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Anarse
The hardest sweet on the Diwali plate, made in an evening. Press into sesame and fry slowly on medium heat.
- Time
- 40 min
- Serves
- 25
- Steps
- 6
- Level
- Medium
19 recipes
- Fasting days25 min
Rajgira poli
Fasting polis bound with boiled potato, since rajgira has no gluten of its own to hold them.
25 minServes 6Easy - Fasting days25 min
Shingada thalipeeth
Shingada flour and boiled potato, patted thin on the tawa until the edges go golden.
25 minServes 2Easy - Fasting days30 min
Upwas thalipeeth
A classic fasting-day breakfast. With bhajani it needs only water, salt and a green chilli.
30 minServes 6Easy - Fasting days25 min
Sabudana thalipeeth
The crisp fasting thalipeeth, without soaking sabudana the night before.
25 minServes 4Easy - Fasting days30 min
Shingada halwa
A quick fasting sweet: shingada flour roasted in ghee until it smells nutty, then cooked with sugar and cardamom.
30 minServes 4Medium - Fasting days25 min
Rajgira laddoo
Rajgira flour roasted in ghee with jaggery and cardamom, shaped while still warm, before it sets.
25 minServes 12Easy - Fasting days30 min
Bhagar bhakri with peanut amti
Soft fasting bhakri from barnyard millet flour, with a thin, tangy peanut amti.
30 minServes 4Easy - Fasting days30 min
Sabudana vada
Crisp fasting vadas with potato and peanuts, made with sabudana flour, so there's no overnight soaking.
30 minServes 4Easy - Festive sweets and snacks45 min
Bhajani chakli
Spiral chaklis from our masala bhajani. Medium heat, small batches, and patience.
45 minServes 6Hard - Festive sweets and snacks20 min
Poha chiwda
Thin poha roasted with peanuts, dalia and curry leaves. The Diwali tin that empties first.
20 minServes 10Easy - Festive sweets and snacks60 min
Gulab jamun
Smooth balls, a low flame, and syrup just off the boil: the rules that keep jamuns soft to the centre.
60 minServes 40Medium - Festive sweets and snacks20 min
Masala sev
Fine, crisp sev at home, with the seasoning measured for a 500 g batch of besan.
20 minServes 4Easy - Festive sweets and snacks40 min
Anarse
The hardest sweet on the Diwali plate, made in an evening. Press into sesame and fry slowly on medium heat.
40 minServes 25Medium - Festive sweets and snacks50 min
Sweet shankarpale
The crisp sweet squares on the Diwali plate. Knead with milk, rest, roll, cut and fry slowly.
50 minServes 10Easy - Festive sweets and snacks50 min
Khare shankarpale
The savoury shankarpale, with ajwain and jeera already in the flour. Good with tea any day.
50 minServes 10Easy - Festive sweets and snacks30 min
Quick masala shev
Spiced sev from a ready dough mix. Add water, press into hot oil, and the tin is full in half an hour.
30 minServes 10Easy - Festive sweets and snacks60 min
Ukadiche modak
Steamed rice-flour modaks with a coconut and jaggery filling, for Ganesh Chaturthi.
60 minServes 8Hard - Festive sweets and snacks60 min
Chakli from your own bhajani
For homes that roast their own bhajani: one 50 g pack of chakli masala seasons 500 g of it.
60 minServes 15Hard - Sunday lunch90 min
Dal batti
Baked wheat batti, cracked open into ghee and served with hot dal. A Sunday-lunch project.
90 minServes 4Medium
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