Smart Ways To Check The Purity Of Your Diwali Mithaais

Diwali 2018 is almost here! One of the biggest festivals of the year, Diwali will be celebrated on 7th November, 2018. Finally, it is that time of the year when you get to eat loads of sweets. Diwali is truly incomplete without some mithaai. From kaju ki barfi to besan ke ladoos, we will get to eat them all during this festive time. Mithaai shops will be all lined with your favourite mithaais. But before you end up bulk shopping sweets at the sweet shop, don’t you feel like checking it for its quality? Well, there is such a high demand of sweets during this time and we really don’t know how they meet all the requirements. Wonder what ingredients do they use? Yes, a lot of sweet shops compromise on their quality by adulteration. 

Adulteration can lead to a lot of health problems. You just can’t your health at risk by eating adulterated sweets. It can also lead to infections and allergies that may be really harmful for you. Here are some smart ways with which you can check your sweets before buying:

• Before buying, always taste or smell your sweets. If they have a usual taste or smell then don’t buy these sweets. They may be stale. 

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• A lot of people prepare mithaais at home and for the same, they purchase ingredients from sweet shops. Make sure you check all the ingredients, especially milk, khoya, ghee or paneer. This is because they have higher chances of adulteration.  To check the milk, take some milk on a spoon and leave it to flow on a slanting plate, if it flows leaving behind a white trail, it is pure. If it leaves no trail behind, it is adulterated. One of the best methods to test ghee is by putting it right to the fridge and then after some time, take it out and check if there are two layers formed on the ghee, it means, it is real. Another way is by placing some ghee on your palm. If it starts melting quickly then it is real ghee! A lot of vendors use harmful chemicals to prepare paneer. Make sure you purchase it from a trusted vendor.

• Most mithaais have silver vark on them. To check this silver vark, you can check by touching the vark with your finger. If it feels harsh and comes on to your finger then it may be fake.

• Check the hygiene standards of the sweets shop before buying sweets from there. There are chances that the shop maintains a really bad hygiene and offers unhygienically prepared sweets that may be harmful for your health. If you are purchasing packaged sweets, check the packaging date. Also check the number of days the sweets can be consumed.

Mithaai like kaju ki barfi, motichoor ke ladoo are very popular during this time and they are more likely to be adulterated. Make sure you check your mithaais before buying them. Have a happy and healthy Diwali!