Holi, the festival of colors, brings many memories of fun and food associated with it! To make the festival special in terms of food, here are five recipes that you can make easily at home and enjoy the festivals with your friends and family rather than spending chunks of your time in the kitchen!
Holi is celebrated throughout the country to commemorate the victory of good over evil. During this festival, people around the country light a holy bonfire. This celebration pays tribute to the triumph of Bhakt Prahlad’s faith in the Lord Vishnu Narayana over the evil father Hiranyakashipu and his aunt Holika.
Delicious Holi Special Recipes You Must Try!
Like every other Indian festival, Holi is also incomplete without delicious food and special drinks. Along with vibrant colors, people like to enjoy food and spend some quality time with their family and friends.
However, cooking can take a lot of your time, and you don’t want to spend your time in the kitchen while people are enjoying the festival of color! Hence, we have picked some special Holi recipe that are not only mouthwatering but can also be made in quick time.
For this Holi, try:
- Ice Tea Thandai
- Wheatflour Malpua
- Pyaaz Ke Pakode
- Pav Bhaji Fondue
- Methi Malai Paneer
Ice Tea Thandai
A succulent beverage for the festival of Holi – ice tea thandai will pack a refreshing punch for your festival celebration. Pair this Holi recipe with a snack of your choice, and you are ready to dazzle the Holi party with your friends and family in no time!
Quick Stats
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1 serve
Ingredients
- 7 Ground white pepper (Kali mirch)
- 1 Assam Tea Bags
- 1/4 Cup Almonds (badam) – coarsely crushed
- 2 tsp Poppy seeds (khus-khus)
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds (saunf) (crushed coarsely)
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom (elaichi) powder
- Ground sugar
- A few Saffron (kesar) strands
Method to Prepare
- Take a flask and heat water in it. Then, add some Assam tea bags to infuse their flavor into the water.
- Add ¼ cup almonds, Khus-Khus, fennel seeds, and cardamom to the mixture.
- Then, sprinkle some kali mirch powder and ground sugar as you like.
- Cool it in the refrigerator, add a lot of ice and serve strained.
- Place a few saffron strands over the drink for flavor and color.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Wheatflour Malpua
Malpuas are one of the staple sweets of India, and Holi is incomplete without a sweet dish! Malpuas are the Indian version of soft, fluffy, and crispy pancakes at the edges. The best thing about malpuas is that they’re tender from the inside and boast crunchy edges. Try this Holi recipe to satisfy your sweet tooth during the festival!
Quick Stats
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 serves
Ingredients
For the Malpua Batter
- 1 cup whole wheat flour/gehun ka atta
- Two tablespoon sugar
- Two tablespoons curd/dahi
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- pinch of salt
For the Sugar Syrup
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- pinch of cardamom powder
- 1/2 – 1 cup water
Other Ingredients
- 5-7 cashews thinly sliced
- 5-7 almonds thinly sliced
- 5-7 pistachios thinly sliced
- oil/ghee for deep frying
Method to Prepare
- Take a wide bowl and add whole wheat flour, curd, sugar, salt, baking, and give it a good mix.
- Then, pour water gradually and keep stirring it with a beater.
- Mix it until you get a smooth flowing batter.
- Give the mixture a good mix. This will ensure that there are no lumps present in the batter. Plus, do not pour water at once.
- The quantity of water will depend on the quality of wheat flour used. Hence, it will vary accordingly.
- Set aside for 15-20 minutes.
- To prepare sugar syrup, add sugar and water to a pan and allow to boil. Once the syrup starts boiling, reduce the flame to low and check the consistency of the sugar syrup.
- You should have a one-string consistency sugar syrup.
- Switch off the flame and add cardamom powder. Set aside.
- Take a thick bottomed pan and heat oil or ghee over low to medium flame.
- Once it is heated, pour a small ladle of batter in the center of the pan without spreading.
- Do not touch the batter until it turns golden around the edges. It will spread on its own.
- Slowly, it will get immersed in the ghee. Keep the flame to medium.
- Once one side is golden, turn it and cook for two to three minutes until golden brown.
- Drain the malpua with the help of a slotted spoon and place it in the sugar syrup immediately.
- Fully dip the malpua in the syrup for at least half a minute. Repeat the process until the batter is finished.
- Get the malpuas out of the syrup and place it on a serving plate.
- Garnish it with sliced dry fruit and enjoy!
Pyaaz ke Pakode
This Holi recipe will help you make crispy fritters with an outside texture of caramelized onions. Serve these pakoras with fried and salted green chilis and a green or tamarind chutney to fill your festival with sweet, spicy, and tangy flavors!
Quick Stats
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4 serves
Ingredients
- Two medium to large-sized onions
- 1 cup gram flour (besan)
- 1 to 2 teaspoon green chilies
- One tablespoon chopped coriander leaves – optional
- ½ teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder
- One teaspoon carom seeds (ajwain)
- One generous pinch of asafoetida (hing)
- One pinch baking soda – optional
- oil as required
- water as required
- salt as required
Method to Prepare
- First, slice the onions thinly and add them to a mixing bowl. Also, throw chopped green chiles with it. You can also add coriander leaves.
- Now, add carom seeds, turmeric powder, asafoetida, and salt.
- Give everything a good mix and cover it. Let the onion mixture sit for around 15 o 20 minutes.
- During this time, onions will release the water. Then, if you feel the requirement, add water to the batter.
- Then, add gram flour(besan) and baking soda(if using).
- Pour the required water to make a medium-thick batter.
- Stir the mixture with your hands. Your batter is ready to be fried.
- Heat oil in a kadhai on medium-high flame.
- Once the oil is hot enough, add a spoonful of onion batter into the kadhai. Ensure that you don’t overcrowd the onion pakora while frying.
- Once the pakoras are partially cooked, turn them over and continue to fry.
- You will have to turn them in a few more times. Fry them until they are a crisp and golden color.
- Remove them and place them on kitchen paper towels to drain the excess oil.
- Meanwhile, fry your green chilies in the same oil. Once fried, take them out on a plate and sprinkle some salt. Mix well.
- Serve this crispy Holi recipe with fried green chilies and tamarind chutney, and enjoy!
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Pav Bhaji Fondue
When we think about fondue, the cheese will picture itself automatically in our minds. However, fondue can be a bit of a bland dish for the spice-loving nation! Hence, spicing up this Swiss delicacy, we have created the Pav Bhaji Fondue’s flavorful version. This Holi, you can make this unique recipe instantly and surprise your friends with this cheesy, buttery, and spicy recipe.
Quick Stats
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 serves
Ingredients
- Cauliflower grated one small
- Green peas ½ cup
- Green capsicum finely chopped one medium
- Potatoes boiled, peeled, and mashed two medium
- Mozzarella cheese grated 1 cup
- Processed cheese grated ½ cup
- Butter 2 tablespoons For the topping
- Oil 1 tablespoon
- Onion finely chopped two medium
- Ginger-garlic paste one tablespoon
- Tomatoes finely chopped two medium
- Red chili powder 1½ teaspoons
- Pav bhaji masala two tablespoons
- Red chili paste ½ tablespoon
- Salt to taste
- Fresh coriander leaves, for garnishing
- Pav bun, cut into bite-sized pieces 8
Method to Prepare
- Take a non-stick pan and add butter and oil to it. Saute onions until they are translucent.
- Then, add ginger garlic paste and again saute for another minute.
- Finally, add tomatoes and sprinkle salt. Give it a good mix until the tomatoes are soft and pulpy.
- Now, add the spices – sprinkle chili powder and pav bhaji masala and mix well. Cover it and cook for a minute.
- Then add red chili paste and pour a little water. Give it a good mix, cover it, and cook until the oil separates.
- Add the veggies like cauliflower, green peas, and capsicum, and mix everything well—Cook for a minute.
- Add potatoes, mix them again, and cook for one minute.
- Sprinkle salt and coriander leaves and let them cook for another minute. Add remaining pav bhaji masala and mix well.
- Pour 1 cup water, mix and cook for 5 minutes.
- After 5 minutes, switch off the gas and mash everything with a hand blender. Add water as required to adjust consistency.
- Heat another non-stick pan. Strain the prepared mixture into it and heat.
- Add mozzarella cheese and processed cheese into the strained mixture and cook it until the cheese melts.
- Transfer this cheese bhaji to the fondue pot, top it with butter and serve it with pav pieces.
Methi Malai Paneer Recipe
This Holi recipe will let you indulge yourself in the goodness of luscious paneer with refreshing curd and mouthwatering spices. It is easy to make and amazing to make. This recipe will work wonders for you with its flavorful and creamy taste!
Quick Stats
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Servings: 2 serves
Ingredients
- 200 gms paneer
- Two medium onions
- 3-4 Tomatoes
- Ginger garlic paste
- 2-3 Green chilies
- 1/2 cup curd
- 1/2 cup malai or fresh cream
- 10-15 Cashews
- 3-4 tsp oil
- to taste salt
- 2 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp Kashmiri red chili powder
- 1/4 tsp turmeric
- 1/2 tsp cumin powder, roasted
- 1/2 tsp garam masala
- 1/2 tsp kasoori methi
Method to Prepare
- Roughly chop onions and tomatoes. Put it in the blender along with cashews green chillis, and make a fine paste.
- Take a kadhai, add oil, onion-tomato paste, and cook it on medium heat until the oil separates.
- Then add curd. Cook it properly and keep stirring to avoid the curd to curdling.
- Once the curd is cooked, add malai and cook it again for a couple of minutes.
- Then, add salt, red chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric, and cumin powder. Let the bhaji cook for a couple of minutes.
- Then, pour some water to make gravy. Finally, add paneer chunks. Cover it and cook for 10 minutes.
- Finally, sprinkle kasoori methi and garam masala. Mix it well and let it cook for another two or three minutes.
- Garnish with fresh cream and serve.
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Final Words
These Holi recipes will help you fill your festival with delicious flavors. Each and every Holi recipeThese dishes are easy to prepare and delectable to eat. So, try them and enjoy a flavorful Holi with your friends and family!
