DIWALI FOOD
Diwali is the festival of sweets. Days before the festival , the ladies of the family start preparing traditional delicacies for the family and friends. On Diwali they distribute these sweets to the friends and neighbours and the needy. We cannot imagine Diwali without sweets and savouries that are specially made at home. These sweets are very family specific. Each family has its own recipe of the cuisines which they use year after year. From delicious rawa laddoos to ghathia and other mouth watering delights.
Here we have provided you with the recipes of few traditional mouth watering recepies. We have listed some of the usual Diwali recipes. Now you can try your hand at these too!
BADAM PHIRNI
Ingredients
12 nos. Almonds
4 tablespoons Rice flour
21/2 cups Milk
5 tablespoons Sugar
8 strands Saffron
1 teaspoon Cardamom powder
Method
-
Blanch and grind the almonds to a fine paste with 1/2 cup milk. Mix together the ground almond paste and rice flour and keep aside.
-
Bring the milk to a boil. Add the sugar and stir till the sugar dissolves. Keep aside a tablespoon of hot milk and dissolve the saffron in it. Add the almond-rice mixture into the boiling milk along with the saffron.
-
Stir continuously for a few mintues till the milk thickens and attains a custard-like consistency. Sprinkle in the cardamom powder. Take off fire and cool to room temperature.
-
Pour into individual bowls, garnish with almonds and pistachios and refrigerate.