These Diwali snacks can also be used as a side dish to dinner because they are made with potatoes that are shred, molded into small patties, and then fried.
This dish's crispy exterior is formed of semolina, or flour, and it's filled with a mixture of dried fruits and sweetened milk solids before being deep-fried till golden.
Gajar halwa is a popular dessert in northern India that is made with grated carrots. Before being fried in ghee, they are mixed with sugar, milk, and water.
Laddoos are another dish made in the Indian subcontinent for Diwali. These are balls of sweets prepared from coconut, wheat semolina, and chickpea flour.
Cardamom, raisins, saffron, cashews, pistachios, almonds, or other dry fruits and nuts improve the flavor, which is creamy and sweet.
The Rajasthani region where these delicacies are originally from is home to mawa, a thick dried milk product. These little pastries are filled with cardamom sugar, almonds, and mawa, and they are frequently served with syrup drizzling over them.
Samosas are either baked or fried pastries stuffed with a tasty mixture of lentils, peas, onions, and spices. These delicious treats can be shaped like triangles, cones, or half-moons.
Made of plantains, onions, eggplant, potatoes, spinach, paneer, cauliflower, tomatoes, and chili peppers mixed into a batter made of gram flour. Typically, on Diwali, they are offered to guests as a snack or appetizer when they visit each other's homes.
Barfi is a white, creamy square consisting of sugar, almonds, and condensed milk. After cooking them all together until they harden, they are divided into squares.