Pooja Bavishi Author Talk • Malai: Frozen Desserts Inspired by South Asian Flavors
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Pooja Bavishi is the founder and CEO of Malai, an acclaimed New York–based ice cream company specializing in innovative flavors infused with traditional South Asian ingredients. Inspired by the spices of her childhood—ginger, rose petals, fennel, saffron, cardamom—Pooja opened Malai in 2015 to offer a unique ice cream experience that blends her rich culinary heritage with everyone’s favorite frozen dessert. She has since won Food Network’s Chopped Sweets competition, was recognized as one of Inc. Magazine’s Female Founders 100, and was named a Tory Burch Foundation Fellow.
Malai: Frozen Desserts Inspired by South Asian Flavors - A celebration of South Asian flavors by Pooja Bavishi, the founder of acclaimed Malai.
In 2015, Malai, a Brooklyn-based ice cream shop was founded by Pooja Bavishi. Tapping into her first-generation Indian American upbringing, Bavishi revolutionized ice cream by incorporating robust South Asian spices and ingredients in their flavors. From opening scoop shops in NY and DC, to shipping their beloved flavors nationwide, Malai continued to leave its mark. Now, 10 years later, readers can bring a taste of Malai into their home kitchens. In Bavishi’s debut cookbook, readers are taken through an innovative and mouthwatering collection of ice cream and frozen desserts inspired by South Asian flavors.
Malai: Frozen Desserts Inspired by South Asian Flavors, features 100 delightful recipes that will transform your desserts into sweet, spiced, and flavorful frozen treats. Each recipe highlights Malai’s signature repertoire: cardamom, rose, ginger, jaggery, mango, chai, lychee, fennel, and saffron.
Bavishi highlights many of Malai’s beloved recipes, along with exciting new ones, including:
● Rose with Cinnamon Roasted Almonds Ice Cream
● Nimbu Pani Sorbet
● Coffee Cardamom Ice Cream
● Fried Ice Cream Pie
● Orange Fennel French Toast
● Coconut Saffron Kulfi Pops
● And many more!
With stunning photography, personal stories, and easy to follow instructions for all culinary levels, Malai: Frozen Desserts Inspired by South Asian Flavors is a one-of-a-kind cookbook that demonstrates how mainstream South-Asian ingredients are and how accessible they can be in everyday desserts.
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