My childhood memories of Diwali take me to crackers, diya and Deepavali sweets. I remember my Mom standing in the kitchen and preparing so many Diwali sweets and Diwali snacks. Festival is such a time when we all love the indulgences. I would relish the Diwali mithai which I won’t otherwise eat during the year. Our Diwali sweets list would also include baked goodies such as butter cookies, mawa cake and many more given here. As I grew up, I was not at all into cooking. But for the festival of Diwali, I would hit the kitchen and prepare a number of easy Diwali sweets and Diwali snacks. I do not have a sweet tooth, so I would have a long Diwali faral list instead of the Diwali sweets list.
The market is flooded with so many options for Diwali sweets and Diwali mithai, be it the Haldiram Diwali gift pack or people these days even order Diwali sweets online. But believe me, the joy of making these at home, in your kitchen is unbeatable. Further, the taste of the snacks and sweets is unforgettable. And the Diwali sweets prepared at home are made with the best of available ingredients. So these are enough reasons to make Diwali sweets and Diwali snacks at home.
Here is a compilation of Diwali sweets recipes that are popularly prepared in Indian households. Most of these sweets have a good shelf life and can be prepared and stocked up ahead of time. However, if you are looking for recipes that can be prepared on Diwali, you might like dry fruit kheer, pineapple kesari, etc. If you like to experiment or if you are hosting a Diwali party you might like to serve cold desserts such as custard trifle, fruit curd, etc.
Let’s have a look at the Diwali Sweets.
Besan Ladoo
Besan ladoo is a ball-shaped Indian sweet that is made with gram flour sugar and clarified butter. It has an awesome flavor of roasted gram flour combined with the rich flavor of ghee. To enhance these flavors some cardamom and nuts are added.
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Nankhatai
1 bowl, 4 ingredients, 12 minutes and you have buttery, melt in the mouth, super delicious nankhatai recipe. This recipe uses all-purpose flour and very little gram flour.
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Mohanthal
Absolutely delicious fudge made using gram flour (besan), ghee and sugar syrup which just melts in the mouth and keeps you craving for more and more is Mohanthal.
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Churma Ladoo
Earthy and divine! Wheat balls crushed, sweetened and bathed with ghee! Churma Ladoo Recipe, a must preparation at my place on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, teej etc.
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Chocolate Peda
Peda is a fudgy Indian sweet prepared with mawa/whole dried milk and sugar. Peda with chocolate flavor using cocoa powder is chocolate peda.
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Mawa Gujiya
A deep-fried dumpling with a flaky crust and sweetened stuffing, a must preparation or a must-have in the Indian households on the festival of Holi, Diwali, etc.
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Meethi Boondi
Meethi boondi is a deep-fried tiny ball made up of gram flour which is absolutely juicy and sweet. Meethi boondi is often distributed as prasad in temples etc.
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Malai Ladoo
Malai ladoo is a mildly sweet Indian sweet that is very soft and “melts in the mouth” with the hints of kewra and cardamom. It is made up of cottage cheese (paneer) and condensed milk and is very quick and easy to make
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Mawa Peda
Peda is a sweet dish recipe prepared using khoya. It is mildly flavored with cardamom, has a soft texture and simply melts in the mouth.
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7 cup barfi
A soft burfi of besan having the divine flavor of coconut very simple to make. This is a very popular Indian sweet usually made on special occasions, but you could make it on weekends or for dessert or whenever you want.
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Rose Coconut Ladoo
Rose flavored coconut ladoo… coconut doesn’t need any additional flavoring. It’s a star in itself. At times you might want to break the monotony. At times you might want to do something festive.
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Nariyal Pag
Nariyal pag/barfi recipe is a simple coconut barfi, prepared during navaratras and is used as fasting dessert. Its tempering taste gives you a perfect balance of sweetness and khoya(coconut) and some dry fruits and makhane to it for variations.
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Besan Churma
Choorma is a dessert that comes from the state of Rajasthan. Rajasthani choorma recipe involves coarsely grinding the whole wheat dumplings and adding clarified butter (ghee) and powdered sugar, which gives it the earthy flavors it has.
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Boondi Ladoo
Boondi Ladoo is a ball-shaped sweet popular in the Indian subcontinent. They are made of boondis, which is an Indian Rajasthani snack item made from sweetened, fried flour.
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Chhena Murki
Chhena Murki is a Bengali dessert recipe that is prepared using cottage cheese and sugar syrup. It is very simple and easy to make. It is a very quick dessert recipe. Soft paneer coated with sugar along with the flavor of cardamom and rose water makes this dessert very flavourful.
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