Any Indian festival is incomplete without grand feast and delicious recipes and as Holi is one of the most popular festivals in the country, celebrated along with several interesting delicacies. Although the traditional recipes differ from family to family and place to place, one thing that remains the same is the zeal with which these delicacies are prepared for this occasion.
Sweets are the very important element of Holi celebrations in any part of India. In fact, the festival of Holi is well-known for the umpteen varieties of sweets prepared on the occasion. There are 'papris' and 'dahi vade' or 'dahi-bhalles' that are prepared in majority of Indian homes on the occasion. The exciting 'bhang-ke-vade' and 'thadai', the sauf and bhang sharabat are the special recipes reserved for the Holi celebrations. Hope you enjoy eating them as well as serving them on the festival of Holi.
Bhang Recipes, Thandai Recipes
Holi is the festival for spreading good joyfulness and enjoying to the fullest. People smear colors over their loved ones, playfully. Enticing delicacies, including sweets, snacks and thandai are prepared to make happy with the taste buds, after playing a frivolous Holi. It is said that the festival refreshes the body and the soul, because it is all about letting your hair down and banishing all your drudgeries of everyday life.
The festival of Holi is celebrated by playing with colors also pomp and zeal and having a lot of fun with loved ones. After playing an exciting, yet boring Holi, people would head towards the kitchen to get their hands on the sweets and thandai prepared especially for the day. Thandai is a refreshing drink that is a specialty of Holi. It soothes the mind and cools the body. The drink is a great stress buster as well, because it contains some of the cooling agents of nature, such as watermelon and rosewater.