Women compete in home-made Diwali sweets

Written By Unknown on Senin, 08 Oktober 2012 | 22.23

MUMBAI: In an effort to keep the tradition alive, women in Vasai region are being made to compete in making home-made sweets this Diwali. Not just that, they are being helped in selling it too.

The women and child welfare department of the Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) has been organising a series of Diwali sweet-making and gift hamper competition. Over 250 women, including housewives, entrepreneurs and women's groups have participated in the competition so far.

The sweet making competition has been divided into seven groups in which women compete in making ladoos, chaklis, karanjis and chivda, all Diwali specials. Women have so far come up with different types of ladoos in addition to the traditional rava and besan ladoos. Women experimented with poha, milk, sabudana, kajur and moong to make delicious ladoos.

The traditional fried karanjis, a maida or rice mixture with a filling of coconut, jaggery and dry fruits were prepared by some in the baked variety taking the judges by surprise. Women tried a variety of diet chivda and exchanged their ideas and methods with other participants.

A total of 56 women were given cash prizes for their innovative home-made Diwali sweets. The series of competition was organised by the VVMC over a period of two to three weeks to encourage women to make traditional sweets at home. Most of the households now buy sweets from the market.

Along with the competition, the municipality is now visiting industrial units in the region with samples of home-made sweets and gift hampers and requesting manufacturers and traders to buy them from the women this Diwali. Industries are being encouraged to give away home-made sweets to their employees. The civic administration will also buy home made sweets to distribute to their staffers on Diwali.

A workshop on packaging of the sweets and gift hampers was also held on Sunday where women were encouraged to focus on diet sweets.


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