Diwali

Diwali Food Menu Vegetarian | Indian Vegetarian Recipes For Diwali – Illuminate your celebrations with a delightful menu of festive and flavorful vegetarian dishes.


Mawa Kachori (Puffed Pastry)

Desserts, Diwali, Snacks

Mawa Kachori is an exotic dessert. This is a delicacy from state of Rajasthan. Rajasthan is known for their rich food and culture. Pastry filled with aromatic mixture of mawa and nuts makes a very festive dessert.

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Aloo Dum (Potato Curry)

Diwali, Gluten Free, Karwa Chauth, Vegetables Curry / Gravy

This is an exotic delicious main dish. Just the smell of aloo dam can make you hungry! To make this dish, potatoes are fried and then soaked in the spicy aromatic gravy. This is a perfect dish for any dinner party.

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Spicy Squash – Kaddu Ki Subji

Diwali, Gluten Free, Navaratri, Vegan, Vegetables Curry / Gravy, Vegetables Sauteed / Dry

This is a north Indian dish, spicy, sweet and sour taste all in one. Typically this dish is served with puri and kachori (puri stuffed with urad dal).

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Cabbage Kofta

Diwali, Gluten Free, Party Recipes, Vegetables Curry / Gravy

Koftas are fried dumplings in a variety of spicy gravies. The dumplings can be made using a variety of vegetables and some popular ones are cabbage, laucki (bottle guard), zucchini, or a potato-paneer mix. This particular recipe uses cabbage.

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Sandesh

Desserts, Diwali, Gluten Free, Party Recipes, Quick & Easy

Sandesh is a specialty from the state of Bengal. Sandesh is a delicacy, served as a dessert. Made several different ways using freshly made paneer.

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Gujia

Desserts, Diwali, Holi, Snacks

Gujia is a fried pastry filled with an aromatic nuts mixture. In India, Gujia is traditionally made for the holidays like Diwali and Holi and is a must have treat.

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Boondi (bundi) Ladoo

Desserts, Diwali, Gluten Free, Kid-Friendly, Vegan

Boondi Ladoo is a great, mouth watering snack-time dessert and is a must have at all special occasions all over India. Boondis are very small, round deep fried balls that have been soaked in fragrant sugar syrup. After soaking, the syrup is drained and the syrup infused boondi are formed into balls (ladoos).

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Dahi Vada

Appetizers, Chaat, Diwali, Gluten Free, Party Recipes

Dahi Vadas are lentil dumplings topped with a spicy savory yogurt and tamarind chutney. These are great as a side dish for a formal dinner or served as a chaat. Dahi vadad are made using wash urad dal or moong dal or with a combination of both dals using different proportions of dal.

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Ras Malai

Desserts, Diwali, Gluten Free, Party Recipes

Rasmalai is a Bengali dessert consisting of soft paneer balls immersed in chilled creamy milk. Like Rasgullas, Rasmalai is also made with homemade cheese known as “paneer” or “chana”. Instead of being soaked in sugar syrup like Rasgullas, Rasmalai is soaked in sweet, flavored milk.

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Jalebi (Sweet)

Desserts, Diwali, Kid-Friendly, Krishna Janmashtami, Vegan

Jalebis can best be described as funnel cakes. Jalebis can be made thin and crispy or thick and juicy. Jalebis taste best when served hot.

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