Diwali special - Orange Delight

Diwali is just round the corner. Its the best time of the year - with all the festivities, diyas, fire crackers, rangolis  and ofcourse - sweets. :)

I have a sweet tooth, and love to try out new sweets each year. This year I'm trying to make simple sweets entirely from things that are readily available in our pantry/ refrigerators.

Here's the recipe for Orange Delight, a quick and easy sweet.

Crumbled paneer

Ingredients:

1 cup crumbled Paneer. I made the paneer at home from whole milk and yogurt. You can use any method you prefer. One of popular methods uses lemon juice as here

1 whole naval orange.

1/4 cup super fine sugar (sieved)

Orange food color (1-2 drops optional)

Orange or vanilla essense (optional)

Special equipment:

Cookie cutters (optional)

Mini Cupcake liners

Directions:

Orange segments

• Peel oranges, and remove skin and seed from each segment. Roughly chop the segments. Reserve  pulp from 4-5 segments for garnishing.

Orange and sugar mixed into the paneer

• Gently mix the paneer and sugar into the orange pulp.
• Add orange food color and essense (if desired) and mix.
• Roll into small balls or cut with cookie cutter of desired shape.
• Place each piece into a mini cupcake liner gingerly. 
• Garnish with reserved orange segment pieces.
• Serve cool. It can be stored in the refrigerator for 2-4 days.

Orange Delight

Note: Using crushed pineapple and yellow food color would create another variation and could be called "Pineapple Delight" :)

Happy Diwali!

Hetal from Houston