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Diwali is Sunday. My mum used to make everything from scratch and the kitchen would smell incredible for days. I work full time and don't have her patience or her hands.
I want my kids (5 and 7) to have the making-sweets memory, not just the eating. What are the easiest ones for little hands? Anything that doesn't involve boiling sugar syrup at a precise temperature while a five year old pokes it.
Coconut ladoos - desiccated coconut, condensed milk, a bit of cardamom. Warm it in a pan for a few minutes (you do that bit), let it cool, and then the kids roll them into balls. Messy, fun, very forgiving.
Chocolate burfi made with milk powder - again you do the hob bit and they press it into the tin and decorate the top with chopped pistachios. My son liked doing the pattern.
Not Diwali-specific but my kids love making rangoli patterns with coloured rice on a tray while the sweets cool. Keeps them busy and it looks beautiful.
We made the coconut ladoos and the chocolate burfi on Saturday. My 5 year old's ladoos were the size of tennis balls, my 7 year old cut the burfi into perfect squares then ate the corners 'to make them neat'. Rangoli on a baking tray on the balcony. It wasn't my mum's kitchen but it smelled close enough. My mum video called and cried a little. Thank you.
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