Sweet Appam Diwali Sweets and Snacks

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Diwali Sweets and Snacks

Sweet Appam

Sweet appam is a delicious sweet prepared during diwali. This sweet will be very soft and tasty. They are sure to be liked by all the members in the family. This sweet Appam can be stored for many days and can be consumed.

Ingredients:

Maida Flour – 1 Cup

Sugar – 1 cup

Egg – 2 Nos

Banana – 2 Nos (Small ones)

Elachi – 5 Nos

Ghee – ½ Cup

Preparation:

Take the maida flour in a non-stick vessel and add sugar to it. Make it into batter by adding water to it slowly. Take a cup and beat the eggs well. Add the eggs in the batter and mix well. Crush the bananas well and add them in the batter. Crush the elachi and add them to the batter and mix well. The batter should not be very thick or loose. It should be semi solid. Leave the batter aside for half and hour.

After half an hour take a flat frying pan and heat it. Now take the batter and pour in the pan in the shape of small dosas. The size of the appam should be not bigger than our palm. Pour ghee on top of the appam and to its sides and let it fry well. Turn the appam and fry well the color changes to golden brown.

Once the appam is cooked well remove it from the pan and it is ready to be served. This tender and soft appam will definitely be enjoyed by all the kids and elders. This appam could also be prepared with wheat flour or ragi flour instead of the maida flour. The preparation method is the same for both wheat and ragi flour. This sweet would be a healthy choice too since it contains eggs and banana.

Note : This sweet can be prepared with out the eggs too.

Diwali Sweets and Snacks Thattai

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Diwali Sweets and Snacks Thattai

Thattai is a traditional snack prepared during diwali. The lighter and crispier thattai will be definitely loved by all the elders and children. This snack could be prepared using the readily available ingredients in our home. The ingredients involved in the preparation are very simple and are sure to be available in everyone’s house.

Ingredients:

Rice flour – 1 cup

Urad dhal – 2 table spoon

Fried Bengal gram – 2 table spoon

Channa dhal– 2 table spoon

White sesame seeds – 1 tea spoon

Chilli powder – 1 table spoon

Ghee – 2 table spoon

Salt – As per requirement

Asafoedita – A small pinch

Oil – For frying

Plastic paper – medium size

Preparation:

In a flat bottomed vessel add the rice flour and fry it for 2 to 3 minutes. Keep the rice flour aside. Now add the urad dhal, fried Bengal gram, channa dhal and fry them well in low flame. They have to be mixed well and fried. Do not over fry them since that would change the taste of the dish. Frying them for three to four minutes would suffice. Later cool them well and make a powder by grinding them in a mixer.

Now in a non- stick vessel (the non-stick vessel is better because the flour wont stick to the vessel when kneaded) add the rice flour along with the powdered ingredients. Add the white sesame seeds, chilli powder, ghee and asafoedita along with salt. Mix them well by adding water. Be very careful while adding water since the dough should not be very

loose.

Take the plastic paper and apply oil to it (so that the dough doesn’t stick to it). Make small balls with the dough (apply oil to the hands while making the balls) and flatten them in the paper. Remember the thinner the dough the crispier the thattai.

Boil oil in frying pan and put it in medium flame. Now slowly transfer the dough from the paper to the pan. Leave the pan in medium flame. Fry them well. Remove them from the pan when they turn golden brown and place them in a container. Cover the container after few minutes. Now the tastier and crispier thattai are ready to the served.

They go very well as an evening snack and also along with rice. The preparation time would be 20 to 30 minutes depending on one’s speed. But this is a very easy and quick snack.