How to make it 🔪
More dry snacks
Recipe 📖
The pantry gets stocked with many staples that will be needed to make special Diwali treats, both sweet and savory. Everyone in the house gets on the deep clean mode and weekends are only reserved for cooking and cleaning. Moms of the housework relentlessly in both these departments. I remember, my mom would do the cleaning bit in the mornings with us and the house help. Then in the afternoons, she would quietly begin her Diwali Farsaan (snack) prep. She preferred that time because there would be no disturbances like doorbells or telephone rings plus we would be snoozing or lazying on the couch watching TV without bothering her. She would call for help if needed. But we were most excited when she would call us to taste the freshly made treats! There would be Gulab Jamun for my brother, this Kara Boondi, and Chegodilu/Ring Muruku for my dad, Karanji, and Shankarpali for me, and some generic dishes like Mysore Pak, Chocolate Rava Laddu, and chiwda which we all loved. We had Diwali vacation at school so afternoons were not reserved for homework anymore. I would rather spend it with a comic book in one hand and a bowl of freshly made snacks in the other. This was my favorite pastime. I could stay like this for hours if not disturbed. In fact, even today when I pick up comic books like Tinkle or Archie, I crave something to munch along. We also had this custom where we would put a sample of everything made onto different plates and then distribute it among our neighbors on Diwali day. That way, we all had a variety of treats by the end of the day from different homes! Spices - chilly powder or paprika, and asafoetida are just the two spices that we need to make kara boondi. Besides this, you will need vegetable oil for frying.
