Sweet Recipes for Diwali Celebration

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.

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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.

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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.

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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:

• Almonds
• Pistachios

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.

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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.

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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.

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