• Pistachio eclairs

    Pistachio eclairs

    Flex your baking skills with these heavenly pistachio eclairs, made with choux pastry and pistachio custard – they’re well worth the effort

    A challenge
  • Boondi laddu

    Boondi laddu

    Celebrate Diwali with boondi laddu, a traditional Indian sweetmeat, made with fried gram flour droplets soaked in cardamom and saffron syrup

    More effort
  • Halwa

    Halwa

    Try whipping up some halwa, a traditional Indian dessert made from either semolina or carrots, plus nuts and cardamom. Ours is made with semolina

    Easy
  • Baked tomatoes with feta & dukkah

    Baked tomatoes with feta & dukkah

    Make your own dukkah spice mix to sprinkle over tomatoes and feta, or buy a ready-made version if you prefer. Serve with sesame flatbreads

    Easy
  • Gulab jamun

    Gulab jamun

    Make one of India’s most cherished festival desserts, gulab jamun. These fried dumplings are scented with cardamom and steeped in rose and saffron syrup

    More effort
  • Spiced gram flour ladoo (besan ladoo)

    Spiced gram flour ladoo (besan ladoo)

    Try this classic Indian sweet at Diwali. Besan ladoo is made with nutty fried gram flour enriched with fragrant saffron, chopped cashews and homemade ghee

    Easy
  • Jalebi

    Jalebi

    Make these sweet Indian treats by frying batter into crispy swirls, then dipping them in a sugary syrup made with cardamom and saffron

    Easy
  • Cardamom biscuits (nan khatai)

    Cardamom biscuits (nan khatai)

    Enjoy these traditional Indian cardamom biscuits with a mug of steamy masala chai. Nan khatai are notable for their crumbly texture and butter-rich flavour

    Easy
  • Carrot halwa (gajar halwa)

    Carrot halwa (gajar halwa)

    Make some indulgent gajar halwa, a popular dessert in North India. Often served at Diwali to mark the change of seasons, it’s almost fudgy in texture

    Easy