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Diwali Snacks Recipes - Diwali is incomplete without snacks that include dry snacks or namkeens, chaats, and some simple savory bites. I have covered all of them here. All you have to do is pick up your favorite item from each category along with some interesting and unique Diwali Sweets & Dessert Recipes, plan your menu and surprise your guests. 

Best Diwali Snacks recipes that include farsan, faral, dry snacks, namkeens, Indian chaats, party food

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What is Diwali?

Diwali, also called the Deepavali festival, signifies the victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, and hope over despair.

This festival is the most popular and my favorite Indian festival, which is celebrated on Monday, 24th October 2022. I hope you guys are excited and getting ready to celebrate this festival of lights with your family and friends. 

What is the best food for Diwali?

Some of the best food you can prepare to make your Diwali special are

  • Murukku
  • Samosa
  • Pakora or Pakoda
  • Special Paneer recipe
  • Masala cashews or peanuts
  • Aloo Bonda or Batata Vada

Below I have shared the recipe for all of them. These are just the savory list. If you want Diwali sweets and desserts, check this out, where I share more than 100 recipes.

South Indian & North Indian Best Diwali Party snacks, food recipes

Make ahead and store North Indian and South Indian snacks

In this post, I have added dry namkeens or dry snacks that can be made ahead of time and stored in airtight containers for more than 15 days. You don't even have to reheat it. A few of them can also be a great gift box idea.

For some snacks like chaats, the preparation can be made a day before and stored in the refrigerator. This completely reduces the stress of making several items at once for a Diwali dinner party. All you will have to do is, just when you are ready to serve, mix as instructed in the recipe.

If you are looking for Gujarati, Bengali, Maharashtrian, South Indian, or North Indian snacks for Diwali (Deepawali), you are at the right place. I have got you covered.

My main goal is to make your task easier as you plan to entertain your family and friends during this festival. Each of these recipes will be a super hit at your home, and the praises and compliments you get will make you happy.

Added bonus for you if you are here. Check out the list of some special sweet recipes that can be prepared during the occasion of Deepavali.

You can also check out fasting or upvas recipes or vrat ka khana for Karwa Chauth 2022 (Karwa Chauth)

And don't forget some of these snack recipes can also be used for your upcoming tailgating events, game nights, potlucks, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas holiday parties!

Indian Chaats

I agree Diwali is the time of the year to have a lot of sweets, but there is also room for spicy and flavorful chaats. Agree?

I have not met a person who dislikes chaat (street food) in India. So to make any tea party or dinner party special, I always add a couple of chats recipes. Here are a few of them that you can try during Diwali

  • Crispy Samosa
  • Aloo Pyaz Kachori
  • Batata Vada (Aloo Bonda)
  • Dahi Bhalla (Instant and Traditional version)
  • Dabeli
  • Vada Pav
  • Churmuri Chaat (Bhel Puri)
  • Dahi Aloo Chaat
  • Aloo Chana Chaat
  • Banana Pakora
  • Mirchi Bajji
  • Pav Bhaji
  • Aloo Tikki
  • Dahi Poha
  • Instant Sabudana Fries
  • Mini Veg Puff
  • Crispy Onion Rings
  • Traditional Sabudana Vada
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Crispy Homemade Samosa

Make crispy and flaky samosas with melt-in-mouth filling at home any time of the year when you are craving these delicious bites following this simple samosa recipe. This samosa recipe is vegetarian/vegan and can be served as an appetizer, snack, or finger food with mint chutney, dates chutney, or tomato ketchup/sauce.
Aloo Pyaz Kachori / Indian Snack / Indian Street Food / Indian Chat

Best Aloo Pyaz Kachori

Aloo Pyaz Kachori or Onion Potato Dumplings are popular Indian snack with crispy and flaky texture on the outside and spicy, delightful and flavorful filling on the inside. I bet you just can't stop after eating one!
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Batata Vada

Batata Vada or Fried Potato Dumpling is a simple and easy to make, spicy and delicious Indian snack prepared using potatoes and aromatic spices in less than 30 minutes. This potato recipe is gluten free and vegan.
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Instant Dahi Bhalla in 10 minutes

Instant Dahi Bhalla or Dahi Bread is a super easy to make yet delicious, addictive, and filling Indian chaat recipe that you should try whenever you have a craving for street food.
To make this chaat, all you need is the bread of your choice, green mint chutney, and tamarind or date chutney with sev, onion, and pomegranate for garnish. Instant Dahi Bhalla is one of the best and easiest snack recipes to try for your Holi and Diwali parties.
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Churmuri Chaat - Mangalorean Style

Churmuri or Charamburi Upkari is a popular street-side snack from Mangalore, Udupi region of Karnataka, which can be prepared in less than 5 minutes. 
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Street Style Dahi Aloo Chaat

Dahi Aloo Chaat is popular, lip smacking Indian street style snack recipe that has sweet, spicy, tangy – all flavors in every single bite.
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Aloo Chana Chaat

Aloo Chana Chaat  or Potato Chickpea Salad is a sweet, spicy and tangy - all in one recipe that can be served as a starter or even had as an evening snack. One of the best snack that you can make this Diwali, Thanksgiving or Christmas.
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Banana Pakoda

Banana Pakora is an easy-to-make, spiced and crisp Indian fritter that is addictive and so delicious that you just can’t stop eating one. This recipe is vegan. gluten-free, dairy-free, and keto friendly.
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Dahi Bhalla - Traditional Dahi Bhalle

Dahi Bhalla or Dahi Vada is a popular and delicious Indian snack recipe where vadas or lentil fritters are soaked in lightly sweetened thick yogurt and then garnished with chutney, sev, coriander leaves, pomegranate and spices.
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Mirchi Bajji (Mirchi Pakora)

Mirchi Bajji is a popular, quick & easy to make, and addictive Indian snack recipe that is crispy and crunchy on the outside.
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Mumbai Pav Bhaji

Pav Bhaji is a very popular Indian street food where spicy and irresistibly delicious curry (bhaji) prepared using mixed vegetables is served with homemade warm rolls or pav that are toasted in butter.
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Kali Pav Bhaji or Black Pav Bhaji

Black Pav Bhaji is the newest trend in Mumbai, which is a sister version of the traditional, famous fast food dish - Pav Bhaji.  The color, change in the texture, and mouthwatering taste makes it different from traditional pav bhaji.
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Aloo Tikki

Aloo Tikki or Potato patties are vegan, quick and simple, easy to make snack recipe prepared using potatoes, peas, and spices.
This recipe is prepared using leftover samosa filling and is PAN fried instead of the traditional deep fry or shallow fry method.
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Instant Sabudana Fries

Sabudana Fries or Instant Sabudana Vada is an irresistibly delicious and addictive snack or finger food crispy on the outside, chewy, and melt in mouth texture inside. I bet you just can’t stop having one.
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Dahi Poha - Special South Indian Diwali Recipes

Dahi Poha (Curd Poha or Flavored Yogurt) is a quick and easy-to-make, cooling, and refreshing recipe prepared in 2 ways (sweet & spicy version) in less than 20 minutes. No cooking is required, only tempering.

Mini Veg Puff, Bakery Style

Mini Veg Puff or Veg Puff Bites are crispy and flaky on the  outside with flavorful vegetarian filling on the inside. A perfect snack or finger food for upcoming parties or game night!
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Crispy Onion Rings, Onion Pakora

This recipe will give you the best homemade crispy onion rings ever!! The recipe below ensures that your onion rings are perfectly crispy every single time and never turns soggy.
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Sabudana Vada

Sabudana Vada or Crispy tapioca or Sabu Vada is a irresistibly delicious deep fried Indian snack or finger food that is crispy and crunchy on the outside with chewy texture inside and will simply melt in your mouth.
One of the popular fasting or vrat recipe prepared during navratri, ganesh chaturthi and ekadashi.

Diwali Faral, Dry Snacks & Namkeens

Below is a list of Diwali Faral that can also be called dry snacks or namkeen. These can be made ahead of time and stored in the container. For a traditional and authentic taste, I have deep-fried them. To make them healthier, you can always bake or air fry them.

  • 3 ingredient Banana Chips
  • Aloo Bhujia or Potato Sev
  • Masala Cashews or Roasted Kaju (3 ways)
  • Butter Chakli or Butter Murukku
  • Samo Rice Chakli
  • Crispy Nippattu
  • Shankarpali
  • Namakpare
  • Chivda
  • Masala Peanuts
Banana Chips or Plantain Chips - Vegan, gluten free, whole 30 snack or fingerfood

3 ingredient Banana Chips

Banana Chips or Plantain Chips is a salty, cripsy and irresistible snack that can be prepared using just 3 ingredients in less than 20 minutes and gets over in no time. This recipe is vegan and gluten free. A great food recipe for your football party, superbowl, tailgating events, diwali parties or any holiday get togethers.
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Masala Cashews or Roasted Kaju

Roasted Cashews or Masala Kaju are a crispy, addictive, and delicious snack to munch anytime & anywhere 🙂
These are popular Indian snacks served at weddings or festivals like Diwali and Holi. Did you know cashews are also one of the best accompaniments for your cocktail and mocktail parties?
Crispy & Crunchy Chakli or murukku recipe - popular Indian snack recipe

Butter Chakli or Murukku

Murukku or Chakli is a crunchy, highly addictive savory Indian snack prepared using five ingredients from your kitchen.
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Samo Rice Chakli

Samo Rice Chakli or Vrat Chakli is a crispy and crunchy fried dough or spiral-shaped savory snack prepared using five ingredients.
These savory treats are the best accompaniment for evening tea or coffee during festivals like Diwali, Navratri, etc. I love munching these snacks throughout the day.
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Crispy Nippattu

Nippattu or Tandla Vado are crispy and crunchy deep-fried rice crackers made with just five ingredients.
This nippatu is different from the ones that are sold in bakeries in Bangalore. Both are prepared using rice, but the spices and other ingredients make them different in taste and texture.

Paneer & Aloo Recipes

Small reunions or get-togethers are often kept during Diwali. A party can be made special when there are unique and interesting recipes with your favorite ingredients like paneer, aloo (potatoes)

  • Peri peri Paneer with Cheese Sauce
  • Paneer Pepper Dry
  • Cajun Potatoes
  • Paneer in Garlic Cream Sauce
  • Tandoori Potatoes
  • Dominos Taco Mexicana
  • Flaky Potato Mushroom Pies
  • Honey Chili Potatoes
  • Loaded French Fries
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Peri Peri Paneer with Cheese Sauce

This Diwali & Holiday season, try this chatpata, spicy peri peri paneer topped with creamy cheese sauce. It is an explosion of flavors in the mouth like a diwali firecracker.
You will surely go for second and third servings. This piri piri paneer is going to be a total crowd-pleaser.
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Paneer Pepper Dry

Paneer Pepper Dry (Paneer Kadi Patta) is an easy-to-make, flavorful recipe that is crispy on the outside with chewy melt-in-mouth texture inside prepared mainly using curry leaves, peppercorns, and paneer (Indian cottage cheese).
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Cajun Potatoes

Cajun potatoes are one of the best recipes you will add as a side dish or appetizer for your Diwali Party, Thanksgiving, or Christmas dinner menu.
Cajun Potatoes are crispy on the outside, creamy, and melt in the mouth on the inside. These are finger licking and lip smacking good, and I bet you can’t stop by just eating one.
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Paneer in Butter Garlic Cream Sauce

Paneer in Butter Garlic Cream Sauce is a rich and classic, garlicky, quick and easy-to-make recipe that can be prepared in less than 25 minutes.
This paneer dish can be served as an appetizer or starter with bread slices, with a bowl of soup, or even toss it with pasta of your choice.
Tandoori Aloo (Gluten Free Oven Roasted Potatoes)

Tandoori Potatoes

This is a mouth watering, spicy and flavorful Indian appetizer or snack recipe prepared using potatoes and aromatic spices.
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Dominos Taco Mexicana

Cheesy Potato Mushroom Quesadilla is an easy-to-make, delicious appetizer or snack where fresh homemade tortillas are topped with your favorite ingredients and toasted until crispy.
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Flaky Potato Mushroom Pie

Flaky potato mushroom pie or crispy samosa pastries are delicious, melt-in-mouth, easy-to-make pastry recipes prepared using few basic ingredients from your kitchen. These can be served as an evening snack or appetizer for your lunch or dinner.
HONEY CHILLI POTATOES / HONEY SRIRACHA POTATOES

Crispy Honey Chilli Potatoes

Crispy Honey Chilli Potatoes are irresistibly delicious, addictive sweet and spicy appetizer where the crispy golden potatoes are glazed with fresh honey chilli sauce or honey sriracha sauce. This is definitely worth try and I am sure it will be a crowd pleaser for your next cocktail / mocktail party, game night or other social gatherings.
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Loaded French Fries

Loaded cheese fries or Loaded French fries are easy to make, finger-licking good, and a total crowd-pleaser appetizer or snack where crispy French fries are loaded or topped with honey-chili or honey-sriracha mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, olives, and creamy cheese sauce. These are flavor-packed loaded cheese fries. The recipe is vegetarian, meatless version of loaded fries with cheese sauce made from scratch.

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Diwali Snacks Recipes | Easy Diwali Party Food Ideas with Aloo Bhujia or Sev

Kushi
Diwali is incomplete without snacks that include dry snacks or namkeens, chaats, and some simple savory bites. I have covered all of them here. All you have to do is pick up your favorite item from each category along some interesting and unique Diwali Sweets & desserts Recipes, plan your menu and surprise your guests. 
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Course appetizers, snacks
Cuisine Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Indian, Karnataka, kolkata, madhya pradesh, Maharashtra, north indian, Odisha, rajasthan, South Indian, Tamil Nadu, west bengal
Servings 6
Calories 160 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 Sev maker, chakli or murukku press
  • 1 Slotted Spoon
  • 1 Pan for frying

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Potatoes
  • 1 cup Chickpea flour / Besan
  • 1 tablespoon Rice flour
  • ½ teaspoon Red chile powder
  • 1 teaspoon Chaat Masala
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • ⅛ teaspoon Asafoetida or Hing
  • 1 tablespoon Oil for dough and more for frying

Instructions
 

  • Peel the skin of potatoes, cut them into cubes and wash them.
    2 Potatoes
  • Cook the potatoes in any way desired. I have just sprinkled water, covered it th a lid, and microwaved the potatoes for 5 minutes. Alternatively, you can cook potato cubes in boiling water for 15 to 20 minutes or pressure cook them for 2 whistles.
  • Mash cooked potatoes once they have cooled down. This should yield approx 1 cup of mashed potatoes
  • Heat oil on medium flame in a heavy-bottomed frying pan while preparing the dough.
    1 tablespoon Oil for dough and more for frying
  • To the mashed potato, add the chickpea flour, rice flour, chilli powder, chat masala, salt, turmeric powder, hing, 1 tablespoon of hot oil - and mix well to form a soft and sticky dough.
    1 cup Chickpea flour / Besan, 1 tablespoon Rice flour, ½ teaspoon Red chile powder, 1 teaspoon Chaat Masala, 1 teaspoon Salt, ⅛ teaspoon Turmeric powder, ⅛ teaspoon Asafoetida or Hing
  • The moisture content of the potato is sufficient here. So please do not add any water. If you find it difficult to knead, then just grease your palm with oil and continue kneading.
  • Grease the entire inner surface of the sev maker with oil. Place enough dough in the sev maker and close it.
  • Once the oil is hot, hold the sev maker over the frying pan and start turning or pressing the handle (depending on how it works) and move it in a circular motion. Stop when you complete one round.
  • Fry them on both sides on a medium flame till the oil stops sizzling and they become golden brown in color. Keep flipping it so that it gets uniform color.
  • Using slotted spoon, transfer this to paper towel to absorb any excess oil.
  • Repeat the process for remaining dough.
  • Aloo Bhujia is now ready. Crush them using hands and store them in air tight container. This will remain fresh for at least 2 weeks. Use it as desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 160kcalCarbohydrates: 25gProtein: 6gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 0.5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.01gSodium: 407mgPotassium: 474mgFiber: 4gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 59IUVitamin C: 14mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 2mg
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When is Diwali 2022 in USA?

Diwali 2022 is celebrated on Monday, 24th October 2022 in the USA, India, Canada, and worldwide.

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  1. Jess

    5 stars
    I learned so much from your post and I can't wait to make the banana chips!

    Reply

  2. Sara Welch

    5 stars
    This is such a great round up of delicious recipes! All of them look so unique and inspiring; can't wait to give these a try!

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  3. Diana Reis

    5 stars
    How can I even choose with so many delicious choices. The different flavors of Chakli sound amazing.

    Reply

  4. Elizabeth

    5 stars
    So many delicious things to try. You've done an amazing amount of work collecting all of these recipes.

    Reply

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