Supported Reading Task:
Diwali - Sweets and Snacks
Diwali, known as the “_________ of Lights”, is celebrated by Hindus in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, ___________ and several other places in Asia.
The _______________ will go on for 4 or 5 days with fireworks, candle-lighting and family gatherings—as well as plenty of of ___________ Diwali food like ________ (sweets) and savouries.
Singapore celebrations Festival mithai delicious
Chirote is a ________, sweet layered snack made with refined flour. It is fried in ghee and coated with powdered sugar. It may also be ________ in cardamom-flavored sugar syrup.
Roshogolla Part of the Bengali mishti tradition, roshogolla or rasgulla is a sweet ________-shaped __________ made with chenna (milk thickened into a soft dough). Soaked in sugar __________ and topped with saffron or cardamom.
sphere dessert flaky dipped syrup
Gulab jamun is a sweet snack usually made with _____________milk, a little flour, baking powder and ghee. The ingredients are kneaded to form a _______, shaped into balls, deep-fried until brown and simmered in sugar syrup.
Kaju Katli is a sweet that is often cut into _________ shapes and decorated with edible silver colouring. Kaju Katli ___________ as cashew slice. It is made with cream, sugar and ground __________.
dough diamond translates powdered cashews
Samosas are small, _______ savory pastry pockets stuffed with potatoes and peas and flavored with _________ like fennel seeds, cumin seeds, coriander powder, garam masala and more. They are served piping hot with a spicy _________.
Pakoras are made by ________ vegetables—think onion, eggplant, potato, spinach or cauliflower. With spices then deep fry in _________.
chutney triangular spices batter pairing