Diwali Sweets As A Part Of Diwali Greetings

Yummy Diwali sweets are exchanged on the festival of Diwali as a part of Diwali greetings. The very idea of exchanging Diwali sweets means that you are sending all your love and best wishes with the sweet box and hope that the receivers coming year will be as sweet as the sweetness of sweets!

Diwali lanterns, diyas, bulbs, lamps, firecrackers, decorations all form part of this five day festival.  The preparations began over a month before the actual day. People fill the shopping malls looking for clothes and decorative items for Diwali.

The aroma of various Diwali sweets adds to the festivities and both adults and children look forward to feasting on the delicious snacks and sweets on Diwali night. The sweets taste best when prepared at home in pure desi ghee (clarified butter without any preservatives). You can however easily purchase them from the nearest sweet shop too.

The popular sweets that are prepared on Diwali include Gulabjamuns, ghujiyas, laddoos, rasgullas, burfi, jalebi etc.  It is not difficult to prepare these sweets at home and if you have some time then you must try the flowing recipe for Rasgulla:

Ingredients

• 1 liter of cow’s milk
• 1 tablespoon lime juice or vinegar
• 1 pinch baking powder
• 1 tablespoon arrowroot powder
• 300 grams of sugar
• 1 liter water
• 3-4 drops of rose essence or cardamom powder

To prepare

• Boil the milk in a pan.
• Remove from heat and add lime juice or vinegar.
• Stir slowly and you will see that the milk will start to curdle.
• When you see that it is completely separated from whey stop stirring.
• Strain the milk through a muslin cloth. The residue left in the cloth is known as ‘chenna’.
• Wash the chenna under cold water to remove the citric taste of lime juice. Extract all water by gently pressing the cloth.
• Take the chenna in a plate, add baking powder, arrowroot powder, and mash until you get a shiny, smooth dough.
• Make small round balls of the chenna dough and set aside.
• Boil the sugar in water and add the balls to it.
• Let is simmer for 15 minutes on low heat. The ball will puff and become large in size.
• Remove from heat, add rose essence and cool in the fridge.
• Serve chilled.

  The way to a person’s heart is through their stomach and there is no better way to convey your Diwali greetings than doing it with sweets.