MySpicyKitchen logo

open menu
open search bar
×

Published: · Modified:

Sweet and Savory Diwali Recipes

A collection of sweet and savory treats to celebrate Indian festival of lights, Diwali.

Sweet & Savory Diwali Recipes Roundup

Diwali / Deepavali

Diwali/Deepavali is a festival light. There are many stories associated with why the festival is celebrated. Common in all of the stories is, celebration of good over evil. Festival is celebrated with arranging row of lights all around the house.

Food is always an integral part of any celebration. It is customary to prepare savory and sweet items before Diwali and distribute among friends and family. All the items are non perishable and have a self life of at least a week.

Here are some savory and sweet Diwali recipes for this festive season. In the Diwali round up I included both baked and deep fried recipes along with some sweet recipes.

Here are some Diwali savory and sweet ideas

Baked & Sauteed savories

Here is the list of baked savories for those health conscious selves and people like me who stay away from deep frying fearing lingering cooking odor in the house.

Baked Mathari
Baked mathari is a guilt free version popular deep fried Indian crackers. 
Check out this recipe
Baked mathari are Indian crackers or savory biscuits. Mathari is usually deep fried and these are baked and guilt free snack.
Baked Mathris
Baked mathris with combination of whole wheat and all purpose flour.
Check out this recipe
Baked Namak Para
Namak para is a savory, crunchy crackers from India.
Check out this recipe
Blogging Marathon, Fire up the oven, Baking marathon, Indian snack, deep fried to healthy bakes, Indian crackers, Savory Crackers, Savory Bakes
Masala Crackers
Green chilies and cilantro flavored yeast crackers are a crowd pleaser.
Check out this recipe
Spicy Crackers, Blogging Marathon, Baking Marathon, FireUpYourOven, Savory Bakes
Chili Garlic Crackers
Baked crackers flavored with green chilies and crushed garlic.
Check out this recipe
Baking Marathon, Blogging Marathon, Savory Bakes, Crackers
Chickpeas Crackers
Gluten free, vegan spicy chickpeas crackers.
Check out this recipe
Gram Flour Crackers, Spicy Crackers, Savory Crackers, Home Bakers Challenge.
Spicy Puffed Rice
Puffed rice, peanuts and putnalu (fried chana dal) seasoned with green chilies and some basic Indian spices.
Check out this recipe
Kara Pori, pelalu, blogging marathon
Poha Mixture Recipe
Poha Mixture is a savory Indian snack with flattened rice and peanuts.
Check out this recipe
A bowl poha mixture, a savory Indian snack with flattened rice and peanuts.

Deep fried savories

Bread Muruku
Bread muruku is a savory, crunchy South Indian deep fried snack prepared with rice flour and fresh bread crumbs.
Check out this recipe
Bread muruku is a deep fried snack from South Indian prepared with rice flour and fresh bread crumbs
Ratlami Sev
Ratlami sev is spicy, crunchy sev from Ratlam Madhya Pradesh.
Check out this recipe
Ratlami sev is spicy crunchy deep fried snack with gram flour
Aloo Bhujia
Aloo bhujia is a deep fried potato gram flour sev, a popular snack in North India.
Check out this recipe
Alu Sev, Alu Bhujia, CCChallenge, Ismail Merchant's Passionate Meals
Kara Sev
Kara sev is spicy deep fried gram flour snack popular in South India.
Check out this recipe
Kara Sev
Saggu Biyyam Murukulu
Savory rice flour sago snack
Check out this recipe
Saggu Biyymu Murukulu
Bobbaru Garelu ~ Rice Flour Black Eyed Peas Crackers
Crunchy rice flour crackers with black eyed peas.
Check out this recipe
Cooking from Cookbook Challenge, CCChallenge, Rice Flour Crackers, Black eyed peas rice flour crackers, Bobbari Garelu, Bobbari Chekkalu, Chekkalu, Garelu, Telangana Food, Telangana Cuisine, Andhra Food, Andhra Cuisine, Telugu Food, Traditional Indian Snacks,
Chegodi
Crunchy rice flour snack shaped into rings.
Check out this recipe
Chegodi,

Sweets

Pesara Pappu Laddu
Pesaru pappu laddu are one of the pasadams for Bathukamma festival in Telangana. Roasted moong dal flour, powdered flour and ghee are mixed together to make these delicious ladoo.
Check out this recipe
Blogging Marathon, Cooking Carnival, Protein Rich Food, Cooking With Protein Rich Ingredients, Cooking With Moong Dal, Moong Dal, Pesrau Pappu, Recipes with Moong, Recipes with Pesaru Pappu, Green Gram, Laddu, Pesaru Laddu, Pesaru Pappu Laddu, Pesru Pappu Muddalu, Moong Dal Laddu, Green Gram Laddu
Biyyam Pindi Laddu ~ Rice Flour Laddu
Biyyam pindi laddu is an easy sweet prepared with flour of roasted rice, sugar and ghee. A delicious festive sweet.
Check out this recipe
Nethichamili Muddalu, Nethicheni Muddalu, Neicheni Muddalu, Neyyichethi Muddalu, Rice Flour Laddu, Chawal ki Laddu, Bathukamma Prasadam, Sunnivundalu, Telangana Food, Telangana Cuisine, Telugu Food, Indian Food, South Indian Food, Blogging Marathon, Journey Through the Cuisines, A-Z Challenge, A-Z Telangana Cuisine
Senagapappu Laddu ~ Chana Dal Laddu
Chana dal laddu is an easy sweet prepared with chana dal flour, sugar and ghee.
Check out this recipe
Bowl of senaga pappu laddu.
Sunnundalu ~ Urad Dal Laddu
Sunnundalu are 3 ingredient gluten free, nutritious laddu and energy balls from Telugu cuisine
Check out this recipe
Nutritious urad dal laddu or sunnundalu are a nutritious dessert and a sweet snack from India
Coconut Rava Laddu
Dry coconut rava laddu is an easy recipe to prepare for any occasion.
Check out this recipe
Rava Laddu, Endu Kobbari Rava Laddu, Kobbari Rava Laddu, Coconut Rava Laddu, Sooji Laddu, Indian Laddu, Indian Sweet, Telugu Food, Telangana Food, Blogging Marathon, Journey Through Regional Cuisines,
Besan Laddu
Gluten free, no bake dessert with gram flour.
Check out this recipe
Microwave Kalakand
Kalakand is an Indian sweet with prepared with ricotta cheese. It is a soft cheese fudge.
Check out this recipe
Microwave kalakand
Mysore Pak
Mysore Pak is a gram flour fudge, a rich sweet and delicacy from South India.
Check out this recipe
Mysore Pak

Happy cooking and happy Diwali in advance!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Nand says

    I loved all the dishes in your collection. Awesome recipes!

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thanks Nand

      Reply

  2. theyellowdaal says

    Wow. Lovely recipe collection. Some of the recipes I would be trying??

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Please do try and let me know how some of them came out.

      Reply

  3. Sapna says

    Welcome back Usha. Looks like you had lot of fun in vacations.
    Love this compilation of sweet and savoury recipes. I am eyeing the rava fry coconut ladoo, will try it.

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Yes Sapna, it was fun. Do try it, rava coconut laddu is addictive.

      Reply

  4. jayashreetrao says

    You have a lovely collection here. Thanks for sharing with us.

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thanks Jayashree

      Reply

  5. sushma says

    Awesome recipes Usha.

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thanks Sushma

      Reply

  6. Padmajha PJ says

    Everything looks so delicious. I am drooling over each pic!!!

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thanks PJ

      Reply

  7. Mayuri Patel says

    Awesome collection of Diwali goodies. I like the crackers ones. I too like to bake mathris. Never tried making rice flour crackers.

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Rice flour crackers are addictive. Try it some time Mayuri

      Reply

  8. Nayna Kanabar says

    All these lovely recipes are making my mouth water.They look so delicious.

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thanks Nayna

      Reply

  9. Priya Srinivasan says

    Love your baked goodies usha! and the photos are as usual amazing!!! Lovely collection of treats for this diwali!

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      In this health conscious era, could not leave out the baked goodies from the round up, Priya 🙂

      Reply

  10. Sandhya says

    What a fabulous collection….and all so mouthwatering!

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thanks Sandhya

      Reply

  11. Priya Suresh says

    Fantastic collection of Diwali sweets and savouries, and definiely many to make at home, delicious dishes there.

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thanks Priya

      Reply

  12. Veena Krishnakumar says

    This is a beautiful collection Usha.Will be trying a few of them soon

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Please do try and let me know how they came out.

      Reply

  13. Srivalli Jetti says

    Usha, your collection looks amazing!..each one looks better than the other!..such lovely clicks..

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thank you Valli.

      Reply

  14. Ruchisvegkitchen says

    Awesome collection of recipes.. so tempting

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Thank you.

      Reply

  15. Pavani says

    Welcome back Usha. You sure came back with quite an amazing collection of Diwali treats. Happy Diwali to you and your family.

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Wish you and your family the same. Thank you.

      Reply

  16. afroz261 says

    What fabulous collection of recipes!! Most of them are my favorite ?

    Reply

    • MySpicyKitchen says

      Most of them are common across India with slight variations. Thank you.

      Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.