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Diwali Project, Celebration time!, Festive snacks salty & sweet

Rushina	Oct 2 2004, 11:52 PM Post #61
member Group: maha contributors Posts: 824 Joined: 27-July 04 From: Bombay Member No.: 23	Since I had my son, I have become very particular about traditions being maintained. Our house is cleaned, I do a rangoli (last year he helped me) and make snax and sweets like I have seen three generations in my family do. This year I want to try out traditional recipes from all over India (or at least a few.) I would like help deciding these. I thought it would be great if we could compile some traditional recipes here in any which case, for the fun of comparing notes... For Gujerat I am thinking Mondhaal, Rushina -------------------- Always in search of that perfect bite! Blogs: A Perfect Bite and My Mumbai Cookbook

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Rushina Diwali Project, Celebration time! Oct 2 2004, 11:52 PM

arnab rushina, what is mondhaal? i hope more people w... Oct 5 2004, 10:19 PM

Ammini In our home in India it was boondi laddu, mysorep... Oct 5 2004, 11:58 PM

Rushina This link leads to a recipe and a picture. http://... Oct 6 2004, 12:08 PM

Rushina I want to try Akhrot (Walnut ) Sheera, a Gujerati ... Sep 29 2005, 10:11 AM

Rushina OKay here is my Maharaj's recipe for Akhrot Sh... Sep 29 2005, 11:01 AM

shanta Yum! Thanks, Rushina! Am gonna make it soo... Sep 29 2005, 11:13 AM

loislane Shanta, I would avoid using powdered sugar, since ... Sep 29 2005, 12:54 PM

lakme I've made Tarla Dalal's microwave Besan La... Sep 29 2005, 09:45 PM

arnab so, we have the following: 1. akhrot halwa/sheera... Sep 30 2005, 06:20 AM

loislane The walnut sheera / halwa sounds lovely and hopefu... Sep 30 2005, 11:08 AM

sangeeta we usually make two kinds of sweets....one is dil ... Sep 30 2005, 07:59 PM

roshna Rushina, My mother used to make us badam jyo shee... Sep 30 2005, 11:35 PM

Rushina We don't get powdered walnuts, so I will pow... Sep 30 2005, 11:37 PM

shanta I remember seeing some powdered roasted walnuts, g... Oct 1 2005, 09:27 AM

shanta Pretty much the same, except anarse in des growin... Oct 1 2005, 09:37 AM

shanta BTW, when's Diwali? When do we start making al... Oct 1 2005, 09:44 AM

gingerly shanta.if that powdered sugar is the same as icing... Oct 1 2005, 10:52 AM

shanta Wow! Didn't know it has corn flour! No... Oct 1 2005, 10:57 AM

Rushina Blues Clues fan perhaps? Rushina Oct 1 2005, 11:24 PM

arnab so, let's get a range of laddu recipes as well... Oct 2 2005, 05:39 AM

shanta Yep! Little one's addicted to 'Bloose... Oct 2 2005, 06:42 AM

Nichiro BESAN LADOO Besan Ladoos and festivals go hand in... Oct 2 2005, 09:45 AM

arnab nichiro, at what point does the powdered cardamom ... Oct 2 2005, 10:22 PM

Nichiro Arnab, Cardamom and Kesar go in with powdered su... Oct 2 2005, 10:31 PM

Rushina Yep! Little one's addicted to 'Bloose... Oct 3 2005, 12:12 AM

gingerly slackers!okay folks-diwali is a Month away and... Oct 3 2005, 11:02 PM

sangeeta okie so here is the kheeranand recipe: 1 cup ri... Oct 6 2005, 12:40 AM

lakme Sorry for this delayed posting, but here's the... Oct 6 2005, 07:22 PM

Rushina Thanks so much Gingerly, I am glad you liked it... Oct 6 2005, 10:03 PM

gingerly another besan ladoo recipe,this time from niru gup... Oct 12 2005, 03:11 AM

Veena Gingerly, those look delectable - I almost reached... Oct 12 2005, 05:12 AM

shanta OMG, gingerly! It looks lush enough to take a ... Oct 15 2005, 02:22 AM

gingerly thanks Veena,shanta!i was terribly pleased wit... Oct 15 2005, 02:47 AM

arnab i'm confused: the niru gupta recipe gingerly l... Oct 15 2005, 02:52 AM

gingerly upthread.i used fine granulated sugar and gave it ... Oct 15 2005, 02:57 AM

shanta I know, I was also under the impression that powd... Oct 15 2005, 03:04 AM

gingerly her additional notes in the book say-'ideally,... Oct 15 2005, 03:13 AM

arnab okay, so when niru gupta says powdered she means... Oct 15 2005, 03:21 AM

gingerly i use just the seeds. Oct 15 2005, 03:40 AM

shanta arnab, how long did you mw it? Oct 15 2005, 03:53 AM

arnab following lakme's directions to the letter. ... Oct 15 2005, 03:57 AM

arnab and here are my laddus: http://www.highlyirreleva... Oct 15 2005, 04:45 AM

frangipani Arnab, they look good! I'm not a big fan o... Oct 15 2005, 04:57 AM

shanta Wow! Looks delicious, am now off to make some ... Oct 15 2005, 05:02 AM

arnab Does that mean they are "lushlush"? [/q... Oct 15 2005, 05:07 AM

sangeeta am tempted to make some myself.. :P Oct 15 2005, 05:07 AM

arnab oh, joy! they are in fact getting denser/har... Oct 15 2005, 05:14 AM

shanta My batch is cooling right now, I did not have enou... Oct 15 2005, 05:42 AM

gingerly the ones in the pic are about ten minutes off the ... Oct 15 2005, 06:01 AM

lakme Arnab, They will harden as they sit. Also, this ... Oct 15 2005, 06:02 AM

seajay So, I am thinking of giving this a try ... Do y... Oct 15 2005, 06:27 AM

gingerly caster sugar should be. um.. fine cj. :rolleyes: Oct 15 2005, 06:42 AM

shanta Lesson learnt today: It's all in the ghee... Oct 15 2005, 06:51 AM

seajay :lol: thanks! Oct 15 2005, 07:48 AM

loislane Why? Does it mean something in Bengali? Oh, and... Oct 15 2005, 08:08 AM

Andya Lakme, Thanks a bunch for the recipe. It was so e... Oct 15 2005, 08:12 AM

arnab Why? Does it mean something in Bengali? Oh, and ... Oct 15 2005, 08:14 AM

Andya My only addition to this recipe was that I added r... Oct 15 2005, 08:43 AM

loislane This besan laddoo mania is quite overwhelming. No ... Oct 16 2005, 08:20 AM

frangipani Oooooh! Those look delicious! Something sw... Oct 16 2005, 08:39 AM

frangipani KhobryAchyA vaDyA (Coconut barfi), made a little w... Oct 20 2005, 06:17 AM

arnab recipe please any bengalis have recipes for nar... Oct 20 2005, 06:53 AM

frangipani Coconut Barfi 4 cups grated fresh coconut 4 cups ... Oct 20 2005, 06:06 PM

bague25 I love this recipe - it needs only 3/4 c of conden... Oct 20 2005, 06:38 PM

gingerly minakshie dasgupta has- 200 gms fresh coconut ,gr... Oct 21 2005, 01:00 AM

loislane Two thumbs up for Rushina's walnut halwa recip... Oct 25 2005, 01:40 AM

loislane Made a batch of the classic maharashtrian diwali c... Oct 26 2005, 04:00 AM

gingerly good idea-i love the stuff!recipe please.. Oct 26 2005, 04:26 AM

shanta Ditto, pretty please! I'm planning to ma... Oct 26 2005, 05:18 AM

Veena LL, please post. I got a delicious-sounding chivd... Oct 26 2005, 05:23 AM

ajit LL, it's all very easy for you to cook up a bi... Oct 26 2005, 05:35 AM

loislane Here it is how I made chiwda this time. It's i... Oct 26 2005, 09:33 AM

loislane ajit, you are welcome anytime, diwali or not. m... Oct 26 2005, 09:35 AM

Veena Thanks for the thoughtfully-written recipe, LL. M... Oct 26 2005, 11:46 PM

lakme LL, Thanks for the recipe- I'm def. going to ... Oct 27 2005, 12:51 AM

arnab this is very similar to what bengalis call "c... Oct 27 2005, 12:54 AM

gingerly sounds good,ll-i was a bit startled by the 'da... Oct 27 2005, 02:04 AM

loislane We call it DALuh in marathi and I think it could ... Oct 27 2005, 02:42 AM

loislane Little fireworks out of the oven. Oct 28 2005, 02:25 AM

sangeeta is chirer pulao not something different....i tho... Oct 28 2005, 03:06 AM

arnab is chirer pulao not something different....i thou... Oct 28 2005, 03:09 AM

loislane I searched for chirer pulao (not on AS), and this ... Oct 28 2005, 05:19 AM

hibiscus I always thought chirer pulao is poha/pohe. Innit?... Oct 28 2005, 09:13 AM

loislane Those are rose flavored cookies, with little spr... Oct 28 2005, 09:40 AM

sangeeta is chirer pulao not something different....i thou... Oct 28 2005, 06:27 PM

arnab is chirer pulao not something different....i thou... Oct 28 2005, 11:06 PM

katori I vaguely remember someone looking for a baked cha... Oct 30 2005, 07:54 PM

gingerly made ll's chiwda today and it's absolutely... Oct 31 2005, 06:51 AM

Anjali Made marathi chivda and also gor papdi with Nichir... Oct 31 2005, 12:03 PM

Veena Maharashtrian Chivda with Thin Poha My final reci... Oct 31 2005, 01:44 PM

Nichiro Thanks Anjali for the feedback. But about our pl... Oct 31 2005, 03:09 PM

Ammini Lakme: Here is a south Indian version of cereal... Oct 31 2005, 07:18 PM

arnab diwali recipes from ndtv. including.................. Oct 31 2005, 10:11 PM

lakme Ammini, Thanks- this is what I was looking for. I ... Nov 1 2005, 12:10 AM

sangeeta Just made my batch of the chidwa....it has come ou... Nov 1 2005, 12:16 AM

loislane gingerly, veena, sangeeta, I am glad you made the ... Nov 1 2005, 01:17 AM

sangeeta just made my batch of the mw besan laddus...like e... Nov 1 2005, 04:24 AM

lakme Much as its nice to receive compliments on a recip... Nov 1 2005, 07:22 AM

Nichiro Lakme, These Gujaratis add helluva lot of things... Nov 1 2005, 08:19 AM

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