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Diwali recipes, Diwali sweets, snacks recipes, 100 plus recipes

October 26, 2013 by Raks Anand 34 Comments / Jump to Recipe

Diwali recipes

For me Diwali means thrill, joy, happiness😍. Who can ever forget the childhood days filled with all these mixed emotions. My joy starts even before 100 days from Diwali. Yes! I take the calendar, mark the count down with a pencil in a corner of the daily sheet calendar😛. And every single day when I tear off the calendar sheets, I will get so excited and count my days for Diwali 😆. What made Deepavali so exciting those days and why its not now, I always ask myself🤨.

I always feel bad that Aj is missing all those. Even myself. May be its because we were kids and the crackers were one of the main fascination. May be, those times, we don’t get new clothes this often as we are buying every now and then, when ever we feel like🤷‍♀️. Yes, my dad buys dress only once in a year for Diwali alone. And the Deepavali shopping for clothes will be so so exciting. They don’t even let us to try the new dress until the Deepavali day. Only after all the poojas get over, we get the new clothes in our hands through the eldest in the home.

Those days, traditional and classic recipes were taking the lime light. Fanciest is Gulab jamun. So here are some gulab jamun recipes for you.

Diwali-recipes
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100 plus Diwali recipes

Diwali recipes, more than 100 recipes including traditional Diwali sweets to fancy recipes. Browse the Snacks section for choosing.
Course Snack
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Servings 4
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • Jaggery
  • Gram flour
  • Ghee/ Clarified butter

Instructions

  • Please refer individual posts for the respective recipe instructions.

Click on each picture for the recipe (Updated 2020)

Diwali recipes – sweets

Jamun recipes: 

Gulab jamun recipe

Sweet potato jamunMakkan pedaBread jamunMilk powder gulab jamungulkand gulab jamun

Evergreen sweets

 

Mysore pak recipebadusha recipejangri-recipeJalebi recipeApple jalebiSweet boondi recipeadhirasam recipeAdhirasam with sugarsomas-somasi-recipeKaju strawberrydiamond-cuts-maida-sweetpuran poli recipeSweet potato poliSojji-appam-recipesweet mixtureSweet sevAchu murukkuPaal paniyaram

How can I explain the joy those days! And not to forget the crackers. I still remember the cracker and firework stories in my childhood. Every single thing. We the kids in the street will be having competition, like in front of who’s house there is more cracker papers. We burst crackers and sweep the papers in a corner to show how much we have burst. I love love to burst crackers. Right from oosi pattasu to Laksmi vedi. And the cape – dot cape, which we burst with a hammer, roll cape with the toy g*n. I am not big fan of ‘at*m bom*‘. Its too loud for me, no fun.

But laksmi vedi is class. It gives lots of paper kuppai, just what we want. And I have never burst 1000 walas. Only the 100s. And the Bijili crackers. How colorful those bijilis used to be and sometimes, we even untie the saram red fort crackers to bijilis and burst for more time. We do lot of naughty things while bursting crackers, though not serious ones, it will be up to our range 😉 Like gather all the left over papers and dig the cracker inside it and make it burst. It will blow up all the papers up and we watch the fun. Diwali and rain comes together hand to hand. We will be so worried and our prayers to God will be only that it should not rain! How big our prayers, see, at that age. 😉

Below are some sweets with milk as main ingredient.

Milk based sweets

rasmalaikalakandmalpua with rabdiShahi tukda-recipesweet samosaShrikhandmicrowave therattipalTraditional palkova recipeChocolate peda reciperabribasundi-recipePaal poli

And we don’t leave the rain water that is in the open fields opposite to our home. We quickly place the crackers inside it and make it burst, and it spills water all over. 😀  And all these things, I do these with my brother Sendhil Kumar Ramalingam . Not to forget the mini competitions that who wake up first and burst the first cracker in the street. Wantedly, we burst the loudest to make the point that we did it first.

For me I wont get sleep at all on the eve of Diwali. Its pure excitement and nothing else. My brother will be equally excited, but he will sleep like anything in the morning. I will be waking him every time. Those days I don’t even care about the Diwali works mom had. Only I used to do is enjoy with my brother. Until he went to hostel for his higher studies. Then the scenarios just changed. In those 4 years when he was in hostels, he will even sometimes not come home for Diwali, and me and mom used to shed tears for that too, which my dad always mocks at. 🙂

My brother loves wheat halwa and mom makes it at times for Diwali. Below, you can find some halwa and kesari recipes.

Halwa recipes

ashoka halwaChana dal halwaatta kesariGodhumai halwabadam+halwa recipeBread halwabeetroot halwa recipecorn-flour-halwa-microwave recipeStove top corn flour halwaKasi halwaMango sheeradiwali recipesSemiya kesari recipePoha sheeraSweet potato halwabanana-halwabottle-gourd-halwa

 

Diwali recipes – Burfi recipes

badam burfiCoconut burfi recipeCarrot burfi recipekesar+burfi recipeMaida burfi recipe7 cups burfiBesan coconut burfigur papdibournvita-burfi-recipecarrot-mysore-pak

But after he went to job, and though he will keep the suspense until last day whether he is coming or not, I had one more advantage, he will also buy crackers, dress for me. And mainly the salwars, chudidars from B’lore 😉 The whole Diwali day will be full of eating sweets, snacks prepared for Diwali along with Idli, chutney, podi, suzhiyan, adhirasam, vadai. No cooking that day and we used to eat all these and get heart burn ofcourse because of all those oily goodies! Who cared, we totally enjoyed the food and time. We wake up like around 3.00 am and mom will lit lamp in the pooja room, keep sheekai / arappu thool in a bowl, and sesame oil in another bowl. Elder in the house will apply those two in the head for sastra and we take oil bath, come back and wear some other new dress, not the diwali dress and eagerly wait for the pooja to get over.

Amma makes amazing boondi ladoos we all love. Below you can find some ladoo recipes.

Ladoo recipes

Motichoor ladooBoondi ladoo recipecoconut ladooCoconut khoya rava ladooMaa ladooNei urundai recipeAval laddu recipeBesan ladoo recipeAtta ladoo recipeSattu ladooSesame ladoomalai-ladoo-recipe

Diwali  recipes – snacks

Thenkuzhal-murukku-recipeKai murukku recipeMagizhampoo-thenkuzhal recipetapioca murukkupottu kadalai murukkupuzhungal arisi murukkucashew murukkubutter murukkuPeanut murukkuSpinach murukkuSattu sevKarasev recipekara sevomapodi recipeAloo bhujiyaMixture recipeChivdakara boondi recipespicy diamond cutsmaida seedai recipeseepu seedaithattai recipeThattai with peanuts

Chilli bajji recipemasal vadaiChaat recipesSamosa reciperagi-murukkukambu-murukku-recipenei-kadalai-recipebesan-chakliaval-murukku-recipeGarlic ribbon murukku recipe

After the pooja is over, we fall on the elders foot and get our dresses and rush to wear the dress. The smell of the new dress, how exciting it will be! 🙂 And not to forget to show off your dress to the friends and neighbors 😉 Now enough of my stories and here is the list of recipes for this Diwali. Preparation and cooking time varies from recipe to recipe. Please check the individual to know. Prep time varies from 12 hrs to 10 mins and cooking from 1 hr to 15 mins. And main ingredients in sweets are milk, khoya, sugar, besan/ kadalai maavu, maida, urad dal, badam, pista, cashew nuts, coconut, rava, jaggery, ghee, oil. For snacks, mainly rice flour, urad dal flour, besan, oil etc; Click on the picture for the respective recipes.

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  1. Hema

    October 26, 2013 at 2:31 am

    I enjoyed reading this, same thoughts here, those days will never come back, feeling nostalgic..

    Reply
  2. Kurinji

    October 26, 2013 at 3:04 am

    Mouth watering clicks…..

    Reply
  3. Gayathri Ramanan

    October 26, 2013 at 4:05 am

    wow..Fabulous collection of diwali sweets and snacks…..

    Reply
  4. AparnaRajeshkumar

    October 26, 2013 at 5:33 am

    what a collection u have ? i agree with one point … saying about dress .. omg how can i explain we too get only for diwali ! and now i am getting every month. old is gold is n't it …

    Reply
  5. Shabitha Karthikeyan

    October 26, 2013 at 6:19 am

    Nice post !! Surely our kids miss all those excitement and fun.

    Reply
  6. Shobana Vijay

    October 26, 2013 at 11:13 am

    Delicious and mouth watering sweets and snacks

    Reply
  7. suganya ram

    October 26, 2013 at 11:46 am

    Awesome collections Rak's. U rock.

    Reply
  8. suganya ram

    October 26, 2013 at 11:47 am

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    Reply
  9. Nivedhanams Sowmya

    October 26, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  10. Nivedhanams Sowmya

    October 26, 2013 at 12:35 pm

    What a beautiful collection!!! drool worthy pictures!! very festive!!!

    Reply
  11. Srilakshmi

    October 27, 2013 at 4:05 am

    Hi what all i experienced in my childhood u mentioned here, my eyes shredded with tears recollecting the memories.
    Thank you raks for making me to recollect my childhood

    Reply
  12. Aruna Manikandan

    October 27, 2013 at 4:29 am

    wonderful collection raji 🙂

    Reply
  13. சாருஸ்ரீராஜ்

    October 30, 2013 at 11:57 am

    raji wht u told is the same of us too .but for me two brothers , they wont give big vedi only othai vedi ,and all the crackers will be given to me..

    Reply
  14. Karpagam Srinivasan

    October 31, 2013 at 8:05 am

    Wow, after reading your diwali story, I burst into tears….feeling very nostalgic…Wish those days come back again…..

    Reply
  15. Shaami (Shajitha Habeeb)

    November 2, 2013 at 7:51 am

    I enjoyed your childhood stories, very interesting ! ! want to try all ur diwali sweets recipes…following you, visit my space if you get time.

    Reply
  16. Aps Prabhu

    October 10, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    Hats off to your sweet collection
    Each and every dish is super

    Reply
  17. Elizabeth Oommen

    October 12, 2014 at 2:01 am

    Lady . . . Hats off . . . Love u for making my life so tasty . .. I really enjoy cooking stealing all ur ideas .. Hehehheeh . . . U r just wonderful . . . My hubby has started appreciating my cooking after 3 yrs of marriage . . Hehhehe . .. God bless u darling ".

    Reply
  18. HEMA

    October 18, 2014 at 1:05 am

    Hi , raks i tried out badusha, boondhi laddu, pottukadalai murukku, mysore pak ,it came out very well . iam very pleased to share my heartfelt thanks to you …and i have a request can u pls tell me measurent for milagaipodi (one which we use for daily samayal ). this is really gonna to be useful tip for all like your other posts ..thank u

    Reply
  19. HEMA

    October 18, 2014 at 1:05 am

    Hi
    Raks u r really ROCKING
    plzz continue the great job

    Reply
  20. HEMA

    October 18, 2014 at 1:05 am

    Hi Raks,

    you r ROCKING

    Plzzzzzz continue the great job

    HATS OFF

    Reply
  21. Raks anand

    October 18, 2014 at 1:07 am

    Thank you 🙂 You mean this? http://www.rakskitchen.net/2013/06/2-sambar-powder-recipe-homemade-sambar.html

    Reply
  22. Punitha

    October 20, 2014 at 9:43 am

    Mouth watering clicks….. 😛

    Reply
  23. Harshita Kapur

    November 2, 2014 at 10:53 am

    You can literally open up a sweet shop!! 😀 😀 I mean…….so many sweets!!! Yum Yum!

    Reply
  24. Vidya

    November 7, 2015 at 4:32 am

    Superb words… Me have the same feeling.. My kid misses all those fun we used to have…

    Reply
  25. Amudha Pragasam

    November 9, 2015 at 2:13 pm

    Hiii.. Raks.. Awesome collections of recipes.. Thanks for such great job.. Keep going.. RAKS.. 🙂

    Reply
  26. Vidya Ramesh

    November 9, 2015 at 2:16 pm

    Hi
    You are very good inspiration for all of us. Have a superb blog.. I should say that you are a very good cook without any doubt and at the sametime a good writer. I was taken back to my childhood days when I read you. Felt that you and I were staying on the same street. Whatever pranks you had done for Diwali, the same we also used to do, especially for the "Paper Kuppai", For this Diwali Iam making Badam Burfi and Moong Dal Laddu and karasev, from your recipes..Have a Happy Diwali and God Bles you and your family…

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  27. Rajee

    October 27, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Finished making sweets and savoury. If you give idea for lunch on Diwali it will be nice. Confusing what to make.

    Reply
  28. Raks anand

    October 27, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    You can make something light and simple since there will be heavy sweets and snacks 🙂 May be mixed rice variety or simple thogayal, rasam, kootu.

    Reply
  29. Anil Sahu

    October 30, 2016 at 1:02 am

    Nice Post. Wonderful ideas to make sweet dishes.

    Reply
  30. Rajee

    October 30, 2016 at 1:04 am

    Thanks and wishes and congrats for the article in The Hindu

    Reply
  31. Raks Kitchen

    October 19, 2018 at 2:41 am

    Thank you all for your lovely comments

    Reply
  32. Kuzhali

    October 22, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    This write up took me to my childhood days.. am wiling g my tears now honestly

    Reply
  33. Kuzhali

    October 22, 2019 at 10:57 pm

    This write up took me to my childhood days.. am wilping my tears now honestly

    Reply
  34. Raks Anand

    October 24, 2019 at 2:52 pm

    Glad someone loved my write up even after these many year 🙂

    Reply

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