My Diwali Book

It is November. I am dreaming of Diwali.

Amma says it is the Festival Of Lights.

My Grandma read me a book about Diwali. The book said Diwali is celebrated because Goodness won over Evil.

My Grandma says if I do good things, I win too. So I always share my things with my friends.

Amma, Appa and I went to buy new clothes for Diwali I bought a few dresses in my favorite colors.

Amma and Appa made a lot of yummy food! Mixture, chakli, ladoo, barfi and even chocolate cake. My favorite is the ribbon pakoda and Peda.

Make the Diwali Peda Recipe! Ingredients: Sweet condensed milk – 1 can (14 oz) Milk powder – 3 cups Ghee or clarified butter – 1/4 cup Saffron – 2-3 strands Luke warm water – 3 tbsps Luke warm milk – 3 tbsps Food color - few drops (colors of your choice) Steps: Soak the saffron in luke warm water for 5 minutes Mix the sweet condensed milk, milk powder and the soaked saffron with water in microwave safe bowl. Mix well and microwave for a minute. Now add the ghee and milk and mix well. Let it microwave for 3 minutes and keep stirring it for every one minute. Don't leave it without stirring for more than 1.5 minutes. Let it cool down for about 20 minutes. Now makes balls out of the cooked mixture and make your desired shapes.

Tomorrow is Diwali! We decorate our house with Torans.

We then decided to make a big kolam.

On Diwali day, I woke up first.

Appa and Amma were surprised. I even washed my hair without crying.

I wore my new dress. Amma wore a saree. Appa and I helped her with the pleats.

Appa said Amma looked like a queen. I thought she looked like a Princess!

We ate all the yummy food. I also helped Amma take some goodies to my friend's house.

In the evening, we took out the decorated diyas and lit them. Amma Appa asked me to be careful.

Then we went to light some sparklers. Our house looked so beautiful.

It was the best Diwali we celebrated!