Warm, gooey, and wrapped in a golden crunch—deep fried cookie dough is the dessert you never knew you needed. We took this sugary favorite to the fryer, and the result is pure indulgence.

Diwali food is rich in oil too with deep-fried delicacies like karanji or gulgule, or ghee-soaked ones like halwa and lehyam. Many people also take an oil bath on Diwali, adding even more fats to the ...