Food to Eat During Diwali
Snacks, sweets, and other treats
The best thing about the Festival of Lights is that it lasts for 5 days. So you will have the license to forget about your diet for 5 days and go crazy on tasty and delicious Diwali food. So what are the best Foods to Eat during Diwali?
Diwali Mithai or Diwali Sweets are the best thing about Diwali – after firecrackers, perhaps. You can choose from a wide variety of Diwali sweets – Kaju Barfi, Besan Ladoo, Badaam Halwa, Mysore Pak, Rava Kheer and many more. Read this article for all the juicy stuff about Diwali Sweets.
What’s Diwali without a Laddoo? Laddoos are everyone’s favorite Indian sweets. A laddoo is easy to identify – it is shaped like a small ball and is made with wheat semolina, coconut and chickpea flour and cooked with ghee. Then the laddoo is stuffed with nuts such as almond and pistachio or raisins for added taste and effect.
Have you tried Chirote before? It’s easily one of the tastiest desserts out there. Chirote is a light and flaky dessert made from wheat flour stuffed with sugar filling, which is deep fried and served with syrup.
Samosa is the most common Indian street food. You will find someone selling samosas on every street corner in Mumbai, Delhi or Ahmedabad. Samosas are triangle shaped pockets of pastry stuffed with lentils, peas, and other veggies. They are tasty and fulfilling.
If you’re going to have samosas, why not have pakoras along with that? Pakoras, like samosas, are incredibly popular street foods in India. These tasty snacks are easy to prepare. Take deep fried vegetables, dip them in wheat batter and cook slowly. What you get is a hot and crisp Pakora – it’s so good that you can’t have just one!
Barfis are among the most common sweets in India. They are made from a special concoction of condensed milk, nuts such as almond or cashew and sugar. The mixture is solidified and allowed to cool, following which it is cut into small square-shaped pieces. Then, the barfi is covered by a silver leaf for added effect.
Chivda is the most common snack available in India. Chivda is made with flattened rice or poha, which is cooked slowly and green chili and turmeric powder added for that special flavor. You can then add peanuts, raisins and mustard seeds to the mix.
If there is one Diwali sweet you must have, it’s Gulab Jamun. If you haven’t tasted Gulab Jamun yet, you’re missing out on something really, really special. Gulab Jamun is a special sweet made from curdled milk and flour, which is kneaded into dough. It is then fried in hot oil and dropped in a bowl of scented sugary syrup. Gulab Jamun can be served hot or cold. Yes, it tastes like heaven!