As we all are familiar, any celebration in Indian tradition is incomplete without sweets. When it comes to diwali everyone desires to eat yummy food. Day before diwali is known as choti diwali. Before focusing on the main feast of diwali lets prepare something special for choti diwali as well. Instead of buying sweets from outside, try making them at your home.
1.Kaju Barfi
Ingredients of Homemade Kaju Ki Barfi
1/2 Cup water
6 tbsp sugar
1 tsp saffron
1 tsp cardamom Powder
1 cup cashew nut Powder
How to Make Homemade Kaju Ki Barfi
1.Add sugar, water and saffron in a wide pan and stir continuously until sugar dissolves completely.
2.Add cardamom powder and stir well until it becomes thick and a little sticky.
3.Now add the roughly powdered cashew nut to the sugar syrup and cook over low heat.
4.Stir and cook continuously to make it a thick single lump. Do not stop stirring otherwise a lot of lumps will form and the mixture may over cook.
5.Now let it cool down to room temperature.
6.Take an aluminum tray and transfer the prepared mixture to it. Make it a soft dough so it can be rolled easily.
7.Using a rolling pin roll it out in a round shape.
8.Using a knife cut it into pieces of any shape of your choice.
9.Separate the pieces and your homemade kaju ki barfi is ready to eat. Serve it as a post meal dessert.
2.Chawal Ki kheer
Ingredients of Chawal Ki Kheer
1/4 Cup basmati rice
6 cups milk
3/4 cup condensed milk
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
10 gms almonds (slivered)
For garnishing:20 gms slivered Almonds
30 gms pistachio nuts (whole)
How to Make Chawal Ki Kheer
1.Pick, wash and soak rice for 20 minutes.
2.Drain and rinse the rice again and set aside.
3.In a heavy bottomed pan, boil milk add the drained and rinsed rice.
4.Simmer it for 20 to 25 minutes, stir continuously. Add condensed milk.
5.Mix well.
6.Add sugar, cardamom powder and slivered almonds. Mix thoroughly.
7.Serve hot or chilled garnished with slivered almonds and roasted whole pistachio nuts.
3.Gajar Ka Halwa
Ingredients of Gajar Ka Halwa
1 Kg carrot
1/2 litre milk
8 Green cardamoms
5-7 tbsp ghee
5-7 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp raisins
1 tbsp almonds, shredded.
2 tbsp dates, chopped
How to Make Gajar Ka Halwa
1.Peel and grate the carrots.
2.Simmer in milk with the cardamom until liquid evaporates.
3.Heat ghee in a heavy pan and add the carrot mixture.
4.Cook over a gentle flame for 10-15 minutes.
5.Stir in sugar and continue cooking until the halwa turns a deep reddish color.
6.Stir in dried fruit and serve.
