Diwali 2021: The combination of fried snacks and delicious sweets can win anyone’s heart during festivals like Diwali. Food plays an important role during Diwali celebrations and there are no two ways about it. If you are inviting guests to your home for a Diwali party, surprise them with some delicious homemade snacks. Not sure what to cook? How about trying some quick and easy recipes? Here is a list of six Diwali snacks that you can quickly make in your kitchen. These recipes have been shared by food vlogger Parul on her YouTube channel ‘Cook with Parul’. Try these recipes and make your Diwali delicious.
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Diwali Special: Here are 6 Snacks to Prepare in 15 Minutes:
1. Besan Sooji Barfi:
Mix besan and semolina in a pan. Cook this mixture in ghee on low flame. Add cardamom powder and powdered sugar. Keep folding the mixture. Take a tray, grease it with oil or butter, place butter paper and sprinkle chopped nuts on it. Pour the besan mixture into the tray and cut into cubes.
2. Lovely Aloo Namakpare:
Mix all purpose flour, semolina, gram flour, carom seeds, salt and red chili powder. Add oil to make a crunchy mixture. Add some grated boiled potatoes and knead the dough. Grease it with oil and leave it for 5 minutes. Roll out the dough into thick sheets and cut into triangles. Deep fry the triangles in oil. Add these to red chili powder, black salt, black pepper powder, chaat masala, cumin powder and mint powder.
3. Creamy Coconut Burfi:
Mix dry coconut, milk and sugar on low flame. Add fresh cream and rose essence. Pour the mixture into a greased tray. Let it sit for 10 minutes. Cut it into cubes.
4. Chatpata Crispy Masala Samosa:
Knead the dough with all purpose flour, wheat flour, carom seeds, salt as per taste, oil and water. Leave the dough for 10 minutes. For the filling, take a blender and mix aloo bhujia, moong dal, mixed namkeen mixture, peanuts, cashews, red chilli powder, black pepper powder, chaat masala and salt. Add raisins, schezwan sauce to this mixture and make small balls from the mixture. Cut the samosa dough into diamond shape, fill it with masala balls, fold and deep fry.
5. 2-in-1 Peanut Barfi:
Make a fine powder by grinding the chocolate biscuits. Knead the dough by adding milk and keep it aside. Crush some roasted and peeled peanuts. Mix it with milk powder and cardamom powder. Put this mixture in a vessel of sugar syrup and knead the dough. Put it in a greased tray. Put a thin layer of chocolate dough on top. Garnish it with silver foil. Cut it into cubes.
6. Crazy Masala Fry:
Combine the boiled potatoes with chopped onions, garlic cloves, oil and dry red chillies in a blender. Add rice flour, gram flour, potato paste, salt, pasta masala and black pepper powder and mix. Knead the dough and add water only if required. Grease the dough with oil. Roll out the dough into thick sheets and cut into strips. Deep fry them and serve with sauce.
Watch the detailed recipe video here:
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Enjoy the festivities with these delicious sweet and savory snacks.
Happy Diwali 2021!
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