The Little House (Montessori)
Laddu or laddoo or avinsh is a sphere-shaped sweet originating from the Indian subcontinent; the name originated from the Sanskrit word Lattika. Laddus are made of flour, fat, and sugar, with other ingredients that vary by recipe, like chopped nuts or dried raisins.
Murukku is a savoury, crunchy snack originating from the Indian subcontinent, popular in southern India, and Sri Lanka. The snack's name derives from the Tamil word for "twisted", which refers to its shape.
Bombay mix or Chiwda is an Indian snack mix which consists of a variable mixture of spicy dried ingredients, such as fried lentils, peanuts, chickpea flour ghatia, corn, vegetable oil, chickpeas, flaked rice, fried onion and curry leaves.
Jangiri is a sweet from India. It is made by deep-frying vigna mungo flour batter in a circular flower shape, then soaking in sugar syrup.
Mysore pak is an Indian sweet prepared in ghee that is popular in Southern India. It originated in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is made of generous amounts of ghee, sugar, gram flour, and often cardamom.
Palkova is a milk sweet. It’s main ingredients are milk, sugar and ghee.
Halva is an Indian semolina pudding, made with basic ingredients – semolina, sugar, and ghee. This dessert is prepared all over India and has many different names.
As a follow up from our Deepavali walk, children were introduced to various popular Indian snacks. They then had a closer look at the snacks before trying them. Our alumni helped with food distribution.
