Holi is about to arrive and we can see children splashing water balloons, and playing with water guns. Holi is the festival of colours where everyone happily enjoys with each other leaving behind all the grudges. These festivals are an excuse through which we can actually meet our loved ones and share some quality time with them. This festival is not only famous for its colours, but is also popular for preparing and eating tasty sweets that all of us crave for. Though there are many recipes of sweet dishes that can be made, but we have some top suggestions for you that you must prepare this Holi.
1.Kesar Pista Barfi
This delicious barfi is possible to even make at home for your loved ones with major two ingredients that are kesar and pista. The colour of this barfi is pretty attractive and is flavourful with the dominant taste of pista. To enhance the flavour of this barfi, the cardamom powder can also be added.
2.Semolina Pudding
It is a kid-friendly dessert that you can easily prepare at home during Diwali. It does not require much time for its preparation and can even be taken as breakfast. The two essential ingredients that make this recipe are semolina and milk. You can add saffron and nuts to it.
3.Thandai
Holi does not seem to be complete without a glass of thandai, which is a traditional Indian sweet drink made by mixing almonds, fennel seeds, rose petals, pepper, cardamom, saffron, milk, and sugar. The addition of saffron and rose petals adds a good flavour to it.
4Gulkand Ladoo
This recipe does not require any cooking in its preparation and takes only around 10 minutes for its preparation. These are gluten-free treats that are perfect to satiate one’s sweet tooth. The key ingredient of this recipe is paneer or chenna.
5.Gujiya
These are traditional Indian dumplings that are prepared during Holi festive season in India. They are prepared with sooji or maida and are stuffed with a mixture of sweet khoya and dried fruits. They are fried in desi ghee, and that is why they are excellent in taste.
6.White Chocolate Pan Fudge
Combining two delicious flavours, one is a refreshing pan, and the other is white chocolate is a great thought. It is a simple recipe that requires milk, white chocolate, the pan, and butter or ghee. The light green colour of this barfi has been extracted from pan lightened by white chocolate.
7.Balushahi
Balushahi is an Indian traditional sweet dish having its origin from the Indian state Rajasthan. They are quite similar to donuts in texture but are way different in the method of their preparation. The main ingredients that are used to make this recipe are flour, ghee, and sugar.
8.Coconut Pumpkin Halwa
Coconuts are the all-rounder that fits up in almost every other dish and enhances its taste and texture. This halwa is prepared by mashing the pumpkin and cooking it with ghee and milk till it softens. Also, adding coconut provide this halwa a unique flavour.
9.Meethe Chawal
This is a very tasty and common recipe you will be seeing prepared in most of the Indian homes during Holi. The only thing you have to do to make them is cook the rice by adding sugar, dry fruits, and coconut or saffron for flavour. You can also make them with jaggery instead of white sugar.
10.Coconut Ladoo
As we said, coconuts find their way in all the recipes, here are they back again now being a sole ingredient in these coconut ladoos. Just cook the coconut on low flame for a few minutes with a little bit of sugar and give them a round shape, and they are ready. They can be eaten at any time of the year.
11.Vermicelli Custard
Do you love eating Custard? If yes, then this recipe of custard is recommended to you. It is very much similar to traditional dish kheer; the only difference is that we will be using custard flavoured milk instead of plain milk. Just boil or cook the vermicelli with this milk, sugar, and you are done.
12.Shahi Tukra
It is a Mughlai dish, which can easily be prepared at home using rose-cardamom sugar syrup, creamed rabdi, nuts, and ghee. It is an ideal and royal dessert to serve to your guests and loved ones on this occasion of colours and joyfulness.
13.Gajar Ka Halwa
Holi lies at the time when the red carrots are almost ending up their season for the year. So, why not prepare the traditional all-time favourite ‘Gajar ka Halwa’ for the last time in the season. The halwa garnished with nuts is a treat to taste buds.
14.Carrot Kheer
Rice kheer, vermicelli kheer, sabudana kheer, makhana kheer, and what not, we all have eaten up all this kind of kheer. But one type of kheer, which we all might have not tasted, is made up of sweet carrots. Yes, you can make delicious carrot kheer by adding shredded carrots into boiling milk, and sugar.
15.Mishti Doi
It is a traditional Bengali sweet dish that is made up by using one key ingredient ‘Dahi.’ The mishit doi gets its sweet flavour by the addition of sugar or jaggery. The best sweetener, though, is jaggery and mishit doi made up of jaggery is delectable.
16.Sooji Halwa
Halwa is probably one of the quickest and easiest recipes that one can think of making, especially the sooji halwa. Its preparation involves roasting semolina or sooji with ghee and then adding up some water, so it rises up.
17.Besan Ladoo
Just by roasting chickpea flour or besan with ghee and sugar, and then giving them round shape brings this delicious sweet dish on your table. It is one of the oldest sweet recipes existing in India and is loved by all.
18.Lapsi
It is an Indian sweet dish, which is made up of broken wheat pieces that are cooked in a pan with ghee and nuts. For sweetness, one can add jaggery, which is a healthy option to add to this already healthy recipe.
19Malpua
Malpua can be prepared by using any flour, but the consistency and taste that rice flour brings out are unmatchable. The other required ingredients are coconut water, sugar, and also some plain flour. They taste extremely delicious when served with rabdi.
20Rava Ladoos
Rava ladoos are the small round balls prepared using suji as the key-ingredient. There are also other secondary ingredients used, such as ghee, coconut, walnuts, almonds, jaggery or sugar. You can try out them when you want to try a new variation in ladoo.
