Diwali Sweets Recipes
Indian festival of lights – Deepavali recipes
Festival recipes
Diwali sweets recipes – Indian festival sweets – Indian mithai. Without sweets it doesn’t feel like it is diwali.
Indians love sweets. For some people, festivals are just an excuse to eat sweets.
Most sweets are available in sweet shops but homemade diwali sweets are a must during deepavali . Many sweets, such as chirote, besan laddoo, shankarpale are made mainly during diwali without which the diwali celebration is not complete.
Chiroti/Chirote/Indian flaky pastry, shankarpale/shakkarpare, Besan laddoo, Kaju katli/Indian Cashew nut fudge
Along with sweets, we must have some namkins/savories too for diwali.
Diwali Sweets Recipes – Deepavali sweets
Besan laddoo/Chickpea flour balls : Besan laddo is made with bengal gram dal flour / chickpea flour. A must for traditional festivals such as Diwali festival.
Mango kalakand – Mango kalakand is a sweet made with Indian paneer and ripe mangoes or mango pulp.
How to make Shankarpale – Shakkarpare – Shankarpale or shakkarpare is a festival sweet recipe made for Diwali or Christmas festival.
Kaju katli – Kaju katri – Indian cashewnut fudge
Kaju Katli/Indian Cashewnut Fudge – Indian Festival – dessert recipe – Made with cashew nuts, quick and easy to make and keeps for long.
Semiya payasam – Sevai kheer – vermicelli pudding Semiya payasam/kheer/ Shavige payasa, Traditional Indian sweet – dessert. Easy to make and doesn’t take a long time. Can keep in fridge for 3 days.
Easy To Make Sweet with Carrots and milk. Keeps in fridge for a week.
Chiroti chirote Indian flaky pastry – Feni – phenori – Indian pastry
Chiroti/Chirote/Phenori/Indian flaky pastry/feni is a festival recipe.
Besan burfi – Indian dessert
Besan burfi – Indian dessert and festival sweet recipe made with Besan / gram flour/ chickpea flour.
Coconut burfi – Narial burfi
Coconut Burfi – Narial ki burfi – kobbari mithai
Coconut burfi is a sweet made with freshly grated coconut.
Very quick and easy, can be made at any festival time.
Sweet coconut rice – Narali bhaat
Sweet coconut Rice – Maharashtrian Narali bhaat
– Sweet rice pudding recipe made on Narali Poornima day in Maharashtra. Also in North Karnataka.
Dalia sheera / halwa cracked wheat halwa
– Healthy breakfast recipe with broken / cracked wheat.
To make it vegan, use coconut oil / vegetable oil instead of desi ghee.
Sheera – Semolina Halwa – Sooji Halwa
– A rava / Semolina / cream of wheat dish. Breakfast / snack / sweet. Known as sajjige, kesari, sanja in Indian languages.
Shrikhand – Srikhand
Festival sweet – Curd/ Yogurt based dessert recipe, flavored with saffron and cardamom.
Ghasgase payasa – khuskhus kheer – poppy seed kheer
A festive kheer / payasa recipe from Karnataka
Gulkand semiya payasam / kheer
Gulkand kheer – gulkand semiya payasam
- Badusha – Balushahi
- Rice Kheer – Pudding Recipe
- Badam Kheer – Almond Kheer
- Beetroot Halva – Easy to make Beetroot and milk sweet.
- Dumrote – Kashi halwa – Ash gourd pudding
- Read more about Halwa and Halwa Recipes
- About Kheer Recipe
Basundi – Rabadi – Rabari, Indian milk dessert
How to make Basundi – Indian milk dessert
This rich dessert is a Maharastrian / Gujarati recipe. Prepare in advance. Keep in fridge for a week and serve when you want.
