KARA THENKUZHAL MURUKKU RECIPE | EASY DIWALI SNACKS

Diwali 2014 is nearing very fast and i know you must be busy in planning what sweets and snacks for Diwali festival. Murukku | Thenkuzhal is a must one in all of the houses. Last year itself my friend told, her sister will make thenkuzhal by adding toor dal to the flour, while grinding. After that i completely forgot about that . Before we visited India in June, i happened to see a Kara thenkuzhal recipe in a cookbook which my friend gave me. I noted down the recipe and got the toor dal ground in the flour mill to make this for diwali. Though you can grind in the mixie, always flour mill grind flours are very smooth in texture. And made this murukku during navaratri, when i  visited my friend. It was very crispy and i loved the flavor of the thenkuzkal too. Try this kara thenkuzhal for a change from the usual murukku.
Check out other murukku recipes

•     Mullu murukku
•    Butter murukku
•    Thengai paal murukku

MILAGU THATTAI RECIPE| DIWALI SNACKS

I have been posting sweets recipes for Diwali 2014 last week and wanted to post few snacks recipes too in this week. Milagu thattai | Pepper flavoured thattai, is a very crispy snack and it tasted very similar to the Grand Snacks thattai. Those who have tasted the thattai from Grand sweets and snacks can relate to it. My sister tried this recipe and the recipe was originally from my chitti, who is an expert in making Bakshanams. She always huge packets of sweets and savories to her sons who are in US. My akka after trying her thattai, insisted me to try it and post it for diwali. It was very crunchy and melted in mouth. I made in small portions and it got over in a day. Check out my Thattai recipe with video 

SWEET SOMAS RECIPE | KARANJI RECIPE |DIWALI SWEETS RECIPES

Somasi | Sweet somas| Karanji |Karjikkai recipe is prepared by my grandma for Diwali every year. Though it is bit elaborate process but it is worth trying. I still remember my paati makes this effortlessly, a full drum of sweet somas along with so many other Bakshanams for Deepavali. She is my biggest inspiration more than my mother, as i grew up seeing her doing all the work efficiently and with lots of passion too.
 Many people make this karanji for Ganesha Chaturthi too.

DIWALI 2014 RECIPES| TOP 10 DIWALI SWEETS RECIPES | DIWALI FESTIVAL RECIPES

DIWALI RECIPES 2014 | TOP 10 DIWALI SWEET RECIPES

Jeyashri's Kitchen have a good collection of diwali recipes and out which i have selected a Top 10 Diwali recipes, which you never miss out for this Diwali 2014. Click on the images for recipes. Check out my full collection of diwali recipes. Celebrate Diwali with sweets from Jeyashri's Kitchen. 

   

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7 CUP BURFI RECIPE | SEVEN CUP BARFI | EASY DIWALI SWEETS

7 Cup burfi | seven cup cake is an easy sweet recipe and in most of the houses it is a compulsory one for Diwali. My grandmother also does it every time and she she always says it is easy for distributing among neighbours too for diwali. My mother in law also makes this but she adds cashew paste to this. I have posted Coconut and cashew burfi . But this recipe is different and no complicated steps involved in making this diwali sweet. Looking for an easy diwali sweet, then this 7 cup burfi is a must try one. Check out my full collections of Diwali Sweets recipes

BADUSHA RECIPE , DIWALI SWEETS RECIPES

Badusha|Balushahi yes you heard it right, i succeeded finally and got my perfect badusha . For the past 2 years i am trying badusha but somehow it was hard. Finally got it perfect when i made this 2 days back. I literally jumped out of joy . Thanks to my friend's mother in law (Mrs.Shanthalakshmi) who gave me confidence  and gave a lot of tips to make badusha. But like most of the mothers she doesn't follow perfect measurements. But still she gave me some approximate measurements. I am bit skeptical to follow the approximate measurements and was  confused. Sailu's kitchen gave me clarity as the recipe what mami gave was almost close to her and i adapted the flour measurements from her.

Now i can confidently say i can make Soft badusha, a perfect diwali sweet recipe. Try this badusha recipe for Diwali 2014. Check my  full collections of diwali recipes .

KASI HALWA RECIPE |POOSANIKAI HALWA| EASY DIWALI RECIPES

Kasi halwa | Poosanikai halwa is generally served in our weddings. It is  either served for the breakfast on the wedding day morning or for the evening tiffin the before day. Though i am not a big fan of sweets, this kasi halwa always impressed me and i love it a lot. I remember those days sitting next to  my grandma, who is  a huge fan of Kasi halwa. The idea of sitting next to her is she will call the server uncle to put some more halwa for me(as i feel shy) and also she will have one more serving for herself. Few months back, when we have a small get together at our home my friend's mom brought this poosanikai halwa and it was very nice.  Later i asked my friend to pass the recipe from her mom and i made it accordingly and it turned out perfect. Let me share the recipe of Kasi halwa | poosanikai halwa.

KHOYA BURFI RECIPE | MAWA BURFI RECIPE| EASY DIWALI SWEETS

Khoya burfi| Mawa burfi |Punjabi dodha Burfi is a very tasty Indian Sweet. I remember eating this in assorted Sweet boxes. Last year one of my relative was asking me for the recipe of dodha burfi, which she tasted in Haldiram's Sweet box. This year again she reminded me and you won't belive, it was such an easy sweet recipe and turned out well too. Needless to say  the taste was awesome. I tried this sweet from here site and it turned out perfectly as how she mentioned. Sharing the recipe of Khoya burfi | Mawa burfi - an easy diwali sweet recipe. See my post on how to make Khoya at home.

SAFFRON FLAVORED COOKIES | EGGLESS COOKIES FOR DIWALI

Last year for  diwali i have posted NAN KHATAI for diwali, it turned out very nice and also it was a super hit among my friends too. For diwali 2014, too i wanted to post a Indian style eggless cookies. I book marked this 2 years back from Divine taste blog , finally tried it and it turned out very nice. I just followed the recipe without any alterations. If you are interested in making cookies for diwali, try this easy and flavorful cookies. Best give away goodies for diwali too.

SUGAR SYRUP FOR INDIAN SWEETS | INDIAN KITCHEN BASICS

As diwali is fast approaching, i wanted to post the make a detailed post on how to check the sugar syrup consistency. I am getting queries from  readers as how to check the sugar syrup consistency. Though i have mentioned that in my Boondi ladoo and mysore pak post, i am explained here again. I tried my best to explain and still you have any queries feel free to mail me or leave your comments. I couldn't take pictures for 2 string and three string as i couldn't bear the heat and got my fingers burnt for keeping it long time in my hand and camera in other hand. Let me explain today how to make sugar syrup or chasni for various sweets . I have given information to the best of my knowledge, which i gathered from my mom , my athai and also from my own experience too . I am sure it will be useful for beginners.