filling in it<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRecipe Type<\/span>: Pastry<\/span><\/div>\nCuisine: Indian<\/span><\/div>\nAuthor: