Diwali Delicacies
The ‘festival of lights’ is the most prominent celebration in India. Diwali is celebrated with much fanfare throughout the country. It is the beginning of a new year according to the Hindu culture. Every year we keep our spirits high and celebrate the good over evil. This festive season wherein, families and friends indulge in decorating home with diyas, rangoli, playing cards, and eating gazillion amount of sweets. Diwali or any other festival is incomplete without sweets. Laddoo’s, gulab jamun, Kaju katli, soan papdi, coconut barfi, petha, halwa, and so many more. On this joyous occasion, I made “Baklava” and gave a little Indian touch to it. Baklava is characteristic of middle eastern cuisine. It is a sweet dessert made of layers of phyllo pastry filled with chopped nuts and sweetened and held together with sugar syrup. This rich sweet pastry was served to royalties but was also common among the locals. I made this for the first time and it came out quite good. This was a who