Holi Special Recipes - Holi Recipes Collections

Holi is around the corner and it is a festival of colours. Families are gathered around and celebrate this festival. Colours are applied on each other to show their love towards each other. It is a fun festival.

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What is Holi?

Holi is a popular ancient Indian festival, also known as the "Festival of Love", the "Festival of Colours" and the "Festival of Spring".The festival celebrates the eternal and divine love of Radha Krishna.It also signifies the triumph of good over the evil, as it celebrates the victory of Vishnu as Narasimha Narayana over Hiranyakashipu. It originated and is predominantly celebrated in India and Nepal but has also spread to other regions of Asia and parts of the Western world through the diaspora from the Indian subcontinent.

Holi celebrates the arrival of spring, the end of winter, the blossoming of love and for many, it is a festive day to meet others, play and laugh, forget and forgive, and repair broken relationships. The festival also celebrates the beginning of a good spring harvest season. It lasts for a night and a day, starting on the evening of the Purnima (Full Moon Day) falling in the Hindu calendar month of Phalguna, which falls around the middle of March in the Gregorian calendar. The first evening is known as Holika Dahan (burning of Demon Holika) or Chhoti Holi and the following day as Holi, Rangwali Holi, Dol Purnima, Dhuleti, Dhulandi, Ukuli, Manjal Kuli, Yaosang, Shigmo or Phagwah, Jajiri.

Why is Holi Celebrated?

Holi is an ancient Indian religious festival that has also become popular outside of India. In addition to India and Nepal, the festival is celebrated by Indian subcontinent diaspora in countries such as Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. In recent years, the festival has spread to parts of Europe and North America as a spring celebration of love, frolic, and colours.

How is Holi Celebrated?

Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika Dahan where people gather, perform religious rituals in front of the bonfire, and pray that their internal evil be destroyed the way Holika, the sister of the demon king Hiranyakashipu, was killed in the fire. The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi (Dhuleti) – a free-for-all festival of colours, where people smear each other with colours and drench each other. Water guns and water-filled balloons are also used to play and colour each other. Anyone and everyone is fair game, friend or stranger, rich or poor, man or woman, children, and elders. The frolic and fight with colours occurs in the open streets, parks, outside temples and buildings. Groups carry drums and other musical instruments, go from place to place, sing and dance. People visit family, friends and foes come together to throw coloured powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks. In the evening, people dress up and visit friends and family.

Holi Sweets Recipes

1)Khoya Coconut Ladoos
2)Sweet Somas
3)Chum Chum
4)Mohanthaal
5)Carrot Halwa
6)Moong Dal Halwa
7)Pineapple Payasam
8)Paneer Kheer
9)Besan Halwa
10)Sweet Rava Appam
11)Sweet Kara Sev
12)Mathura Ka Peda
13)Maida Burfi
14)Beetroot Coconut Burfi
15)Shakkarpara
16)Malai Peda
17)Aloo Jamun
18)Besan Khoya Burfi
19)Chocolate Burfi
20)Malai Ladoo
21)Lavang Latika
22)Khoya Besan Ladoo
23)Paneer Jamun
24)Kesar Sandesh
25)Walnut Burfi
26)Mawa Gujiya
27)Instat Khoya
28)Thandai Recipe
29)Sweet Potato Jamun
30)Basundi
31) Milkpowder jamun
32)Karachi Halwa
33)Carrot Burfi
34)Custard Powder Halwa
35)Atta Ladoo
36)Chocolate Peda
37)Instant Kalakand
38)Badusha
39)Doodh Peda
40)Rasmalai
41)Rasgulla
42)Chenna for Sweets
43)Microwave Besan Ladoo
44)Microwave Rava Ladoo
45)Microwave Mysorepak
46)Kasi Halwa
47)Vanilla Chocolate Burfi
48)Dates and Nuts ladoo
49)Coconut Ladoo
50)Rava ladoo
51)Kaju Pista Roll
52)Kala Jamun
53)Paal Kova
54)Malpua
55)Motichoor ladoo
56)Ghee Mysorepak
57)Badam Halwa
58)Besan Ladoo
59)Cashew Burfi
60)Kesar Kalakand
61)Bread Jamun
62)Shahi Tukda
63)Khoya Jamun
64)Milk Powder Burfi
65)Carrot Halwa
66)Suryakala
67)Chadrakala

Holi Snacks Recipes

1)Chatpate Aloo Chaat
2)Methi Mathri
3)Masala Mathri
4)Palak Pakora
5)Butter Murukku
6)Potato Murukku
7)Aloo Bhujia

Complete Holi Recipes (Pictures)