About Diwali and the tasty food:

 The only major festival that Indians wait excitedly is Diwali! The enthusiasm to embellish our houses with glowing lamps and the loud cracker sounds bring in a lot of enjoyment. Besides this, Diwali is also the most favorite festival due to food. 

Food holds an important place in Indian traditions and ethnicity. Some items such as sweets and several fried snacks have significance. They make us realize how to savor every moment of our lives and stay away from all the negative vibes on this particular day. Also, this is why meat products are not consumed by several families on this auspicious day.

In India, sweets rule the festive food season. The usual thali is substituted with sweets created with sugar, jaggery, ghee, flour, saffron, dairy, and cardamom powder. The savory food items comprise Kachoris, Chivda, Samosa, and other crispy snacks that delight your taste buds.

In this article, we will go through the best 10 traditional recipes that bring in the true festive vibes:

1. Motichoor Laddoo

Motichoor Laddoo is the foremost traditional food served during Diwali. It originated in the states of UP and Rajasthan and is generally given in Prasad after worshiping God. The word motichoor symbolizes crushed pearls as the small flour balls pressed and formed into a laddoo. It makes through ghee, sugar, oil, and edible food color with an almond or pista slice garnish.

2. Balushahi

This sweet Balushahi fulfills not only your sweet tooth but also your willingness to eat crunchy and crispy. It is a floured pastry slowly fried in oil until it gets a golden brownish crush on the outer side. By adding it to a cardamom-flavored sugar syrup makes it tastier. It is a tradition in several regions of India to offer the guests Balushahi – a crispy and delicious sweet for Diwali afternoon lunch.

3. Barfi:

By hearing the word Barfi, nobody can resist it be it a chocolate barfi or the Badam barfi. Barfi, an Indian sweet, is necessary for the Diwali thali as being the most favorite. There are various versions of this marvelous dish, such as the sesame, moong dal, coconut, lauki, etc., that are mouthwatering with their distinct flavor. Take one piece of every variety to satisfy your taste buds after a good meal!

4. Halwa:

There is absolutely nothing in the universe that can beat the sweet Halwa. Specifically, when it creates with juicy carrots that mixes with milk, ghee, cardamom powder, and embellished with many dry fruits. Besides the yummy carrot halwa, you can also have old school moong dal halwa recipe or semolina and eat it with Puri for breakfast/lunch.

 5. Samosa:

Diwali party is unimaginable without spicy Punjabi samosa. The crunchy fried pastry loads with many vegetables, spices, and potato mash to give you delight. It is usually consumed with coriander chutney or sour tamarind chutney. Samosas enjoyed a cup of hot tea during the evening. You can cook them at home or grab them from your favorite sweet shop.

6. Gujiya:

Gujiya is a semi-moon-shaped Indian sweet that is originally from the Bundelkhand area of Rajasthan. It is crunchy on the outer side with the filling of grated coconut, Mawa, roasted dry fruits, semolina, and sugar. The outer layer makes of all-purpose flour and is deep-fried in oil with sugar syrup coating. It is a custom to have Gujiya sweet at major festivals such as Diwali and Holi in several regions of India.

7. Flattened rice- Chivda:

This flattened rice Chivda is a nutritious Maharashtrian food that is filled with flavor. This crispy Diwali snack makes by roasting flattened rice with strips of dried coconut, fried peanuts, Sev, fried lentils, dried red chilies. The mixture formes with chilly powder and salt that makes it tasty, salty, and spicy. If you are conscious about health and yet want to have a yummy Diwali snack, then Chivda is the best option.

8. Fritter (Pakora)

Fritters are much loved Indian snacks for every season. On the auspicious day of Diwali, various versions of fried fritters make for Diwali parties like onion fritters, cottage cheese fritters, mixed vegetables, spinach fritters, and potatoes fritters are hugely preferable on this occasion. They served with tomato ketchup and coriander mint chutney with a cup of hot tea.

9. Spicy Gathiya:

This crunchy Gujarati dry snack has an immense flavor in our mouths. It is cooke with spices, chili powder, gram flour, and water to make a dough. Through a particular sev machinery, the mixture is put into the hot oil in the thick strands form. Once they have turned golden brown, they extract from the heat and are kept to cool down. Gathiya can store for many days in an air-tight container and taken as an evening snack.

10. Mathiya:

In Gujarat and several nearby areas, the beginning of Diwali witnesses a full plate of crunchy Mathiya papads. It is a fried snack that makes through urad dal flour and Moth bean. A tight dough made with the addition of sugar, carom seeds, salt, green chili paste, and water. The balls of the mixture are pressed flat and thin and are deep-fried in hot oil. The papads prepare with a special spice mixture and eaten with delight.

Conclusion

Though the other festivals have a food menu, Diwali serves you many tasty snacks and sweets. There is no doubt that Diwali knows as the Festival of Foods. The recipes of these 10 dishes are there on YouTube channels, and you can satisfy your taste buds by preparing homemade foods. So, try out those mentioned above best 10 traditional Diwali recipes!

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