Easy Diwali Sweets For Beginners | Diwali Sweets 2026

Easy Diwali sweets recipes 2026 for beginners with video. In this post, I have shared the collection of simple and easy diwali sweets for beginners under one page for quick reference. This list has both South Indian and North Indian Sweets / mithai recipes with video. These Diwali Special recipes can be made quickly at home with few ingredients. You don’t need expertise knowledge or worry about the consistency of sugar syrup or jaggery syrup for making them. All these are just mix and cook kind.

I have shared few burfi recipes, halwa recipes, some ladoo recipes and few using condensed milk and made in microwave. You can make them in bulk and serve for Diwali parties and get togethers as well. Hope you find this list useful. Try these easy sweets for Diwali and have a fun-filled celebration. I am sure these sweets would be loved by everyone including children/kids. Try to indulge your kids during the preparation. They will have good memories.

I am yet to update few of my old easy sweets posts. So I have not included them here. I will add them once I update it. Next week, I will try to share some authentic, traditional sweets and snacks recipes for Diwali & then I will make a post with good collection with our Celebration pictures. Ok, Lets see the list of easy Indian diwali sweets below.

Here is my full collection of Diwali Recipes with celebration procedures! Also watch my Youtube playlist for Diwali recipes.

I have shared the video links below. Please click to watch it.

Note: In this post, I have shared over 30 easy sweets recipes under different headings below for easy reference.

Check out my Indian kitchen basics post which I make during Diwali if interested. These basics can help you create your own easy Diwali sweets at home:

• Homemade condensed milk
• How to make paneer
• How to make ghee at home with video

Instant & Microwave Sweets

1. Bread Rasmalai Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: White bread, milk, sugar, cardamom, saffron and nuts
👉 View Recipe: Bread Rasmalai Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Trim the bread crusts completely and dip the bread rounds in warm saffron milk just before serving so they stay soft without turning mushy.

2. Easy Kalakand Recipe with Condensed Milk

⏱️ Cook Time: 10 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Condensed milk, fresh paneer or ricotta cheese, cardamom and pistachios
👉 View Recipe: Easy Kalakand Recipe with Condensed Milk with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Cook paneer and condensed milk on low flame in a heavy kadai until it leaves the sides. Do not overcook or it will turn chewy.

3. Mawa Ladoo Recipe in Microwave

⏱️ Cook Time: 5 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Khoya / mawa, powdered sugar, cardamom powder and ghee
👉 View Recipe: Mawa Ladoo Recipe in Microwave with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Microwave crumbled mawa in 30-second bursts. Wait until the mixture turns warm before mixing in sugar so it doesn’t melt into a syrup.

4. Microwave Rava Kesari Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 6 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Fine sooji / rava, ghee, sugar, boiling water and saffron
👉 View Recipe: Microwave Rava Kesari Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Whisk roasted rava into boiling water thoroughly without lumps before adding sugar. Adding sugar after rava is cooked ensures a soft texture.

5. Easy Microwave Mysore Pak Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 5 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Besan (gram flour), melted ghee, sugar and water
👉 View Recipe: Easy Microwave Mysore Pak Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Mix besan and melted ghee with a whisk beforehand until smooth without dry pockets, then microwave in 1-minute intervals until it bubbles with a soft honeycomb texture.

6. Instant Rabri Recipe in Microwave

⏱️ Cook Time: 10 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Condensed milk, milk, fresh bread crumbs, cardamom and saffron
👉 View Recipe: Instant Rabri Recipe in Microwave with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Using fine fresh white bread crumbs thickens rabri in minutes without hours of boiling milk. Chill well before serving.

7. Instant Rasmalai with Readymade Rasgulla

⏱️ Cook Time: 10 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Readymade rasgullas, evaporated milk or condensed milk, cardamom and saffron
👉 View Recipe: Instant Rasmalai with Readymade Rasgulla with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Gently squeeze sugar syrup out of readymade rasgullas between two spoons before dropping them into warm flavored milk so they absorb the flavor well.

8. Paneer Laddu / Malai Ladoo Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Crumpled fresh paneer, condensed milk and cardamom powder
👉 View Recipe: Paneer Laddu / Malai Ladoo Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Knead paneer smoothly for a couple of minutes before cooking to get smooth ladoos that hold their shape nicely.

Easy Ladoo & Peda Recipes

9. Maa Ladoo / Roasted Gram Ladoo Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 10 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Roasted gram dal (pottukadalai), sugar, melted ghee and cardamom
👉 View Recipe: Maa Ladoo / Roasted Gram Ladoo Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Grind roasted dal and sugar into a fine powder and sieve it once. Pour warm melted ghee little by little until you can shape tight ladoos.

10. Pasi Payaru Ladoo / Green Gram Laddu

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Whole green gram / moong dal, powdered jaggery, melted ghee and cardamom
👉 View Recipe: Pasi Payaru Ladoo / Green Gram Laddu with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Dry roast green gram on low heat until deeply aromatic and golden before grinding. This gives the signature nutty taste.

11. Instant Doodh Peda with Milk Powder

⏱️ Cook Time: 10 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Milk powder, condensed milk, ghee, cardamom and saffron
👉 View Recipe: Instant Doodh Peda with Milk Powder with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Keep flame on the lowest setting throughout cooking. As soon as the mixture comes together into a non-sticky soft ball, transfer it to a greased plate.

12. Dates and Nuts Ladoo Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Seedless soft dates, almonds, cashews, pistachios and ghee
👉 View Recipe: Dates and Nuts Ladoo Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Pulse soft dates in a mixer without adding water. Roast crunchy nuts in a little ghee before mixing with the warm dates.

13. Peanut Ladoo with Jaggery

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Roasted peanuts, jaggery powder and cardamom powder
👉 View Recipe: Peanut Ladoo with Jaggery with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Pulse roasted peanuts and jaggery in short bursts using the mixer pulse mode so peanuts don’t release too much oil.

14. Easy Atta Ladoo Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Whole wheat flour (atta), ghee, powdered sugar, nuts and cardamom
👉 View Recipe: Easy Atta Ladoo Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Roast atta in ghee patiently on low-medium flame until it turns golden brown with a nutty aroma. Proper roasting prevents flour from sticking to the mouth.

15. Aval Ladoo / Poha Laddu Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Thick poha / aval, grated coconut, powdered jaggery or sugar, ghee and cardamom
👉 View Recipe: Aval Ladoo / Poha Laddu Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Dry roast poha until crisp and let it cool completely before grinding. Warm melted ghee will bind the ladoos easily without sugar syrup.

16. Coconut Ladoo Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Fresh grated coconut, milk, sugar, cardamom and ghee
👉 View Recipe: Coconut Ladoo Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Use only the white part of grated coconut (avoid brown skin) to keep ladoos soft, white and juicy.

17. Besan Ladoo Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 25 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Besan (gram flour), ghee, boora or powdered sugar, cardamom and nuts
👉 View Recipe: Besan Ladoo Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Roast besan in ghee on low flame until aromatic and golden-yellow. Allow it to cool to lukewarm before kneading in powdered sugar.

Easy Halwa Recipes

18. Carrot Halwa in Pressure Cooker

⏱️ Cook Time: 25 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Red carrots, milk, sugar, ghee, cardamom and cashews
👉 View Recipe: Carrot Halwa in Pressure Cooker with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Pressure cooking grated carrots in milk saves a lot of open kadai stirring. Sauté in ghee at the end until it shines and leaves the cooker sides.

19. Beetroot Halwa in Pressure Cooker

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Grated beetroot, milk, sugar, ghee, cashews and cardamom
👉 View Recipe: Beetroot Halwa in Pressure Cooker with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Cook grated beetroot in milk for 2 whistles on medium flame. This removes the raw smell completely and gives a rich halwa.

20. Atta Ka Sheera / Wheat Flour Halwa

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, sugar, water and pure ghee
👉 View Recipe: Atta Ka Sheera / Wheat Flour Halwa with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Follow the 1:1:1:2 ratio (1 part atta, 1 part ghee, 1 part sugar and 2 parts hot water) for a smooth, velvety halwa texture.

21. Bread Halwa Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Bread slices, milk, sugar, ghee, cashews and raisins
👉 View Recipe: Bread Halwa Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Deep fry or shallow fry bread triangles in ghee until golden brown. Crisp bread absorbs milk and sugar syrup nicely without becoming slimy.

22. Bombay Karachi Halwa Recipe (Corn Flour Halwa)

⏱️ Cook Time: 25 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Corn flour, sugar, water, lemon juice, ghee and melon seeds
👉 View Recipe: Bombay Karachi Halwa Recipe (Corn Flour Halwa) with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Add a few drops of lemon juice while cooking sugar syrup to prevent crystallization and add ghee spoon by spoon until the halwa turns glossy.

23. Besan Ka Halwa Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Besan, ghee, milk or water, sugar, cardamom and saffron
👉 View Recipe: Besan Ka Halwa Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Always pour warm milk or hot water into roasted besan gradually while stirring with a whisk to avoid lumps.

Traditional South Indian Sweets

24. Rava Ladoo without Milk and Coconut

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Fine rava / sooji, sugar, ghee, cardamom, cashews and raisins
👉 View Recipe: Rava Ladoo without Milk and Coconut with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: By avoiding milk or fresh coconut and binding only with warm melted ghee and fine sugar, these rava ladoos stay good at room temperature for over 2 weeks.

25. Halkova / Maida Burfi Recipe (90s Kids Sweet)

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Maida, powdered sugar, melted ghee and cardamom
👉 View Recipe: Halkova / Maida Burfi Recipe (90s Kids Sweet) with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Roast maida in melted ghee on low flame until raw smell goes away. Mix in powdered sugar off the stove and press into a tray for melt-in-mouth squares.

26. Thengai Burfi Recipe (Coconut Burfi)

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Fresh grated coconut, sugar, water, cardamom and ghee
👉 View Recipe: Thengai Burfi Recipe (Coconut Burfi) with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Cook until the mixture turns frothy and leaves the sides of the pan like a single mass. Test by rolling a small pinch between fingers into a soft ball.

27. Kasi Halwa Recipe (Poosanikai Halwa)

⏱️ Cook Time: 25 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Grated white pumpkin, sugar, ghee, cardamom and saffron
👉 View Recipe: Kasi Halwa Recipe (Poosanikai Halwa) with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Squeeze out excess water from grated pumpkin and use that water to cook the vegetable before adding sugar for natural flavor.

28. Gulab Jamun with Instant Mix

⏱️ Cook Time: 25 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Gulab jamun mix, sugar, water, rose water, cardamom and oil/ghee for frying
👉 View Recipe: Gulab Jamun with Instant Mix with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Knead dough very gently with milk using fingertips without applying pressure and fry on gentle low-medium heat so the insides cook well.

29. Chocolate Burfi Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Khoya / mawa, cocoa powder, sugar, cardamom and ghee
👉 View Recipe: Chocolate Burfi Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Make two layers with plain white mawa and cocoa chocolate layer for a bakery style double-decker burfi that kids will love.

30. Sunnundalu (Urad Dal Ladoo)

⏱️ Cook Time: 25 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Whole white urad dal, powdered sugar or jaggery, melted ghee and cardamom
👉 View Recipe: Sunnundalu (Urad Dal Ladoo) with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Roast urad dal slowly on low flame until reddish-golden. A coarse grind gives the authentic sandy texture.

Sweet Snacks Recipes

31. Wheat Flour Shakkarpara Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 25 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, sugar, ghee, warm milk and oil for frying
👉 View Recipe: Wheat Flour Shakkarpara Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Knead a firm dough. Roll it slightly thick and fry on low-medium flame so the bites turn crisp and flaky.

32. Sweet Maida Biscuits Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Maida, powdered sugar, hot ghee, cardamom and oil for frying
👉 View Recipe: Sweet Maida Biscuits Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Adding hot melted ghee to flour before kneading creates flaky layers. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 weeks.

33. Sweet Aval Mixture Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Poha / aval, jaggery, roasted gram, coconut slivers, peanuts and cardamom
👉 View Recipe: Sweet Aval Mixture Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Melt jaggery into syrup and toss with crisp roasted poha and fried nuts. It stays crunchy and makes a nice dry gift snack.

34. Sukhdi Recipe (Gur Papdi)

⏱️ Cook Time: 15 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Whole wheat flour, soft jaggery and pure ghee
👉 View Recipe: Sukhdi Recipe (Gur Papdi) with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Turn off stove before adding grated jaggery to roasted wheat flour. Heat in the pan is enough to melt jaggery without making it hard.

35. Bread Kaja Sweet Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 20 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Bread slices, sugar, cardamom and ghee or oil for shallow frying
👉 View Recipe: Bread Kaja Sweet Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Fry bread slices till golden and dip briefly into warm flavored sugar syrup. Drain immediately so edges stay crisp.

36. Shahi Tukda Recipe

⏱️ Cook Time: 25 Mins | 🥄 Key Ingredients: Bread slices, rabri / thickened milk, sugar syrup, ghee, nuts and saffron
👉 View Recipe: Shahi Tukda Recipe with Step-by-Step Photos

Tip: Fry bread in pure ghee until crunchy, give a quick dip in sugar syrup and spoon rich thickened rabri over top.

Quick Notes for US & Abroad Kitchens

• Store-bought condensed milk shortcuts: If you are living abroad and don’t have access to fresh mawa or khoya, canned sweetened condensed milk (like Nestle Milkmaid or Carnation) is your best friend. Combining condensed milk with desiccated coconut or milk powder gives you instant pedas and burfis in under 15 minutes!
• Ricotta cheese for instant Kalakand: Whole milk ricotta cheese (available in US grocery stores like Costco, Trader Joe’s or local supermarkets) cooked down with condensed milk in a non-stick pan makes melt-in-the-mouth homemade Kalakand that rivals Indian sweet stalls.
• Electric & glass-top stove heat management: Electric stoves retain heat longer than gas burners. When making delicate sweets like besan ladoo or kaju katli, lower the heat slightly earlier than you think or briefly lift the kadai off the burner so the mixture doesn’t brown or turn dry.
• Storage & packing for festival gifting: For dry sweets like ladoo, besan burfi or 7-cup cake, let them cool down 100% before placing them in tins. Use parchment or butter paper between layers so they do not stick together or lose shape when packaging gift boxes for friends.

Easy Diwali Sweets Video Recipes

Watch these video recipes for visual guidance on rolling ladoos and checking halwa textures:

Frequently Asked Questions