Diwali Treats

Diwali is always a grand affair in India. It is more like what Christmas is to the Christians.

A riot of everything happy and cheerful; of lights and fireworks!

A day of food, festivities and grandeur.

Have you ever seen children eager to wake up way before the sun rises.. excited to have bath and fight to be the first one to get all ready? No? You should totally visit Indian homes during Diwali to witness such a scene.  

Thenkuzhal Murukku

I give up! Not all regional food can be translated to English or any other language. Even if we do, it would not do full justice to the food. One such Tamil snack is ‘Then-kuzh-al’. This is made a festive food as it requires deep frying and not every day you would like to deep fry them. But if you do not mind the frying process, you can even enjoy them as your evening snack. No one can ever stop you from that.And if you love crispy snacks, you should totally try this one.The picture might not be attractive but the taste sure is!

There are gazillion varieties of murukkus(like this mullumurukku that I posted sometime back). One simple change in each of the recipe will give huge difference and variation in taste.The process is the same for all - prepare the dough, insert the dough to the murukku maker, press them to hot oil for deep frying! The only difference is in the dough and the attachment you choose for your murukku maker.