Holi 2025: Every month there is some festival in India, but Holi is a festival which is celebrated across the country. It has a different craze among the people. People of all ages celebrate this festival with great enthusiasm. Holi of many places is so famous that people from India and abroad come there to play Holi. Holi of Mathura is also very famous, here this festival is celebrated for a week. There it is known as ‘Lath Mar Holi’. In which women beat men with sticks and sing songs. In West Bengal, Holi is known as the “Swing Festival” and is worshiped by placing idols of Krishna and Radha.
Food is the life of any festival. Today we will tell you 7 such recipes that guests who come to your house will become your fan.
Holi Recipes
1. Gujiya (Gujiya)
You can call it the star sweets of Holi, Holi is incomplete without eating it. Gujhiya is a dessert made of maida in which a mixture of lost and dried fruits is filled. If you also make these sweets every time, then this time make it a different way. Let us tell you 3 different variants.
Baked gujhiya (Baked gujiya)
If you are a health concert, then Baked Gujiya is a perfect dessert for this Holi, wheat flour and semolina are used instead of flour to make it. Then the dry fruits are baked inside it and dip in honey. Mouth water has come. This Gujhiya is also healthy and tasty.
Chocolate Gujiya (Chocolate Gujiya)
Nowadays fusion is the era, so why not make a Gujhiya full of mawa and chocolate chips this time, then garnish it with cream and chocolate sauce.
Coconut Gujhiya (Coconut gujiya)
Khoya, dry fruits and coconuts are made in a gujhiya made of flour and filled. Then you fry them in ghee or oil. After golden color, they are strictly removed and immersed in sugar syrup. Hot-hot Gujhiya is something else.
2. Malpuas (Malpuas)
Malpua is a traditional Indian dessert, it is like pancake, which is first fried in ghee and then immersed in sugar syrup. This dessert is specially made on Diwali and Holi. You must know its traditional recipe, today we tell you the recipe with its healthy ingredients.
Malpua Recipe: Perfect Malpua on Holi should be made, these tips will be made, will become perfect
Healthy option of Malpua
Paneer Malpua
It is made from Malpua Cheese and Khoya. By mixing cheese, khoya and milk, they prepare its solution, then it is fried in ghee. After frying it is immersed in sugar syrup. To enhance its aroma and taste, you can add a little saffron to it.
Ragi Malpua (Raagi Malpua)
Its solution is made by mixing ragi flour, wheat flour and oats. Its taste is quite different from traditional Malpua. You can eat this healthy Malpua without any gilt.
3. Bhag’s pakode (bhaang ke pakode)
How can this happen on Holi? According to mythology, cannabis is considered an auspicious drink which Lord Shiva drank. If there is a crushing pakoras along with sweets on Holi, then what to say. You can make onions, potatoes or any other vegetable dumplings as per your choice. To make pakoras, vegetables are cut and wrapped in gram flour solution. By serving these dumplings with homemade cannabis sauce, you can make your Holi party even more fun.
4. Cold (Thandai)
Our dishes here are also according to the weather. Holi starts summer, so it is custom to give cold on this festival. Cold is an excellent beverage with a fragrance of fennel that gives the body naturally cool. With this traditional drink, you can welcome guests. The good thing is that you can make it in advance and keep it.
5. Golgappa / Pani Puri (Golgappe / Paani Puri)
Pani is a whole dish whose crazy you will get to see everywhere from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. You can easily make this dish at home. Puris can be prepared in the house using flour or semolina and then serve them with spicy water and enjoy it yourself. This is such an Indian street food that no one can refuse to eat.
6. Dal Kachori (Dal Kachori)
It is one of the most popular snacks in North India. Once you eat, you will know why it is so. If this crispy snack full of urad dal and spices comes in front of you, then you will not be able to stop yourself from eating. Kachori has many varieties, the most popular of which are crispy kachori and dal kachori. Kachori is made from fine flour and fills urad dal inside it, then it is deep fryed.
7. Dahi Bhalla
If you are bored by eating sweet on Holi, then you can enjoy spongy curd Bhalla in your house. You can also serve this dish as a starter. It is a very popular dish of Old Delhi. Moong dal and urad dal are soaked and powered to make Bhalla. Then small shells of this mixture are made and frying it in oil. After that, put them in the whipped curd and serve by adding sweet chutney on top. This is such a dish that people of all ages enjoy, they get mixed up as soon as they put it in the mouth.
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