Food Items Prepared In Holi

                           

Hello friends.... I hope u all had a colorful and safe holi. Holi in India is not only a festival of colors but also a festival of food. People prepare different food items at home to serve the guests who come to play holi. Holi becomes more fun with the home prepared food. So today, I am going to share some of the food items prepared in North India.

Fruit custard

It is one of the simplest dessert to prepare. Various flavored custard powder is available in market. Most loved is the vanilla flavored one. You need to mix the whole packet in approximately 2 kgs of milk and bring it to boil and add sugar. It starts to get thickened, then switch off the flame and cool it. Serve with the fruits like banana, pomegranate, papaya, grapes etc.

Gulab jamun

The gulab jamun mix is also available in market. The powder along with water/milk is used to prepare dough. Small round balls are prepared out of it. They are deep fried and then dipped into sugar syrup.

Samosa

This is one of the most loved snack all over India. Generally, mixture of  mashed potatoes and spices is used in its stuffing but the stuffing may vary from place to place. After stuffing, it is deep fried.

Dahi Vada

The vada are more famous in South India. But now, it is loved and made in all parts of India. The vadas are made up of urad dal paste and then deep fried after which they are soaked in salt water. Then it is served with curd (dahi), imli chutney, black salt, cumin powder, chilli powder, and I tried some pomegranate also.

Gujhiya

The hand made design of gujiya are really unique and adorable. I guess, who discovered this? 😊 The stuffing also varies here, like khoya and dry fruits, badam paste, suji and a lot more. 

Khurma / Shakkar pade

It is made up of maida and desi ghee. Cut into diagonal shape and deep fried. It is then soaked into sugar syrup and immediately taken out.

Mixed Namkeen

It is a light snack prepared easily by frying and mixing various ingredients like chura, dry fruits etc.

Namkeen

It is very similar in preparation to that of shakkar pade. The difference is that it is salty and the salt is added in the maida dough itself and then deep fried.

Green chana pakoras

It is a spicy snack prepared with green chanas, besan (chickpea powder), salt and spices. The batter is deep fried and it's ready.

There are many other items which are prepared in Holi but I got hands to these only. I would like to thank my friend "Richa" who prepared six food items of the above and was kind enough to serve me these. I hope you all like these and will try it.