Your favourite recipes get a makeover this Diwali

 

by IANS |

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANSlife) Street food and lots of mithai are festive staples across the country. One can't escape the sweetness of traditional mithai or the chatpatta taste of fried savouries. JP Singh, Executive Chef, The Leela Bhartiya City, Bengaluru shares some recipes with a twist, go ahead tickle your tastebuds:


Avocado and Aloo Chaat


Ingredients


Hash avocado- 80g


Boiled potato-100g


Onion chopped-20g


Tomato Chopped-10g


½' size sev- 15g


Pomegranate seeds- For garnish


Sweet chutney-5ml


Mint chutney-3ml


Sweet curd-10ml


Chat masala-3g


Chopped coriander-2gm


Pickled Onion-For garnish


Serves: One




Method:


Cut avocado into thin slices


Cut the Boiled potato into dices and then fry until golden brown


Take a mixing bowl, add fried potato, mint chutney, sweet chutney, sweet curd, chopped onion, tomato, chopped coriander, salt and mix well.


Arrange the avocado slices into a circle and make sure there is enough space in the centre to put the potato mixture


Put the potato chat at the centre and garnish with pomegranate seeds, sev and fresh coriander sprig


Rose blossom Ladoo


Ingredients:


Gram flour - 1 kilo


Hazelnut - 250 grams


Sugar - 800 gms


Ghee (clarified butter) - 500 grams


Rose Paste - 150 grams


Rose Petals - 180 gms


Honey - 80 gms


Makes: 40 numbers of 30 gms each




Method:


In a thick bottomed Kadhai cook melt the ghee and add Gram flour slowly to it


Cook the Gram flour till brown color and then leave it aside to cool down


Hazelnut to be toasted and then crushed to smaller pieces


Make a caramel of the sugar given in the recipe and add the crushed hazelnut to the melted sugar


Mix the Gram flour mixture and hazelnut mixture


Divide the mixture into 30 gms ladoo and coat it with dried petals of Rose


For a help of coating, the rose petals use some honey in hand to roll


Sugarfree Anjeer Sultane




Ingredients:


Dried figs stemmed and coarsely chopped - 400 gms


Dates - 200 gms


Walnuts finely chopped - 150 gms


Cashew nut - 150 gms


Almond - 150 gms


Shelled pistachios finely chopped - 100 gms


Ghee - 70 gms


Cardamom powder - 10 gms




Method:


Take dry figs and soak them in water for 12 hours. Grind them to a fine paste


Coarsely chop all the dry fruits and dates. Store aside


In thick bottom pan cook the fog paste and chopped dates


Continue mixing on slow flame


Add chopped nuts and cardamom powder mix well with spatula


Spread on a work surface to cook down for at least 2 hours


Use a cutter to shape as desired.


Roll the sides with poppy seeds and garnish with gold leaf

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