5 Diwali Recipes

Are you looking for 5 Diwali recipes?  Diwali recipes can be made from scratch in your own kitchen. Use the freshest items for the best tasting Diwali recipes.

Cheeda (a very popular Diwali recipe)

• 4 cups flour                                                                                 
• vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup roasted Rava                                                               
• 1/2 cup Dalda
• salt to taste

1. Thoroughly mix all ingredients with water. Knead dough, divide into balls.
2. Grease fork prongs. Place a dough ball onto greased fork prongs. Spread and roll dough.
3. Remove fork from dough. Repeat then deep fry dough. Eat or store.

Gujia (other variations of this popular Diwali recipe exist)

• 2 cups flour                                                                                 
• 4 cups Khoya
• 3/4 chopped almonds                                                                   
• 6 tbsp vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar                                                                               
• 3.5-4 oz. water

1. Combine flour and half of the oil. The consistency will not be smooth. Add half of the water, stir.
2. Knead the dough. Place kneaded dough in a bowl. Cover the dough with a damp towel.        
3. Warm remaining vegetable oil in a pan. Stir in khoya, stirring occasionally until light brown.
4. Combine sugar and khoya. Stir in the almonds. Stir fry a few minutes, remove from heat to cool.
5. Roll dough into small circles. Fill by placing khoya in the center. Roll and seal the ends of the dough.
6. Fry filled dough in vegetable oil over low heat. Deep fry dough until golden looking.
7. Place fried Gujia on a paper towel. Serve or store.

Lapsi

• 1 cup cracked wheat            
•  2.5 cups hot water
• 1 cup of water, divided
• 2-3 tbsp slivered almonds      
• 1 tsp cardamom powder        
• a handful of raisins
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3/4 cups ghee
• 2 tbsp ghee

1. Soak raisins. Soak in a 1/2 cup of water.
2. Heat two tablespoons of ghee. Add cracked wheat to ghee. Stir cracked wheat until browned.
3. Add hot water to the cracked wheat. Stir occasionally. Add enough water to ensure the cracked wheat is soft enough.
4. Add sugar and remaining ingredients. Combine the mixture thoroughly. 
5. Cook for eight to ten minutes over low heat. Serve with slivered almonds.       

Rava Ladu

• 2 cups fresh shredded coconut
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup water
• 3/4 cup ghee, melted
• 1 tbsp. cardamom powder
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 1/2 cup roasted cashews or slivered almonds
• 2 cups fine semolina

1. Roast rava in melted ghee. Over  medium heat, roast rava until golden brown.
2. Add coconut to roasted rava. Stir occasionally over medium heat.
3. Combine sugar and water in a separate pot. Add cardamom powder to sugar mixture. Slowly stir in seminola.
4. Add rava and coconut to sugar mixture. Remove from heat. Stir every half hour for two hours.
5. Add nuts and raisins to mixture. Divide mixture into balls. Eat or store.

Tomato Chutney (over a dozen variations of this Diwali recipe exist)

• 5-8 tomatoes, diced
• 2 onions, diced
• 1 pinch of cumin
• 3 green chillies
• 1/2 tbsp. tamarind paste
• 1 pinch of mustard seed
• 3 tsp coriander leaves, chopped
• salt to taste
• enough vegetable oil to cover the bottom of a pan

1. Heat oil. Place mustard seed, green chillies, and cumin in heated oil. Saute, stirring thoroughly.
2. Add tomatoes and tamarind. Combine thoroughly, add mustard seed and salt. Grind coarsely.
3. Add coriander leaves. Grind a few seconds then add onion to the mixture. Cook a few seconds.