Diwali celebrations completes with Diwali food. Diwali is, indeed, the festival of light and the festival of sweets. From the crack of the dawn, beautiful aroma comes from the kitchen of every house. Women prepare delicious dishes for the Diwali day to celebrate the festivity. There is family get together and people enjoy eating different delicacies among each other's company.Some of the popular Diwali food are: pedha, lapsi, badam phirni, channar payesh (in Besgal) and besan laddoo.However, some people also prepare kheer, meethe chawal or sweet rice, rasmalai, shakkarpare and gajar ka halwa.
These are the most loved sweet dishes for Diwali in order to serve to friends, family, relatives and neighbors. People exchange gifts and sweets on this day. Traditionally, it is believed that if people will eat sweets on the day of Diwali, his or her entire approaching year will be filled with sweetness and happiness. Some of these sweets are in fact, family specific. So, let us find out how these savory delights can be made:
Procedure
Take the almonds and soak it in warm water. Then after about an hour, remove the skin and make a fine paste. Keep this aside. In a heavy wok, take milk and bring it to a boil. Add sugar and let it boil for another 15-20 minutes. But keep stirring it to this add the paste of almond and keep stirring. Now add two three threads of saffron, pista and raisins. Let it still cook until thick. After another fifteen minutes, sprinkle cardamom powder and serve hot or cold. Tip: Instead of almond powder, you can also use rice powder. For this, soak the rice in warm water for 45-50 minutes and then grind into fine paste. This will make the renowned sweet dish called Phirni. It is really mouth watering.
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