Diwali is just around the corner and so Diwali snacks and sweets need to be made! Well I ‘like’ to make them at home although nowadays everything is available at the store. But for me nothing can beat ‘home-made’! As kids we always loved Diwali – while most other kids loved the fire crackers more than the sweets, for me the best and most exciting part of Diwali was the goodies – the sweet and the savory snacks, that my mom used to start making at least a week or 2 weeks in advance of the festival. My sisters and I would help her in this and most of the days this would begin late evening after she finished up cleaning the kitchen after dinner. All four of us would huddle in the kitchen and amidst gossiping and plenty of story telling these snacks would be made. We would then gift these snack platters to our neighbors and friends and in return also get gift platters from them! Oh what fun to go through those platters in search of your personal favorites! 🙂
Anyways, this year crazy as it has been with work and other things, I just began making stuff only yesterday. I made murukkus yesterday and this simple and easy ‘chivda’ with flattened rice. This was one snack that my dad used to make and so this recipe is his – I am so glad he is visiting us! 🙂 It’s so easy to make once you assemble everything. This is a perfect anytime snack not just Diwali snack! Goes great with tea/coffee.!
[…] a helping hand in the kitchen whenever I need it. So we made Besan laddoos, murukkus and chivda. When it comes to Diwali sweets, I have always found it hard to control myself and found myself […]
Wow! Really loved reading this post. I’ve never tried this before but it looks amazing 🙂 Thanks for sharing 🙂
You are welcome! I am so glad you liked reading it! 🙂 I hope you do get to try it sometime! This is a great healthy snack! 🙂
Cant imagine Diwali without Chivda! Yours looks so delicious! Happy Diwali again Indu 🙂
Hey Naina! Happy Diwali to you too! 🙂 Yes need Chivda to balance the savory with the sweets! 🙂
What a unique snack! As a kid a family friend used to fry these colorful puffy things as a snack for me…is this possibly puffed rice? I have the taste and texture in my mouth all these years later, but have never found what exactly that snack was but our friend visited a local Indian store often so I wonder if it was Indian…
hi there, here is a link where you can see what poha is. I guess the english name would be flattened rice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattened_rice
Hope that helps! And I do hope this is the same or at least similar snack to what you had in your childhood days! 🙂
One of my absolute favourites. I made this too but using thick poha!
Hi Aruna, yes mine too! oh wow I need to check out the thick poha version. Do u just need to cook it longer?
Just a tad bit, Indu. I like that version because it is crunchier.
oh ok will try it Aruna thanks! 🙂