It’s Diwali or Deepavali. The biggest event in the Hindu calendar. Festival of light, also noise, and celebration of good over evil.
Back in India, I spent it mostly hiding under my bed with our German Shepherd. The fireworks petrified the both of us.
The allure of the cash my father distributed after the Ganesh and Lakshmi Puja brought me out briefly. As did the food, of course. Light, swollen pooris or fried flatbreads. Ghee soaked halwa. Sookha kala channa or sauteed little dark chick peas.
You can see why it would have been hard to resist. Even under the circumstances.
This year, for the first time, I got my act together in time to get a group of friends over for dinner. We’re playing cards, eating traditional vegetarian food and setting off some garden fireworks in our unkept communal garden.
But it’s not, I’m afraid, well planned enough to feature the halwa barfi, kala channa and aloo kadhi I have cooked as part of dinner tonight yet.
Recipes to follow. Enjoy Diwali everyone.
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Hi Mallika,
Happy Diwali to you and your family plus to all your dedicated readers….
will be waiting for the recipes of course……
On personal front I made coconut barfi and sooji ladoo for diwali……
Happy Diwali, enjoy!:))
diwali wishes to u too mallika
Happy Diwali to you and the family, Mallika.
sounds lovely although you’d have a rough time getting me to eat anything that’s called “barfi” ::grin::
Happy diwali to you and family. Have a great time with family n friends!!
Happy diwali! The one and only Hindu member of staff in my school brought in lots of Indian treats for us yesterday. My, did he have a lot of friends!
Happy Diwali!:)
Happy Diwali to you and your family
Happy Diwali, Mallika! Hug!