Here are the most popular Diwali Recipes. These festive sweets and snacks are easy to prepare and truly delicious.
About Diwali
Diwali, or Deepavali, is an Indian festival of lights celebrated for 3 – 4 days during the autumn season. It is one of the biggest Hindu festivals. The festival symbolizes the victory of good over evil, prosperity, and hope.
Food is a quintessential part of the Diwali celebration.
From snacks and sweets to indulgent thali meals, a lot of good food is prepared in every Indian kitchen to celebrate the festival of Diwali.
Make your Diwali memorable with these tried-and-tested recipes.
Diwali Snack Recipes
These homemade assorted nuts will surely become your favourite munching snacks. GET RECIPE
This Mathri Recipe is truly crispy with a hint of crushed fenugreek leaves and carom seeds. GET RECIPE
Moong Dal Mini Samosa is the perfect little bite for the festive season. GET RECIPE
This tried and tested Papdi recipe always yields perfectly crispy papdi. GET RECIPE
Serve Khasta Kachori with spicy chutney for a memorable festive feast. GET RECIPE
Nimki is always a favourite tea-time munchie for the festive season. GET RECIPE
This is a whole wheat khasta kachori stuffed with a unique filling of moong dal namkeen. GET RECIPE
Potato Cheese Balls are a crunchy party snack with melted cheese heaven inside. GET RECIPE
Moradabadi Dal is a delicious moong dal recipe served as a soup or chaat. GET RECIPE
Cheese Rava Cutlet is a delicious vegetarian snack made with semolina, cheese, and milk. GET RECIPE
Aloo Tikki Chaat is a delicious Indian street food of crisp potato tikki loaded with curd, chutney, and spices. GET RECIPE
Have you ever tried making chaat using bread? If not yet, then try this basket chaat. GET RECIPE
Chinese Bhel is a crispy, spicy, flavoursome Indo-Chinese street food. GET RECIPE
Mixed Vegetable Cutlet is an all-time favourite festive snack. GET RECIPE
Lobia Chaat is a delicious, healthy chaat recipe made with black-eyed peas (lobia) and a lot of vegetables. GET RECIPE
Kele Ke Kebab Recipe is a delicious vegetarian snack made with raw banana and Chana dal. GET RECIPE
Dahi Vada is an Indian-style urad dal fritter served with spicy curd and tangy chutney. GET RECIPE
Paneer Cutlet has a mouth-melting texture with a perfect crunch of corn kernels. GET RECIPE
The cheese golgappa pakora is the masala potato stuffed Indian-style fritters loaded with cheese. GET RECIPE
This is the best restaurant-style Achari Paneer Tikka made at home. GET RECIPE
These bite-size aloo pakora are extra crunchy, spicy, and addictive. GET RECIPE
This vegetarian chilli bajji is a perfect snack to satisfy fried food cravings. GET RECIPE
Spring Roll is a crispy, tasty vegetarian snack perfect for a party. GET RECIPE
The ultimate party platter is loaded with hummus, dips, chips, veggies, cheese, and falafel. GET RECIPE
The caramel makhana is a perfect munching snack for fun gatherings. GET RECIPE
Crispy Baby Corn is a vegetarian Indian-Chinese party snack. GET RECIPE
Corn Chaat is a perfect munching snack for a Diwali party. GET RECIPE
Spicy Murmura Namkeen is the easiest snack to make for Diwali. GET RECIPE
For snacking, Masala Peanut Chaat is a forever favourite. GET RECIPE
A gluten and guilt-free, air fryer potato chips recipe worth bookmarking. GET RECIPE
Diwali Dip Recipe
Spicy Chilli Corn Dip is a spicy, cheesy dip perfect for a Diwali party. GET RECIPE
Schezwan sauce is a quintessential component of Indian-Chinese cuisine. GET RECIPE
Beetroot Hummus adds a splash of colour to the Diwali snacks platter. GET RECIPE
Without mint chutney, there is no Diwali snack platter. GET RECIPE
Roasted Tomato Chutney or Indian salsa is a flavour bomb. GET RECIPE
Garlic Yogurt Sauce is a perfect accompaniment for spicy Indian snacks. GET RECIPE
Diwali Sweet Recipe
This is a tried and true Gulab Jamun recipe with khoya. GET RECIPE
For this barfi recipe, I have made instant khoya (mawa) at home. GET RECIPE
These homemade jalebis will remain crisp for hours and taste delicious. GET RECIPE
Coconut Ladoo is an easy, tasty Indian sweet. GET RECIPE
This is an easy, tried, and tested gluten-free phirni recipe. GET RECIPE
No pre-planning or preparation work is required to make mouth-melting besan ke ladoo at home. GET RECIPE
Paneer Kheer is a delicious Indian sweet dish prepared with paneer and milk. GET RECIPE
This is a 6-ingredient easy-to-follow modak recipe made with mawa (khoya). GET RECIPE
This is a classic Indian rice kheer recipe. GET RECIPE
I am sharing a tried and tested Kesar Mawa Gujiya Recipe for an indulgent festive treat. GET RECIPE
Eggless Rava Cake is a moist, super easy egg-free cake infused with saffron, lemon, and cardamom. GET RECIPE
A truly delicious moong dal halwa without spending hours in the kitchen. GET RECIPE
Basundi is a traditional Indian sweet drink with milk, dry fruits, and saffron. GET RECIPE
This Carrot Sabudana Kheer is perfect for festive feasts, puja, or other celebrations. GET RECIPE
These traditional Indian cookies are crumbly, buttery, and quite addictive. GET RECIPE
My baked shahi tukra recipe is low on calories and will remind you of a rich bread pudding. GET RECIPE
Dry Fruits Atta Ladoo is one of the easiest Indian sweet recipes. GET RECIPE
This carrot halwa recipe requires only 10 minutes in an instant pot or pressure cooker. GET RECIPE
Apple Kheer is a delicious milk pudding made with fresh apples and dates. GET RECIPE
This is a 5-ingredient, no-bake chocolate mousse recipe. GET RECIPE
Meethe Chawal or mishti pulao is an aromatic and sweet saffron rice pulao. GET RECIPE
This is a mithai-style semolina cake inspired by the Ottoman delicacy Basbousa. GET RECIPE
Here is a creamy vegan badam phirni recipe perfect for festive celebrations. GET RECIPE
This Quinoa kheer recipe has all the essence of the classic kheer with a healthy twist. GET RECIPE
A Badam Kheer never fails to impress. GET RECIPE
Doodh Pak is a classic Gujarati sweet dish. GET RECIPE
Diwali Thali Meal Ideas
Looking for a festive menu idea? We have 10 Indian thali festive thali meals that will make your Diwali feast one of the best.
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Jayalakshmi says
Wow Feast recipes for this Diwali. I surely try from this list. Thanks a lot for sharing
Hina Gujral says
Always my pleasure!
Charvi says
I have tried this “Apple Khee” recipe on Diwali, and it comes out delicious. My family just loves that. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing recipes, I will definitely try other recipes as well. Keep sharing!!
Hina Gujral says
Thanks a million for your feedback. I am so glad you like the recipe.