Diwali Wishes with Deepavali special sweets and savories 2011!

Diwali Wishes with Deepavali special sweets and savories 2011!

Wishing all my readers a very happy and prosperous Deepavali / Diwali. May this year brings you lots and lots of happiness in life and fulfill all your dreams!

What a wonderful day it's been! It has been raining non stop yesterday. Guess the rain God decided that the kids should have their fun at playing with the crackers, that it didn't rain much today.

Though the Deepavali treats started early at home because of the Marathon last week, we still decided to make the usual sweets and savories this year. Amma was upset that she couldn't fit in the Mixture and Ribbon Pakoda. She made her usual Rava Laddo, Kaja, Muruku and Mysore Pak. I learnt a new trick this year, which was that one can make the hard version of mysore pak with the sugar that gets leftover after making Kaja. 

From my side, I ended up making Bombay Kaja, Thenkuzhal Muruku, Mini Kajas. Of course everything was done with Amma. I was only the helper there..:)

Deepavali is always very nostalgic for me. I miss those days, well I have written about it enough in my previous posts. Only thought I had in mind was to make sure my kids also make beautiful memories to cherish their childhood. They wanted to play with the firecrackers last night itself. So they did some, rest are saved for tonight.

Will be posting the recipes shortly, I am sure you will enjoy!

A glance at what we did in 

2010

2009

2008 

2007 - part 1, part 2, part 3

List of Other Diwali Sweets and Savories

Do share how you enjoyed your day!

Deepavali Wishes with Deepavali special sweets and savories!

Wishing all my readers a very happy and prosperous Deepavali. May this year brings you lots and lots of happiness in life and fulfill all your dreams!

I managed to slip to update this post!. Kids are having their nap and the whole city is blustering with crackers. It is a wonder they actually are still napping! All the round the city, you can find kids getting excited with their Lakshmi Vedi and so many other things. The colorful crackers are treasured for the evening affair!

We finally decided on making a different variety of muruku, 7 cup Barfi, Kakinada Kaja. We couldn't make Mixture and Besan Burfi for want of time.

All are recipes from Amma. I just helped her make the muruku, though the barfi was done in steps and I took the full charge of it.


The timing is very important for making this burfi. Though the top texture looks uneven and gives a tough appearance, it is very soft. If more ghee was added it becomes your perfect melt in your mouth kids!



Recipes will be follow soon. Meanwhile do share what you all made and how you enjoyed the day!