Raksha Bandhan Sweet and Decorations

Raksha Bandhan is a festival of brothers and sisters and celebrated in all states of India. On this blog, we will share some creativity tips from DIY experts for making the ordinary to extraordinary decorations and also we will focus on sweets which you can prepare at home easily.

Sweets

Sweet is a compulsory element in every Indian Festival and therefore India is specialized in making various kind of sweets. So on top of my list is Kheer - It can be easily prepared at home due to its simple ingredients and by adding some flavours, dry fruits or fruits you can make it extraordinary.

Boil rice and milk in a deep pan and keep it on low flame, add sugar when the milk thickens and stir until the sugar get dissolved completely (this is called traditional Kheer), now you can add saffrons, dry fruits or aromatic Cardamom in it. Your Kheer is ready to serve.

Coconut Barfi or Nariyal Barfi- it takes 10 min more time if you don't have grated coconut (use fresh coconut only). Now heat a pan with 1 tsp Ghee and toast cashews. After that add 2 cups grated coconut with 1 cup sugar and stir till the mixture get thickens. Put butter paper on a plane plate and pour the mixture in it, level it well and add some pista above it, now put it refrigerator after 10 minutes you can cut it into desired pieces.

Coconut ladoo with condensed milk is another great option.

Peanut Chikki is also a sweet and a good replacement of chocolate. It can be easily prepared by adding jaggery to medium heat ghee. When jaggery dissolves stir and cooks for 4-5 minutes in low flame to get the right consistency. There is a technique to check its consistency for that drop a small drop of jaggery into the water bowl, if the jaggery turns into solid and sits at the bottom of the bowl then it ready. So add roasted crushed peanuts into jaggery and mix them well. Pour it into butter paper and level it and cut it into equal pieces. Serve it when it gets cool.

Gulab Jamun is best for every occasion as it loved by everyone. You can add this sweet also for this occasion.

Rakhi

In the market, you can get bunches of rakhis of every design and colour but you can also create a simple but colourful rakhi at home easily. A beautiful rakhi can be made using Satin ribbon, glue, and beads.

Thali Decoration

Coming to the prime thing - the thali decoration. You can put a decorative cloth on the upper of the plate, the second option is colorful rice or by flower petals also you can decorate the thali.