According to the Hindu calendar, the festival of lights is the beginning of the new year.Good overcame evil in Hindu mythology and the celebration continues for five days.It's celebrated by cooking traditional foods and desserts, meeting with family and friends, and decorating the house with color and lights.The tradition of decorating with light is an invitation to the Hindu goddess of good fortune to bring happiness and health into the home.The families will light the lamps.When clay isn't readily available, it's easy to make and decorate diyas at home.Even if you don't celebrate the festival of lights, you can still decorate and light up.Everyone is able to decorate their own makekas.
Step 1: The wheat flour should be put into a mixing bowl.
Step 2: The water should be poured into the bowl little by little.
If you want to add more water, mix the water and wheat flour with your hands.
Step 3: Water should be added until the wheat flour takes on the consistency of dough.
The dough should be tight.It shouldn't be too soft.
Step 4: When the dough is able to form a ball, stop adding water and kneading it.
Step 5: The three equal parts are the ball of dough.
Step 6: Roll one of the divisions of dough into a ball again.
Step 7: A small ball of dough is shaped into a bowl.
Step 8: Pinch the tip of the bowl.
The round bowl shape has one pointed tip.This is the final shape.
Step 9: The shaping process should be repeated for the other two divisions of dough.
Step 10: The baking pan has to be put on the three diyas.
Step 11: The pan should be placed in the oven.
The temperature in the oven should be 400 F.
Step 12: For 15 minutes, bake in the oven.
The diyas should be checked at the halfway point.Push down gently on the puffed up section of the base if you can.
Step 13: After 15 minutes are up, remove the diyas from the oven.
You want the diyas to be tough.If the diyas are still soft, put them back in the oven.
Step 14: The diyas should be cooled to room temperature.
Step 15: You can paint the diyas with a paintbrush.
Pick any color you like.
Step 16: Wait for the paint to dry
Step 17: You can use glitter, mirrors, beads, and paint to create designs.
You can decorate them any way you want.
Step 18: Wait for the glue/glitter designs to dry.
Step 19: Roll up three cotton pieces.
Step 20: Three rolls of cotton cloth are put into a cup of vegetable oil.
Step 21: The cotton cloths should be placed on the pinched tips of the diyas.
The cotton roll should rest on the tip.You need to leave 1-2 cm of the cotton cloth roll hanging.
Step 22: Vegetables oil should be filled with each diya.
Do not put oil in the diya.About 1 cm of space is left till the rim when you fill the diya below it.
Step 23: Light the cotton cloth roll with a lighter.