There is always something warm and bright about this time of the year, when everything has a special glow! There is always something special about this time of the year when all our hearts are full of cheer!
Yes, the festival of lights is here… Diwali or Deepavali is the occasion which brings lots of love and laughter to fill our days with cheer and hope for something best to come!
The Monsoon Spice household is gearing up for this special occasion. The house is dusted, the vessels are scrubbed, the Diyas are glowing, and the kitchen is a hub of activities! We are hosting a Diwali party for our close friends and that can only mean one thing; fun, laughter and good food!
For the next couple of weeks, I will be posting the recipes of the delicious and exquisite food I am cooking for our friends. But for now here are some of the sweet/desserts that you can cook for your loved ones!
Wishing you all a very Happy and Sparkling Deepavali!
Warm Regards
Sia
Payasa/Kheer (Indian Pudding)
Laddu, Desserts and Other Special Occasion Sweets
Payasa/Kheer (Indian Pudding)
- Banana Rasayana -Vegan pudding of bananas in jaggary sweetened coconut milk
- Dates Payasa -Vegen pudding of dates in coconut milk flavoured with cardamoms
- Sabudana(Sagoo) Kheer/Payasa -Creamy pudding of sagu pearls in cardamom flavoured milk topped with cashews roasted in Desi ghee
- Semige Payasa/Semiya Kheer - Quick and easy vermicelli pudding flavoured with cardamom
- Vegan Avalakki (Flat Rice) Payasa -Vegan pudding of creamy flat/beaten rice in coconut milk flavoured with jaggary and cardamoms
- Balehannu (Banana) Appam -Banana rice cakes sweetened with jaggary and flavoured with cardamoms
- Balehannu (Banana) Rasayana -Vegan pudding of bananas in jaggary sweetened coconut milk
- Badam(Almond) Halwa -Sweet confection of almond flavoured with cardamom
- Gajar(Carrot) ka Halwa -An Indian carrot confection made made using milk, Desi ghee and dried nuts and fruits and flavoured with cardamom
- Kaju Barfi/Burfi (Vegan) -An Indian confection of cashew candy squares, a Vegan recipe
- Kashi Halwa -Traditional Indian confection of ash gourd cooked in Desi ghee and topped with roasted cashew nuts
- Kesari Bhath (Suji ka Halwa) -Traditional Indian semolina pudding flavoured with cardamom and saffron
- Mysore Pak -Gram Flour/Chickpea Flour Fudge, Traditional sweet of Bengal gram flour, ghee and sugar flavoured with cardamom powder from Karnataka, a South Indian state
- Pineapple Kesari Bhath (Suji ka Halwa) -Traditional Indian semolina pudding flavoured with pinapple and saffron
Laddu, Desserts and Other Special Occasion Sweets
- Aamras -A popular Gujarati/Maharashtrian/Rajasthani dish made using juicy mango pulp
- Crepes with Poached Pears -Creapes served with spiced and poached pears
- Kharjura/Dates Obbattu -Traditional sweet flat bread from Karnataka stuffed with cardamom flavoured date paste
- Panasa Thonalu -Deep fried confection from Tamil Nadu coated with sugar syrup
- Rava Laddu/Suji ke Laddu -Saffron and cardamom flavoured roasted semolina sweet balls
- Saffron Nan Khatai -Eggless saffron flavoured cookies topped with cashew nuts
- Sweet Jowar -Jowar sweetened with jaggary
3 Spicy Trails:
A gorgeous collection of recipes! So mouthwatering.
Happy Deepavali!
Cheers,
Rosa
OMG. I am trying to cut down on carbs but your recipes are driving me towards all those delicious sweets.I am definitely making few of those :)
Kudos to you for all these creative and amazingly unique photographs.Keep up the good work Sia!!
Hi Sia, just bumped into your blog. I must say that the design, the photos and the execution is really world class! Better than 99.9 % of the food blogs that I seen from all over the world. I am one of the best private detectives in Mumbai and tomorrow being Diwali I am going to try making some of your mithais tonight. I am still utterly stunned by the photos and it looks like there is a team of professional photographers and lightmen behind these pics! Happy Diwali! Sunita Banerji.
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