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Mar 2025
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77: Hetal Vasavada's recipe for Tender C...

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Brilliant flavors and stunning ingredients are staples of cookbook author Hetal Vasavada’s cooking and baking. That’s doubly true for the always-colorful recipes on her blog, Milk and Cardamom, and her One: Tender Coconut Cream Pie. Hetal is the author of Desi Bakes. You can follow her on Instagram and TikTok @milkandcardamom.


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