Onion bhaji fritters – an Indian cuisine recipe, pancakes in India are sold on the street as hod-dogs.
Diwali Dish and Recipes
What to Cook for Diwali?
There are a wide variety of Indian dishes you can cook on Diwali. Indian recipes you can prepare for Diwali include cash-filled samosas, eggs with rice and curry, lemon butter crackers and onion fritters. Also on Diwali they prepare potatoes with tomatoes and green peas, noodles with spices bhujia, lentil flatbreads or chickpea papad, as well as many Indian sweets - jalebis, balushahi donuts, gulab jamun, laddoos - balls of sweet chickpea dough, and create real artistic masterpieces, laying out stunning rangoli on the floor - traditional Indian designs of sweets, it is both tasty and beautiful. On Diwali, a festive Indian drink is prepared - masala tea, which is black tea with milk and spices. Apart from sweets, you can prepare various pickles and other traditional Indian dishes on Diwali.
Traditional Diwali Recipes
On Diwali, both in India and abroad, various national dishes are traditionally prepared. These can be samosas - triangles with meat or vegetable filling, or pakoras - pancakes made from meat, fish or vegetables. Salty namkeen snacks are very popular on Diwali, such as chivdas - a mixture of nuts and puffed cereals, bhujia - spiced noodles or papad - flatbreads made from lentils or chickpeas. Mithai sweets are also prepared on Diwali, such as laddus - sweet chickpea balls, barfis - rectangles decorated with cardamom and pistachios, balushahi donuts, gulab jamun - dough balls fried in syrup, jalebis - spiral cakes dipped in syrup. On Diwali, sweets are laid out with rangoli - traditional designs on the floor that are used to invite deities into the house. Lentil dal, various vegetable dishes, naan, basmati rice, raita or chutney are also prepared on Diwali. One of the traditional drinks for Diwali is masala tea, which is black tea with milk and spices - cinnamon, ginger, cloves and cardamom are added to it.
History and Traditions of Diwali
Diwali is a traditional Indian festival that takes place every year in the fall. Diwali is celebrated for five days in India and abroad. In 2024, Diwali will take place from October 29 to November 3; officially, Diwali at the state level in 2024 will be celebrated on November 1. In addition, Diwali coincides with the Hindu New Year. Diwali, also called Deepavali - Row of Lights, is a festival of lights during which lamps are lit and fireworks are displayed. One of the most important rituals of this festival is the lighting of lamps called diyas. The lighting of diyas and rows of lanterns signifies the victory of light over darkness and good over evil in Hindu, Sikh and Jain communities. Like any other holiday, various Indian sweets and other traditional Indian dishes are prepared on Diwali. Another Diwali tradition is creating edible rangolis from sweets, rangolis are traditional Indian designs on the floor.