Holi 2023 special recipes: From Gujiya to Thandai, try these Holi recipes this festival of colours

Holi Special Recipes to Try in 2023: India’s most colourful festival will be celebrated on March 8, 2023 this year. On Holi, there are many foods, snacks and sweets that are specifically cooked to celebrate the festival. Given below is some lip-smacking recipes for celebrating Holi this year:

1. Thandai 

Holi is often associated with Thandai and people drink it as a refreshment drink while playing Holi. This drink is prepared with milk and almonds and can be prepared at home without any hassle. 

Step 1: To make thandai, combine the saffron and 1 tbsp warm milk in a bowl and keep aside. 

Step 2: Boil the milk in a deep non-stick pan or saucepan, add the sugar and mix well. 

Step 3: Refrigerate the milk till cold. Keep aside. 

Step 4: In a deep bowl, add almonds, cashews, pistachios, watermelon seeds, black peppercorns, fennel seeds, cinnamon, poppy seeds, cardamom, rose petals and enough water for at least an hour. 

Step 5: Drain well and do not discard the soaked water. 

Step 6: Blend in a mixer using ¾ cup of soaked water till smooth. 

Step 7: Combine the cold milk, prepared paste and saffron-milk mixture in a big mixer jar and blend till smooth. 

Step 8: Drain using a strainer. 

Step 9: Pour equal quantities of the thandai into 6 equal glasses. Serve the thandai chilled garnish with chopped pistachio and saffron strands.

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2. Gujiya

The crispy snack is filled with sweet khoya and dry fruit stuffing is the perfect sweet for Holi. here is how to prepare it

Step 1 Mix together all-purpose flour and water

Take a bowl, add all-purpose flour and water to make a soft dough. To accentuate the taste of this traditional recipe, add some ghee into the dough.

Step 2 Knead a soft dough

To make the dough soft, knead well by sprinkling some water. Once the dough attains the perfect consistency, keep it aside for an hour. In the meantime, take a deep-fry pan then saute khoya and semolina till it turns golden and keep it aside to cool.

Step 3 Prepare the filling for Gujiya

Add sugar, green cardamom and soaked almonds to the cooled khoya and mix well. To make this stuffing even more delicious, add some dry roasted nuts and raisins, this will add a nice crunch to the Gujiya recipe. Moving on to the next step, take two drops of ghee or refined oil and spread it well on your palms.

Step 4 Prepare puris and fill them with the stuffing

Then make small round balls from the dough and make a cup-like-space in the balls to fill the sumptuous stuffing. After adding the filling seal corners in such a way that it secures the stuffing while frying the Gujiya. Roll the sides as per your choice of pattern.

Step 5 Deep fry the Gujiya and enjoy

Heat ghee in a pan over medium flame. Fry the Gujiyas till golden brown from all the sides and serve it with some Thandai and spicy pakoras. Garnish it with some saffron strands and crushed pistachios. You can also serve it with some Rabri.

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3. Malpua 

Nothing is more comforting than hot malpua with thick rabri on Holi. here is how you can prepare it at home with simple ingredients 

Step 1 Prepare Malpua batter

Take a bowl and mix together khoya, maida and sooji or semolina. Next, add cardamom powder and mix well once again. Gradually add water to prepare the Malpua batter. Ensure that the mixture has a pourable consistency and is not too thick. Once the batter is ready, keep it aside for a few minutes. Take a small bowl and soak saffron in water to make saffron water.

Step 2 Fry the malpua and garnish with rabri and pistachios and serve

Now, heat oil in a pan over a low flame. When the oil is hot enough, pour a ladleful of the mixture and spread evenly. Keep the flame low and cook until the malpua is golden from both sides. Remove the cooked malpua and drain the excess oil. Drop the malpua in sugar syrup and allow it to soak for 10 minutes. Repeat the same with the remaining batter. Drain the malpuas from the syrup, garnish with pistachios, saffron water and rabri. Serve immediately.

You can also gift your loved ones with special Holi gift hampers that are available in the market. Gifting company Ferns N Petals is offering two special hampers this Holi. Pichkari Wali Holi has tasty Gujiyas, Peri Peri Tosha, crispy bites, Methi Mathi in Potli, Thandai Mix, Green Gulal and a Holi Pichkari. The second one is a Celebration Basket, featuring gulal in vibrant colors, thandai mix, mouth-watering gujiya and aata gondh ladoo, spicy peri peri tosha, and a stylish Holi T-Shirt.

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