How to Make Diwali Oil Lamps
Pour ½ cup of wheat flour into a mixing bowl., Pour water in the mixing bowl little by little., Keep adding water until the wheat flour takes on the consistency of dough., Stop kneading and adding water when the dough is able to form a round ball...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: Pour ½ cup of wheat flour into a mixing bowl.
Before adding additional water each time, mix the water and wheat flour with your hands. , The dough should be slightly tight.
It should not be too soft. ,,,,, This creates one pointed tip on the round bowl shape.
This is the final shape of your diya! ,,, The oven should be at 400 °F (204 °C). , Check on the diyas at the halfway point (about 7 minutes).
If the base of the diya has puffed up slightly, push down gently on the puffed up section with a spoon. , You want the diyas to be stiff and hard.
If the diyas are still soft, place them back in the oven until they become stiff and hard. ,, Choose any colors you like! ,, Each diya can be decorated differently—decorate them any way you want! ,,,, The cotton roll should rest in the fold of the tip.
Be sure to leave 1-2 cm of the cotton cloth roll hanging out of the diya. , Do not fill the diya to the brim with oil.
Fill the diya up below the rim, leaving about 1cm of space till the rim. , -
Step 2: Pour water in the mixing bowl little by little.
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Step 3: Keep adding water until the wheat flour takes on the consistency of dough.
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Step 4: Stop kneading and adding water when the dough is able to form a round ball.
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Step 5: Divide the ball of dough into three equal parts.
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Step 6: Take one of the three divisions of dough and roll it into a ball again.
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Step 7: Shape this little ball of dough into a small bowl structure.
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Step 8: Pinch one tip of the bowl.
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Step 9: Repeat the shaping process for the other two divisions of dough.
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Step 10: Place the three diyas onto the greased baking pan.
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Step 11: Place the baking pan into the oven.
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Step 12: Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
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Step 13: Remove the diyas from the oven after 15 minutes are up.
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Step 14: Cool the diyas to room temperature.
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Step 15: Paint the diyas with a paintbrush all over.
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Step 16: Wait for the paint to dry.
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Step 17: Create designs you like using materials such as glitter
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Step 18: mirrors
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Step 19: and paint.
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Step 20: Wait for the glue/glitter designs to settle and dry.
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Step 21: Roll up three 1x4 cm cotton pieces into skinny rolls.
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Step 22: Dip the three rolls of cotton cloth into ¼ cup of vegetable oil.
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Step 23: Place the rolled up
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Step 24: oil-soaked cotton cloths onto the pinched tips of the diyas.
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Step 25: Fill each diya with vegetable oil.
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Step 26: With the lighter
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Step 27: light the tip of the cotton cloth roll.
Detailed Guide
Before adding additional water each time, mix the water and wheat flour with your hands. , The dough should be slightly tight.
It should not be too soft. ,,,,, This creates one pointed tip on the round bowl shape.
This is the final shape of your diya! ,,, The oven should be at 400 °F (204 °C). , Check on the diyas at the halfway point (about 7 minutes).
If the base of the diya has puffed up slightly, push down gently on the puffed up section with a spoon. , You want the diyas to be stiff and hard.
If the diyas are still soft, place them back in the oven until they become stiff and hard. ,, Choose any colors you like! ,, Each diya can be decorated differently—decorate them any way you want! ,,,, The cotton roll should rest in the fold of the tip.
Be sure to leave 1-2 cm of the cotton cloth roll hanging out of the diya. , Do not fill the diya to the brim with oil.
Fill the diya up below the rim, leaving about 1cm of space till the rim. ,
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