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Diwali aka Deepavali is a festival when the joy is every where and when every one is busy in lightening up their homes and decorating and celebrating this occasion with greeting cards and wishes its also a good time to exchange diwali gifts with friends and family.So you are going to buy a Diwali Deepawali gift and searching for a best and creative Diwali gift 2010.Check out some of the special coolest ideas of gits to present your friends and loved ones.

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Diwali also known as Dipavali is a Hindu festival and is widely popular as a festival of lights.It is a five day festival celebrated in India and all over the world and its considered to be the most important event of the year when every one wants to spend joy time with family to celebrate this festival of lights.Diwali is basically a festival of celebration of victory of good over evil.As from its name it is cleared that in this festival people decorate their hoe with lights and candles and it creates a amazing joyful atmosphere.Every one including children, young, men women dress up in new clothes and lighten up their homes with candles and diyas.It is believed that Lakshmi the goddess of wealth comes to earth and enters in the most bright, clean and decorated houses.Diwali 2010 will be started from November of 2010.

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The festival of Deepavali is associated with lots of activities.Following are some of the main activities that people perform during the days of this festival.

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Playing card games is a famous Diwali tradition.Also people play other traditional game like hide and seek, musical chair and pass the parcel.

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Diwali Decoration

Decorating home is essential part of Diwali festival, and people start cleaning their houses many days before as they believe that goddess Lakshmi will enter int heir home so they try their best to make home clean and decorate.Also , they decorate their home with Diwali candles and Diyas.

Diwali Cracker bursting

Cracking busters, its one of the most famous and popular activity of this festival but every one should be very careful in this activity especially children.

Diwali Greeting Cards Making

This is also a famous tradition like any other festival people make home made and hand made diwali deepavali greeting cards and send to their friend and loved ones to make the celebration more joyful.

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Diwali 2010 Deepavali 2010

Diwali also known as Dipavali is a Hindu festival and is widely popular as a festival of lights.It is a five day festival celebrated in India and all over the world and its considered to be the most important event of the year when every one wants to spend joy time with family to celebrate this festival of lights.Diwali is basically a festival of celebration of victory of good over evil.As from its name it is cleared that in this festival people decorate their hoe with lights and candles and it creates a amazing joyful atmosphere.Every one including children, young, men women dress up in new clothes and lighten up their homes with candles and diyas.It is believed that Lakshmi the goddess of wealth comes to earth and enters in the most bright, clean and decorated houses.Diwali 2010 will be started from November of 2010.

Diwali Activities 2010

The festival of Deepavali is associated with lots of activities.Following are some of the main activities that people perform during the days of this festival.

Diwali Games

Playing card games is a famous Diwali tradition.Also people play other traditional game like hide and seek, musical chair and pass the parcel.

Diwali Cooking Recipes

Diwali is also famous for its delicious sweet recipes.On this special occasion a great variety of sweets are prepared and keeps the people busy in a fun activity.Check out easy and home made Diwali Recipes.

Diwali Decoration

Decorating home is essential part of Diwali festival, and people start cleaning their houses many days before as they believe that goddess Lakshmi will enter int heir home so they try their best to make home clean and decorate.Also , they decorate their home with Diwali candles and Diyas.

Diwali Cracker bursting

Cracking busters, its one of the most famous and popular activity of this festival but every one should be very careful in this activity especially children.

Diwali Greeting Cards Making

This is also a famous tradition like any other festival people make home made and hand made diwali deepavali greeting cards and send to their friend and loved ones to make the celebration more joyful.

Diwali Messages

In this modern era this has become a vital part of any occasion, and when it comes to celebrate a huge festival like Diwali how people can stop exchanging sweet diwali sms messages and text messages to their friends and family.There are lots ofdiwali sms available out there.Check out and enjoy texting Happy diwali messages 2010.

The Most Famous Traditional Diwali Recipes, Deserts, Snaks & Sweets : Ingredients And Preparation Steps For Malpua, Laddu, Soan Papdi, Besan Ki Barfi , Karanji , Gujia, Almond Seera , Sitaphal Rabdi, Badam (Almond) Katli, Doodh Peda , Kesar Bhat (Rice)

Here is a
delectable collection of traditional Diwali Recipes to help you make this
Diwali celebrations more zestful!! The collection includes Recipes for Diwali
deserts and snacks. Choose and cook your favorite Diwali Recipe with love and
delight your dear ones in a very special way!! http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/

Malpua

Ingredients:

1/2 kg maida.

750 gm sugar.

1/2 ltr.milk.

1 cup grated coconut.

6 bananas.

25gm dry fruits.

5-6 ilaichi.

1 ltr. Refined oil.



Process

1. Boil the milk and stir it till it becomes thick. Then cool it.

2. In the milk add maida, sugar, dryfruits , coconut and ilaichi powder .Stir
it till it becomes a paste.

3. Make banana paste and add it into the maida paste. http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/


4. Hot oil in a pan. Make round shaped balls of the paste.

5. Fry these till they turn red.



Wheat Laddu

Ingredients:

1 cup Wheat Flour

1/4 cup Gram Flour

11/2 cup Sugar Powder

1/4 cup Grated Coconut

1/4 cup Dry Fruit almonds, raisins, kaju etc

1 cup Ghee



Preparation:

1. Heat the ghee.

2. Put both the flours in the heated ghee.

3. When nearly roasted put coconut and sliced dry fruit in the mixture.

4. Now put the ground sugar in the mixture and stir thoroughly.

5. Take off from the heat quickly and make laddus. You may also put the mixture
in an oil based thali & make small pieces.

Soan
Papdi

Ingredients:

1 1/4 cup Gram Glour

1 1/4 cup Maida

250 gms Ghee

2 1/2 cups Sugar

1 1/2 cup Water

2 tbsp Milk

1/2 tsp Cardamom seeds crushed coarsely

4" squares cut from a thin polythene sheet



Preparation:

1. Sift both flours together.

2. Heat ghee in a heavy saucepan. Add flour mixture and roast on low till light
golden. Keep aside to cool a little, stirring occasionally.

3. Prepare syrup simultaneously. Make syrup out of sugar, water and milk. Bring
syrup to 2 1/2 thread consistency.

4. Pour at once into the flour mixture. Beat well with a large fork till the
mixture forms threadlike flakes.

5. Pour onto a greased surface or thali and roll to 1" thickness lightly.
Sprinkle the elaichi and gently press down with palm.

6. Cool, cut into 1" squares, wrap individually into square pieces of thin
plastic sheet. Store in an airtight container.









Besan
ki Barfi

Ingredients :

Besan 1 kg

Sugar 1 kg

Water 1/2 liter

Ghee 1 kg

For garnishing: Pistas, Almonds



Preparation :

1. Fry besan in ghee on low flame for about 30 mins till it becomes pink and
ghee separates.

2. Mix sugar and water into a syrup.

3. Add this syrup to the besan and mix well.

4. Pour this mixture into a greased tray.

5. When it cools cut into cubes and garnish with pistas and almonds.



Karanji

Ingredients :

For Filling:

1 cup grated Dry Coconut

1 cup Powdered Sugar

1 pinch Nutmeg Powder

1 pinch dry Ginger Powder

4 Elaichi

2 tsp Maida

2 tsp Poppy Seeds

2 tbsp Mixed Dry fruit pieces



For Dough:

1 cup maida

1 tsp Ghee

Salt to taste

Warm milk to prepare dough



Preparation :

1. Roast Dry coconut.

2. Roast maida in ghee.

3. Roast poppy seeds.

4. Mix all the above ingredients & grind them.



For Dough:

Mix all the dough ingredients & prepare dough (a little hard).



For Karanji:

1. Make small oval shaped puris from dough.

2. Fill the prepared stuffing inside.

3. Apply some water or milk so that it will seal properly (don't apply too much
of water as it will not seal properly).

4. Deep fry it till it becomes brownish colour.

5. Serve it hot or cold.

6. Karanjis can be stored for weeks.

Sesame
Seed (Til) - Khoya laddu

Ingredients :

2 cups khoya

1&1/2 cups of coarsely powdered roasted sesame seeds (til)

Powdered sugar to taste http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/


Kesar, chopped almonds and pistas for decoration



Preparation :

1. Roast the khoya on low flame till it is very light golden yellow color.

2. Let is cool for few minutes.

3. Then add coarsely powdered roasted sesame seeds and mix it.

4. Add powdered sugar when the above mixture is luke warm.

5. Mix well and shape into small balls. If the mixture is too hot then the
sugar will melt so care has to be taken that mixture should not be hot.

6. Arrange in a plate and decorate with kesar, chopped almonds and pistas.



Method for Making Khoya in Microwave:

1. Take three cups of full cream milk powder in microwave oven proof casserole.


2. Add sufficient water to make a thick paste.

3. Add 2 tablespoon of ghee.

4. Cover with plastic cling film and microwave for 3 minutes with in between
stirring. (Time depends on power of Microwave oven.)

GUJIA

Ingredients :

Flour 250 grams

Khoya 500 grams

Raisins a few

Almonds 100 grams (finely chopped)

Cooking oil 3 tablespoon

Water 100 ml

Sugar 250 grams



Preparation :

Mix the oil and flour properly to form a binding consistency of breadcrumbs.
Add some water and knead lightly the entire mixture. Make it soft dough and set
it aside with a damp cloth covering it. Fry the khoya in cooking oil till it
becomes light brown and then mix the sugar in it properly. Add the almonds and
raisins, and fry for a few more minutes. Remove from fire and let it cool. Make
small thick chapattis out of that kneaded dough. Fill half of the chapatti with
the khoya mixture and, rolling it, seal the sides of the chapatti keeping the
khoya inside it. Make the sealing look decorated by giving a look of hemming.
Deep-fry these gujias until it becomes light golden brown, keeping the flame at
low. Take out the gujias on a newspaper and let the oil get soaked. Serve hot
or store it in an airtight container for using it on that special day.

ALMOND SEERA

Ingredients (Serve 4-6)

1 cup of coarse Flour Wheat

1-1/2 cup of Blanched Almonds

1 teaspoon of Cardamom Powder

¼ teaspoon of Crushed Saffron Strands

1 tablespoon of Warm Milk

8-10 blanched Almonds, finely chopped into slivers

1-1/4 cup of Ghee

3 cups of Water

1 cup of Sugar



Preparation :

1. Dissolve the crushed Saffron in the warm milk and keep it aside for some
time.

2.Now dry and make a powder of blanched almonds. Save 10 almonds for the
purpose of garnishing.

3. Melt some ghee in a large and heavy pan.

4. Add some flour to the ghee. Stir and fry the mixture for about 2-3 minutes.

5.Add some almond powder to the mixture and again stir and fry the mixture till
it becomes golden and gives a nice aroma. The mixture should be stirred
continuously.

6. Add some water and again stir and cook it.

7. Add some sugar to the mixture.

8. When the ghee starts to exude then add some cardamom and saffron to the
mixture.

9. Now stir and place the prepared dish into the serving dish. Garnish it with
the chopped almonds.

CHICK PEAS AND POTATOES CURRY

Ingredients (Serve 4-6)

1 can chick peas

3 lbs potatoes

1large onion

3 cloves of garlic

1 chilly pepper

3 tsp curry powder

1 cup of water

2 tsp vegetable oil

3 leaves shadow benny (optional)

1/2 tsp cumin powder



Preparation :

1. Peel potatoes and cut in quarters.

2. Peel onions and chop finely.

3. In a medium size pan add vegetable oil and heat well.

4. Add chopped onions and chilly pepper. Cook for about 2 minutes or until
onions sweat.

5. Add curry powder and stir constantly. Now, add about quarter of a cup water
and stir occasionally until curry powder, onion, pepper and garlic becomes a
paste.

6. Cook for about 5 mins.

7. Add potatoes, shadow benny leaves (if available) and chickpeas. Stir up and
let cook for about another 10 mins.

8. Add remaining water and let cook until potatoes and chick peas is tender.

9. When the sauce consistency is slightly thick add cumin powder, stir up and
remove from heat.

10.This chickpeas and potatoes curry tastes great with cooked white rice.

SITAPHAL RABDI

Ingredients (Serves 7-8)

1 cup: Sitaphal (Pumpkin) Pulp

2 litre: Whole milk

4 no: Green pistachios, unsalted

4 no: Almonds

1 tsp: Chopped fragrant red rose petals

1/4 tsp: Saffron strands

1/4 tsp: Cardamom powder

3/4 cup: Sugar



Preparation:

1. Crush almonds and pasta coarsely or cut into thin slivers.

2. Boil milk in a clean heavy pan.

3. Simmer for ten minutes after it starts boiling.

4. Stir occasionally while boiling.

5. Add sugar. Stir till dissolves. http://hallosushant.blogspot.com/


6. Take the pan off fire. Add saffron, cardamom, almonds and pistas.

7. Cool to room temperature.

8. Add sitaphal pulp. Chill for 3-4 hours till very cold.

9. Put in individual serving bowls sprinkle a few chopped rose petals to
garnish.

10. Serve chilled.

BADAM (ALMOND) KATLI

Ingredients (Makes 35 Katlis approx)

250 gm: Almonds (soaked overnight)

200 gm: Sugar powdered

Few tbsp: Milk

Silver foil (optional)



Preparation:

1. Drain and change water from almonds.

2. Peel almonds. Keep aside.

3. Wash once more to remove any traces of brownishness.

4. Grind to a fine paste using as little milk as possible.

5. In a heavy large skillet mix paste and sugar.

6. Cook, stirring constantly, using a large handled spoon or spatula.

7. Take care of splattering in initial stages.

8. Also, do not stop stirring because the mixture burnt and stuck to bottom of
skillet will spoil the taste.

9. When a soft lump is form, which leaves sides of skillet easily, take off
fire.

10. Grease a clean work surface and a rolling pin with melted ghee.

11. Put lump on it. Roll quickly while still warm to 1/5" thickness.

12. Apply silver foil and press lightly with foil paper.

13. Mark out long diamond shapes with a sharp knife.

14. When almost cool remove carefully with a sharp edged wide spatula.

15. Cool completely before storing in layers between sheets of butter paper.

DOODH PEDA

Ingredients :

1/2 kg khoya. Khoya is made by reducing a large volume of milk to a solid by
very slow boiling for many hours; about 3 litres of milk will produce hardly
200-300 gms of khoya.

250 gms ground sugar

250 gms milk

2 drops rose essence or a few strands saffron or kesar

2 tbsp almonds, finely slivered

2 tbsp pistachios, finely slivered

1 tsp green cardamoms or elaichi powder



Preparation :

Mix the khoya and sugar well, and warm it over a medium fire. Add 2 tablespoons
of the milk and stir with a heavy ladle smoothening out any lumps. Continue
stirring and add more milk, little by little, till all the milk is used up.
Lower the heat, if it sticks at the bottom.



Add the rose essence or saffron dissolved in milk, and take off the fire. Mix
the flavouring and khoya properly.



In a plate, mix the finely slivered nuts with the cardamom or elaichi powder.
Make small balls of the khoya mixture and press on the nuts for decoration. You
can also make depressions along the edges with a spoon handle or other stamp
moulds for surface designs.

KESAR BHAT(RICE)

Ingredients :

1 cup rice

1/2cup sugar

1/4 tea spoon kesar

50 gms raisins

50gms cashew nuts

1/2 cup ghee

5 pods cardamom



Preparation :

Wash and cook rice in four cups water. Add ghee and sugar and continue cooking on
low flame. Stir continuously, powder cardamom and add to the rice.. Keep
cooking till the rice mixture leaves the sides of the vessel. Grind kesar and
add to rice. Finally add raisins and chopped cashew nuts and mix well.

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