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Mallika Basu shares a guide to the ingredients and recipes that make Diwali sparkle – from fragrant dals and street food-inspired chaats to sweets so decadent, they practically demand a celebration
Make these traditional Indian recipes to spread hope, love, and joy to friends and family for Diwali, the Hindu New Year, also known as the Festival of Lights.
Treats and snacks to celebrate the festival of lights, like samosas, pakoras, and gulab jamun.
Name Image Main ingredients Category Arisa Pitha: Rice flour, Jaggery Fried, jaggery based Apple Halwa [2]: Apple, Milk, Ghee: Halva: Boondi: Gram flour (besan), ghee ...
Gajar ka halwa is a combination of nuts, milk, sugar, khoya and ghee with grated carrots. [11] [12] It is a light nutritious dessert with less fat (a minimum of 10.03% and an average of 12.19%) than many other typical sweets from the Indian subcontinent. [13]
Some businessmen open new account books on Cheti Chand; many however, do that on the eve of Diwali. On the full moon, people used to go to a river or lake and offer 'Akho' with a pinch of rice mixed with milk and flour. If there was no river or 'Darya', the ritual was performed at a well.
Murukku, is a South Indian snack typically made with Rice and black gram (urad daal) flour during Diwali. It is also very popular in South Africa, introduced by the Indian diaspora. Maize flour is used instead of rice flour with the addition of salt and cumin as the basic dry ingredients. It is sold by street vendors and at neighborhood shops.
It is traditionally eaten on Diwali and can be sweet, sour or spicy depending upon how it is made. It is a popular snack amongst the Maharashtrian, Gujarati and Kannadiga community in India and has a long shelf-life. It is widely available in shops; people usually purchase ready-made shankarpali during the year and only prepare it at home ...