Sweets Recipes for Diwali
Kaju Katli Recipe
Recipe Servings: 3
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes
Ingredients :
- 1 tsp saffron
- 100 gm cashew nuts, broken
- 6 Tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
- 2 sheets silver varq
Preparation :
- Grind cashew nuts into a fine powder.
- Heat sufficient water in a non-stick pan.
- Add sugar and saffron, mix and cook till syrup thickens.
- Add cardamom powder and cashew nut powder and mix well.
- Cook for about 3 minutes.
- Spread the mixture onto a thali and let it cool to room temperature.
- Transfer mixture onto a worktop and knead a little.
- Spread the mixture into aburfitray, garnish with silvervarqand let it set.
- Cut into squares and serve.
Top
Rava Kheer Recipe
Recipe Servings: 4
Prep Time: 05 Minutes
Cook Time: 35 Minutes
Ingredients :
- 1 kg full cream milk
- 1/4 cup rava (semolina)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Dry fruits
- A pinch of saffron
- 2-3 green cardamoms
Preparation :
- Roast rava till slightly covered.
- Add milk and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat and simmer.
- Keep stirring to avoid scorching.
- Add sugar followed by dry fruits, saffron and cardamom.
- Cook for another 5 minutes.
- Ready to serve.
Top
Badam Halwa and Barfis Recipe
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients :
- 125 gm soaked, blanched and ground almonds
- 75 gm poppy seeds soaked in milk
- 1 liter milk
- 125 gm khoya
- 200 gm sugar
- 200 gm ghee
- 1/4 tsp saffron strands
- 4 green cardamoms
Preparation :
- Strain and grind the poppy seeds.
- Combine with almonds, cardamom and milk, blend until smooth.
- Cook on a slow flame.
- Once the mixture thickens add khoya, sugar and saffron.
- Thicken the mixture further.
- Add the ghee and continue cooking until the mixture leaves the sides of the pan.
- Serve hot as halwa.
To make Barfi:
- Set in a lightly oiled tray.
- Cut into desired shape and decorate with silver leaf.
Top
Mohanthal Recipe
Recipe Servings: 4
Prep Time: 10-15 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Ingredients :
- 250 gm gram flour (besan)
- 1 Tbsp ghee
- 3 Tbsp milk, mixed to a crumbly consistency
- 50 gm khoya
- 200 gm sugar
- 1/2 tsp cardamom powder
- 150 gm ghee
For garnishing:
Preparation :
- Put sugar and half a cup of water over low heat and stir till sugar dissolves (do not let it come to a boil).
- When it dissolves let it boil and cook till hard ball consistency.
- Drop a drop into cold water and it should form into a hard lump.
- While sugar is cooking, cook khoya over low heat, stirring all the time, till crumbly.
- Heat ghee and add the gram flour mixture and saute till a light brown.
- Add cardamom, mix well and remove from heat.
- Add syrup and stir gently to mix well.
- Transfer to greased thali, pat to level, garnish with almonds and pistachios.
- Cool and cut into squares and store into air tight containers.
Top
Coconut Til Laddoo Recipe
Recipe Servings: 4
Prep Time: 05 Minutes
Cook Time: 25 Minutes
Ingredients :
- 2 cups white sesame seeds
- 1 and 1/2 cup chopped dates
- 1 cup dry grated coconut
- How to Make Coconut Til Ladoo (Laddu)
- Finely chop de-seeded dates.
Preparation :
- Dry roast sesame in a wok for around 1-2 minutes on medium flame until it light golden.
- Keep aside the sesame to cool.
- Add coconut to the wok.
- Stir well.
- Lightly grind the cooled sesame in a dry grinder more for a few seconds.
- Make sure you don't grind it to fine.
- Take the ground sesame seeds in a bowl.
- Add chopped dates and coconut powder and mix well.
- Take small amount of mixture and roll it in hand to form a ball orladoo.
- You can roll the laddoo in some coconut powder to add texture.
Top
Badami Besan Ke Laddoo Recipe
Prep Time : 16-20 minutes
Cook time : 16-20 minutes
Serve : 4
Ingredients :
- Almonds 20-25
- Gram Flour 4 cups
- Ghee 2 cups
- Green cardamom powder 1/2 teaspoon
- Powdered sugar 2 cups
Preparation :
- Heat ghee in a kadai and add green cardamom powder.
- Add gram flour and roast on low heat till a nice aroma is given out - for approximately ten minutes.
- Crush almonds.
- Transfer roasted gram flour to a bowl and add crushed almonds and mix.
- Allow the mixture to cool slightly before adding powdered sugar.
- Add sugar and mix.
- Roll into even sized laddoos. Cool and store.
Top
Wish your loved ones with: