Good Morning Delhi

Good morning Delhi,Diwali came again to say hi to us.Dipawali in Delhi is magical moment and the most interesting part of the year,markets to home ,funparks to foodstall are decorated as if Delhi becomes the newly ride due to this festival.This is one of the best festival.Like every hindu I love Diwali ,in Delhi it becomes more interesting to enjoy the festival with all.I can see the street very neat and clean and the effects of Diwali here how the weather has been helping too.

In Delhi, Diwali festivities start at Dussehra. From then on, as people set out on a frantic spree of shopping, spring-cleaning, whitewashing and redecorating, the shops and market places embark on a frenzy of sales and promotional offers. Market places are festooned with streamers; melas and fairs crop up everywhere. Many people buy new clothes to wear on Diwali, and on the day of Dhanteras, traditionally, a kitchen utensil of some kind is purchased.
On Diwali day, shops in Delhi remain open till the afternoon, believing that good sales on Diwali day predict a prosperous year ahead. In the corporate sector, the process of buying and distributing Diwali gifts begins several days before the big day, and slowly picks up pace. Sweets and dry fruits are the most common gifts, as are silver coins. But gifts also range from silver dishes and other household gifts to suit pieces.
Delhi get crowded with shoppers and shopping bonanzas. Around every street corner can be found the temporary stages for holding the Ramlila - a dramatic rendition of the story of the Ramayan, which continues for several evenings, culminating in the defeat of Evil (Ravanna) by Good (Ram) on the Dussehra Day.
Houses are decorated and on Diwali evening Lakshmi puja is organized. Often the women of the house do "aarti" to their husbands, garlanding him and putting a "tika" on him, while praying for his long life. In some houses, there is a ritual of immersing a silver coin in a tumbler of milk. The milk is then sprinkled lightly in the rooms of the house. The Prashad is kept in front of the idol throughout the night.

Here is just one sample menu for an elaborate day of Diwali feasting:

Snacks are often made with ghee (clarified butter), sugar, a few spices and whole-wheat flour or puffed rice. Chickpea flour is often the main ingredient, making some of these naturally gluten-free.

•  deep-fried crisps with coconut powder served with chutney
•  roasted rice flakes with spices and dried fruit
• Pakoras  batter-fried vegetables, kind of like Indian tempura — fried dumplings made from bottle gourd or calabash
•  fried strips of graham flour dough

Main dishes often include the following, which may look familiar to those of you who are already fans of Indian cuisine:

• Vegetarian curries
• Lentil curries (dal)
• Poori and aloo sabzi (deep-fried bread with spice-sautéed potatoes) with shrikhand (sweet dish made from strained yogurt)
• Indian flatbread called paratha

Desserts/sweets, also known as mithai, are often milk-based in some way or form and sometimes cooked with grains. Many of the sweets are deep-fried, often in ghee. Spices like saffron, cardamom and cinnamon are common in sweets, as are ingredients like coconut and fig and even vegetables cooked with sugar and ghee made into halvah. Expensive ingredients like pistachios and almonds are saved for Diwali.

• Coconut burfi — fudge-like confection made with cream or sweetened condensed milk and coconut
• Gulab jamun — spongy, fried milk dumplings in a rosewater and saffron syrup
• Ras malai — Paneer cheese dumplings served soaked in a sweet, creamy sauce
• Ghughara — fried pastries stuffed with nuts, sugar and spices
• Halvah — a dense, sweet confection popular not just in India but throughout the Middle East; there are endless varieties made from everything from carrots to sesame seeds
• Jalebi — similar to funnel cakes, soaked in saffron sauce and then dried to a crispy texture
• Kheer — rice pudding