🍴 SPECIAL DIWALI FOODS 🥄🔪

Ladoos are sweetened round balls made from flour, sugar, and ghee or oil. It also includes nuts and flavouring. It originated in India and spread through the Indian subcontinent and the Malay world.

Murukku is a traditional snack made with rice flower and urad dal flour. Since the dough is twisted to make round shaped spirals, it is known as 'murukku' meaning 'twisted' in Tamil. These are crispy, light, aromatic and delicious.

Halwa is a sweet dish with consistency of a pudding.It is generally a thick paste made from flour, semolina, or finely ground seeds and nuts, and sweetened with sugar or honey.

Namakparas are spiced,fried strips of pastry. They made up of melted ghee, flour, red chilli powder and dlicately seasoned with carom seeds and seasoned cumin seeds.

Kaju Katli is a traditional North Indian cashew fudge candy. It is extremely smooth, thin, and melts in your mouth. They are usually cut into diamond shaped pieces.It is mildly flavoured with cardamom powder, rosewater or safron.

Gujiya is a popular and traditional North Indian sweet. It is a crisp, flaky pastry filled with a sweet evaporated milk solids and dry fruits stuffing. They can be fried as well as baked.