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Home › Articles › Holiday: Winter › Diwali

Diwali

An Indian Festival of Lights

By Crystal Patriarche

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Amin and his family celebrate Diwali every year. "We light candles at our house and make sweets to celebrate Diwali even though we are not in India," says Amin. He says that there are Indian communities in California and New Jersey that celebrate Diwali, and that Indian restaurants are busiest during that time of year, especially because of the emphasis on sweets during the festival.

The most popular sweets to make are jalebi, a small ring of dough that is fried and covered in sugary syrup, and kaju katri, cashews that are lined with a very thin coating of silver.

Chocolate Cereal Diyas

1 cup chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter
2 cups rice, wheat or other cereal

Line diyas molds with foil paper. Set aside.

Fill a large pot or double boiler with water. Bring to boil. Add chocolate chips and butter to a small bowl and place over the boiling water, or add to top of double boiler. Melt, stirring gently. When smooth, add the cereal. Remove from heat and mix well. Cool slightly.

Pour a small amount of the mixture into the prepared diya molds. Press into shape with the back of a spoon. Allow to cool and harden, refrigerating if necessary. When cool, gently remove from molds.

For this and other great Diwali recipes, visit the Web site www.bawarchi.com/cookboo k/diwali.html.

So this holiday season, let your child know that there is more than one way to celebrate the season. Introduce them to the Diwali, India's festival of lights.

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