2014 Diwali Recipes: Sweets & Snacks

2014 Diwali Recipes: Here is the collection of easy and simple Diwali sweets and snacks for my readers in one page for quick reference. Click on each thumbnail for the recipes. As a working women I have less time to prepare sweets & snacks. I'll try to post more recipes in coming days.. :) Many people may think that visiting my blog and commenting is waste of time.. Though am not a famous food blogger I am posting my skills in my level.. But encouragement is more important to develop any person's skills.. Anyhow Happy Diwali To All My Readers.. :)

Microwave Palkova

Palkova is an Indian sweet prepared from Milk.. The usual process of making palkova is time consuming. Palkova involves stirring milk for a long time till it thickens into a solid. It takes 2-3 hours or so usually and involves continuous stirring. Lets see for a quicker version of this palkova using microwave..The taste matches the original version and this delicious, mouth watering microwave palkova can be prepared within 10 mins. I used my mould(stamp) to get a nice design on my palkova.. :) You can find my 5 year old Princy's work here( Stamping on a ball ).. :) I made a ball and Princy had designed the palkovas.. Am happy to involve her in my cooking..She is so excited to do the stamping process(See the tiny palkova which is prepared by princy in the step-wise picture) .. :)

Puran Poli/Bobbatlu

Bobbatlu is a traditional and delicious dessert made with maida and chana dal pooranam. In Andra Pradesh, bobbattu is served with ghee(clarified butter). The method of preparation varies from place to place. These Puran poli is famous in Hyderabad.. So I want me to try this in Hyderabad style, so went to the shop and noted all the recipe in detail and made changes according to my taste and tried for the first time.. Surprisingly, it came out super taste like Hyderabadi Bobbatlu.. Am full happy of the outcome.. :) My hubby gave a big thumbs up... :)

Velluli/Palkova

Palkova/Velluli is my sis fav recipe..I named it Velluli because it seems like garlic shape..In telugu we call velluli.. This is very easy to prepare and needs very few ingredients but a bit time consuming.Though making Vellulis using mould is time consuming, but the final result looks wow... The mould I used is gifted by ammama on my B'day.. :) She gave a pack of moulds for different purposes. Love you ammama.. :) There are hardly any chances to go wrong with this very easy recipe. I made this palkova in microwave method and regular method. In this post you can find regular method. I'll post microwave method in coming week. Ok then move on to the recipe now.. :)

Besan Laddu

Besan laddu is a very simple laddu recipe from all other laddus and it is very easy to make. My MIL use to prepare these laddus for any occasion. She will prepare tiny laddus for my daughter too.This is the first time I did by my own and hubby likes it much and told me to prepare again... :) This is one of the easy and quick Diwali sweet recipes and melt in the mouth.. :)

Ribbon Pakoda with Millet Flour - Diwali Savoury Snack

Ribbon Pakoda is one of  Princy's fav snack item. You can make this as an evening snack for your kids when they are back from school. I usually prepare this with normal version but my mom prepare this easy snack very often with jonnalu (millet flour). So I tried my mom's version yesterday asking the recipe from my mom. It came out very well and my hubby told me to do this version especially for Princy. Adding jonnalu (millet flour) in this way is healthy for kids.

Simple Egg Curry

This was the long break i took in blogging. I came to Rajahmundry for vacation and Princy enjoyed a lot at my mom's place. We went to Araku and Vizag with my bro family, mama's family...So I have no time to blog and took a break.. Today's post is very simple recipe which a beginners can do..Egg is my favorite & is perfect rescue for anytime of the day! I love to try various egg recipes.. :)