Diwali /Deepavali Recipes: Sweets and Snacks

 Now that Diwali is around the corner, I am sure most of you are busy preparing delicacies for your families and friends. In this post I have put together links to sweets and snacks recipes that I have posted earlier. If you are looking for recipes then hope you find something fun and interesting:  Sweets/Mithai Besan Ladoo Wheat Flour Laddos (Churma Laados/ Atta Ladoo /Pitta Undo) Coconut Ladoo Banana Halwa (Burfi) Mango Peda Coconut Mango Burfi Kalakand Recipe Milk Dates Peda in Microwave (Doodh Peda) Instant Carrot Laddoo in Microwave  Snacks Masala Peanuts Spicy Shankar Pali/ Tukdi/ Namakpare/ Namkeen Chivda Thengol/…

Diwali Snacks: Masala Peanuts

Masala Peanuts is a very easy snack to make and that too with simple ingredients on hand. These can be made anytime of the year and not just during Diwali. They are crunchy, spicy and will be gone in no time. This is a great treat when it is cloudy and rainy or while watching movies, with tea and just plain snacking. Note: Off late I have not been visiting other blogs or commenting as much as I used to earlier and the reason for that is I have forcefully reduced the amount of time I spend in front of…

Diwali Treats: Chivda

  You know the expression “”time flies” and it could not be true at the moment for us. Today morning as I sat around sipping my tea, I thought of the turn of events that happened to us in the past 2 months. There we were (what seemed like few days ago) in late August preparing to go to India and busy with the packing, shopping etc and then as if in a blink we are here almost at the end of October ready to welcome winter. And before we know it, we will be bidding farewell to this year…