We have got for you some of the most popular sweets and snacks Diwali Recipes. Each of these festive recipes is super easy to prepare, truly delicious, and unique. Make your festive season memorable with these tried and tested Diwali recipes.

About Diwali
Diwali or Deepavali is an Indian festival of lights celebrated during the autumn season for 3 – 4 days.
It is one of the biggest Hindu festivals. It symbolizes the victory of good over evil, prosperity, and hope.
Mainly Diwali is celebrated by cleaning and decorating homes with lights, candles, lamps, colorful rangoli, and fresh flowers. Sharing gifts and sweets with loved ones, worshipping Goddess Lakshmi, and bursting crackers.
Food is a quintessential part of the Diwali celebration.
From dry snacks, sweets to indulgent thali meals, a lot of good food is prepared in every Indian kitchen to celebrate the festival of Diwali.

Diwali Snack Recipes

This Mathri Recipe is super tasty, with a hint of crushed fenugreek leaves, and carom seeds. GET RECIPE

Moong Dal Mini Samosa is perfect little bites for the festive season. GET RECIPE

This is a tried and tested homemade papdi recipe that always yields perfectly crispy papdi. GET RECIPE

Serve it with a variety of flavorsome chutney for a memorable festive feast. GET RECIPE

Nimki is always crisp, crunchy and a favorite 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 and spices. GET RECIPE

Potato Cheese Balls are a crisp and crunchy party snack with the melted cheese heaven inside. GET RECIPE

Moradabadi Dal is a delicious moong dal recipe served as a snack or chaat. GET RECIPE

Cheese Rava Cutlet is a delicious vegetarian snack made with suji (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 bread basket chaat. GET RECIPE

Chinese Bhel is a crispy, spicy, flavorsome Indo-Chinese street food. GET RECIPE

Mixed Vegetable Cutlet is an all-time favorite 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 Indian style urad dal fritter served with spicy yogurt 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

The ultimate party platter loaded with hummus, dips, pita chips, veggies, cheese, falafel, olives, and figs. GET RECIPE
Diwali Sweets Recipe

This is a tried and true Gulab Jamun recipe with khoya that always yields a mouth-melting result. GET RECIPE

For this barfi recipe, I have made instant khoya (mawa) from scratch at home. GET RECIPE

These homemade jalebis will remain crisp for hours and taste absolutely delicious. GET RECIPE

Coconut Ladoo is a tasty Indian sweet prepared with condensed milk and desiccated coconut. 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

Apple Kheer is a delicious milk pudding made with fresh apples and sweetened with dates. GET RECIPE

This is a 5-ingredient, no-bake chocolate mousse recipe. 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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4 comments
Wow Feast recipes for this Diwali. I surely try from this list. Thanks a lot for sharing
Always my pleasure!
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!!
Thanks a million for your feedback. I am so glad you like the recipe.