The festival of lights is right here at the door! The most popular Hindu festival of lights will be celebrated around the world on 14th November 2020, followed by Goverdhan Puja on 15th November and Bhai Dooj on 16th November.
There are different stories associated with this festival around the world. But mainly it symbolizes the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and intelligence over ignorance and pride. Diwali celebrations may vary from region to region in India. With clay lamps, kandeels, lights, and lots of fireworks, the festival of lights leaves a mark.
But, no Indian festival reaches its destination without food as the taste of the festival has become an identity of Indian festivals. However, there is always a big concern about eating healthy during festival days. It can be challenging to pick the best and healthy dishes to try on Diwali. But, fret not! We have compiled a list of the top 5 delicious & healthy Diwali special recipes to check out.
1. Kaju Barfi
One of the most popular and healthy sweet dishes to check out this Diwali season, Kaju Barfi is everyone’s favorite. Here is the simplest recipe to prepare these delicious Kaju barfis at home.
Kitchen Ingredients
- Saffron
- Cashew Nuts
- Green Cardamom Powder
- Silver Sheets
- Sugar (as per taste)
How to Prepare
- Pour water into the pan and put it on gas.
- Add saffron milk and sugar and mix well.
- Sprinkle cardamom powder and cashew nuts to ground them well.
- Cook on a medium flame for 3-4 minutes.
- Take the mixture out and spread it on a plain dish and let it cool for a moment.
- Garnish the mixture with silver vark.
- Once it’s set, you can cut it into pieces and serve with saffron.
2. Almond Halwa
Halwa is an essential part of all Indian festivals, be it Raksha Bandhan, Diwali, or else. So, get ready to celebrate the festival like never before, We have brought the most delicious Halwa recipe for you. Here is the Almond Halwa recipe for you.
Kitchen Ingredients
- Lots of Almonds
- Sugar as per taste
- A pinch of saffron
- Cardamom Powder
- Milk
- Ghee
How to Prepare
- Put milk in a pan.
- Put it on the heat and mix sugar along with saffron.
- Blend finely soaked almond in sugar and saffron milk.
- Make a fine paste.
- Heat up a pan and our ghee into it.
- Add the fine blended almond paste and cook until it becomes thick.
- If you get the desired consistency, you can turn off the flame.
- Spread it to a plate and add nuts to it.
3. Coconut Ladoo
Let’s celebrate this Diwali with the most iconic dishes without which a festival cannot complete. Here is coconut Ladoo that is made of fresh coconut powder to dissolve in your mouth. Here is how to prepare delicious Ladoo at home.
Kitchen Ingredients
- Coconut Milk or you can use powder
- Ghee
- Green cardamom powder
- Sugar as per taste
- Lots of cashew nuts to add a unique texture
How to prepare
- Add ghee into the pan and heat it up.
- Add and roast nuts until they turn brown.
- Now, add the coconut powder to milk with sugar.
- Cook until you find the desired consistency.
- Once it gets thick, add saffron and cashew nuts.
- Put it out and let it cool for a minute.
- Now make the balls of this mixture.
- Your coconut ladoos are ready now.
4. Poha Kheer
Gone are the days when you used to make kheer using simple rice and milk. There are different types of kheers out there to check out this festival season. Here is the delicious Poha Kheer that you need to try right now!
Kitchen Ingredients
- Red Rice Poha
- Groundnuts
- Sesame Seeds
- Jaggery
- Milk
- Almonds
How to Prepare
- Start with soaking poha into the water for around 30 minutes.
- Put a kadhai on flames.
- Pour ghee into it.
- Add groundnuts and roast till they turn brown.
- Put it out and blend roasted groundnuts, jaggery to prepare a coarse powder.
- Get back to the kadhai.
- Put soaked poha and cook for around 2 minutes.
- Add milk and boil it.
- Now, add the prepared coarse powder to it and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Switch off the flame.
- Garnish it with finely chopped almonds and mix well.
- Your Poha Kheer is ready. You can serve it hot or cold.
5. Puran Poli
The most famous South Indian dish, Puran Poli is one of the best and healthy dishes to prepare for Diwali. However, it is pretty popular in Maharashtra and other states too. It’s easy to prepare and tastes amazing. Here is how to prepare Puran Poli!
Kitchen Ingredients
- Flour
- Turmeric
- Olive Oil
- Chana Dal
- Coconut
- Cardamom
How to Prepare
- Mix flour and turmeric well.
- Add water to the mixture to prepare a good dough.
- Knead the dough with a little oil into it.
- Keep the dough aside, let prepare Puran.
- Soak the Chana Dal into water.
- Put a pan on the flame and add ghee to it.
- Add both sugar and jaggery until dissolved.
- In this solution, add coconut powder, chana dal, and cardamom as well.
- Cook the mixture well until you get the right consistency. This is the Puran.
- Let it cool.
- Get the portions out of it.
- Prepare rolls of the doubt each of 3 diameters.
- Keep the Puranas in the center of the dough.
- Seal the edge of the roll.
- Place the polis into an already heated iron rod.
- Cook them until you get a light brown color.
- Serve them with ghee for an amazing taste.
These are some most delicious Diwali special dishes to check out. We hope you would love this easy to prepare dishes and serve them with love along with happiness & health. Let’s celebrate this festival of lights by bringing everything on the plate.
