Easy Diwali Recipes To Impress All

Easy Diwali recipes will help you to impress your family and friends. The festival means celebration. Any celebration is incomplete without sumptuous food, be it savory or sweet.

As a child, I saw my mother prepare many snacks in advance for Diwali festivities. There were some traditional items like gujhiye, papdi, deevle, mathri, and also some very innovative ones that would garner a lot of appreciation.

Here are some easy Diwali recipes that you can make for the festival:

Barfis and gulab jamun

Use easy Diwali recipes of desserts this year 

Any Indian festival is incomplete without traditional sweets. But it is not necessary to slug in the kitchen to make these sweets.

Recipe of moong dal barfi: an easy method

You can make moong dal barfi really fast using condensed milk with some tweak in traditional method. The barfi tastes really good, and will surely fetch you some brownie points. Read detailed recipe.

Chocolate burfi recipe:

This is a quick recipe to make two layered chocolate burfi with very few ingredients. You need mawa for the white layer, and mawa and cocoa powder for the brown chocolate layer. Read detailed recipe.

An easy recipe of kalakand

It is a traditional Indian sweet, a specialty of Rajasthan. Traditionally it involves slow cooking of milk, and then partially curdling it with alum. But with this quick method that uses sweetened condensed milk, cooking time reduces to about 15 minutes. Read detailed recipe.

Easy milk powder gulab jamun recipe

You can make soft and gooey gulab jamuns with milk powder. Many times good quality mawa is not available in the market. Use this recipe to make delicious gulab jamuns. Read detailed recipe.

Apart from these you can also make mufali ki barfi or til gur ke laddus.

Kheer and bhappa doi

Easy Diwali recipes: chilled seviyan ki kheer

Every one likes to eat kheer. More so, if it is a special occasion. You can make kheer in advance and serve it chilled or warm.

Rice Kheer

This simple but flavorful rice kheer is made in all regions of the Indian subcontinent with some variations.This popular dish of rice and milk is easy to make, and is very often made during celebrations, festivals, and religious ceremonies. Read detailed recipe.

Seviyan kheer

Seviyan kheer is a dessert made with vermicelli cooked in milk. Method of preparing this kheer is pretty simple. Read detailed recipe.

Bhapa doi: steamed yogurt pudding

It is a very easy dish to make and you can hardly ever go wrong. Use hung yogurt (curd in India) in this recipe, though if you have Greek Yogurt it will also give very good result. Read detailed recipe.

Western/fusion desserts

Fruit trifle pudding

It is a quick to assemble an impressive sweet dish with whatever ingredients that are available at home.  Every one will love this dish, and you can make it with cake, biscuits, fruit juices, cream or ice cream, fresh or frozen fruits, chocolates, syrups, and all such things that you lay your hands on. Read detailed recipe.

Cinnamon rolls

Its aroma tempts you to eat it and once you take a bite into these gooey cinnamon rolls, there is no stopping. Read detailed recipe.

Savory (salty) snacks

Easy Diwali recipes: Spicy mirchi vada

You always need something savory to accompany sweet dishes. You can make these delicious snacks to impress your family and guests.

Kale chane ke kabab

These kababs are the tastiest vegetarian kababs. Use kaale chane (black bengal gram) to make them. You can make them easily and this dish cannot go wrong. Read detailed recipe.

Rajasthani mirchi vada recipe

Mirchi Vada is a traditional street food of Rajasthan especially Jodhpur. For this Rajasthani mirchi vada recipe, use large chillies that are not very pungent. These peppers are commonly known as chilli bhajji or banana peppers. Fill spicy potato mixture in these chillies. Then dip them in gram flour batter (besan batter) and fry to make mirchi vada. Read detailed recipe.

Diet murmura namkeen recipe

Use this Diet Murmura Namkeen Recipe to make healthy and delicious snack of puffed rice. It is very easy to make and does not contain too many calories. It is perfect for light snacking. Murmura namkeen is a great accompaniment with a cup of hot tea. Read detailed recipe.

Similarly you can make roasted chivda (poha) namkeen that can be made without the use of any oil.

Stuffed mushrooms recipe

Cute bell shaped button mushrooms are loaded with goodness. Here is a stuffed mushrooms recipe. These cheesy baked mushrooms are perfect for snacks. Read detailed recipe. 

Easy falafel recipe

Falafel are vegetarian and vegan fritters from Central Asia. They are rich in proteins as they are made with chickpeas (kabuli chana/chhole). Read detailed recipe.

You can also make a traditional mouth watering chaat from Western Uttar Pradesh – Moradabadi Moong dal chaat. Though not as popular as aloo tikki or gol gappe, it is delicious and healthy.

Khandvi, and Arbi ke patte ke pakode/ Patra are also very good options for Diwali snacks.

If you like to eat non vegetarian snacks you can make steamed chicken momos.

Something to drink

Make some delicious thirst quenchers this Diwali

Easy Diwali recipes: Sunset glory pineapple mocktail

Amla lemon ginger squash

You can prepare this amla drink concentrate, and store it in refrigerator. Mix a small amount of this concentrate with water, and enjoy the drink whenever you want. Instead of serving synthetic soft drinks to guests, serve this nutritious amla drink. Read detailed recipe. 

Sunset Glory: Pineapple mocktail

This pineapple mocktail is delicious, refreshing, and looks beautiful. It has lovely red hue along with orange and yellow. Read detailed recipe.

You can make many more drinks such as mocktails, and smoothies at home easily.

Something for the main course

Here are some easy Diwali recipes that are filling and you can serve them as main course.

Chana masala recipe

It is a very popular side dish originally from Punjab. You can enjoy it with flat Indian bread such as bhatura, kulcha, or poori. You can also serve it with rice and various chaats such as aloo tikki, samosa etc. Make this spicy curry with kabuli chana or chickpeas. This popular street food is easy to make, and very filling. Read detailed recipe. 

Spinach and corn curry

Spinach corn curry combines slimy, a little bland spinach with sweet and crunchy corns beautifully. This delicious curry tastes great with Indian flat breads such as naan, chapati, tandoori roti etc. Read detailed recipe.

Spicy mutton curry

This is a North Indian style mutton curry recipe.  Slowly cook mutton in a number of aromatic spices for good results. Read detailed recipe.

If your guests like fish you can impress them with pomfret hara bhara. This stuffed and grilled pomfret dish is inspired by Goan cuisine and is very delicious.

These easy Diwali recipes will prove to be your time savers, but at the same time you will be able to serve delicious and healthier food to your loved ones.