Holi Recipe – Easy to make traditional food recipes to try out.

by Giani Joseph Nutritionist

Holi, the festival of colors, water balloons, rain dances is back in town! It is also the time for enjoying some mouth-watering delicacies.

Enjoying delicious foods with friends, family and loved ones is a must-have as no festival is complete without nibbling on delicacies.

In today’s Internet age, you no longer need to make a trip to a grocery store or supermarket, as everything is now accessible through grocery delivery service apps. Get your grocery home delivery sorted while the festival is still a couple of days away.

Tasty delicacies to make this Holi

Gujiya

Easy to prepare and popular delicacy, Gujiya requires easily available ingredients – khoya, sugar, almonds, green cardamom, semolina, and flour. Gujiya is also enjoyed during Diwali and Teej. An easy recipe of Holi snacks below is the description of what goes into the making and the process.

Ingredients:

Flour – 4 cups

Khoya – 200 gm

Powdered green cardamom – 1 tablespoon

Semolina – ¼ cup

Sugar – 1 cup

Chopped almonds – 1 teaspoon

Ghee – 1 ½ cups

Water – ¼ cup

The Making:

· Mix water, flour, and ghee into a bowl to knead a soft dough.

· Once soft enough, keep the dough aside for 60 minutes. Sauté some khoya and semolina in a deep fry pan until it turns golden.

· Next, add sugar, green cardamom and soaked almonds to the cooled khoya and mix. To add some crunch to the Gujiya, you can include some dry roasted nuts and raisins.

· Take two drops of ghee/refined oil and spread it well on your palms and make small round balls from the dough.

· Finally, heat some ghee in a pan at medium flame and fry the gujiyas till they turn golden brown.

Coconut Laddoo

A popular mouth-watering delicacy of the North, this one is easy to make and does not take much time. With milk, ghee and coconut as the prime ingredients, get a hand on these with quick grocery delivery and get on with it.

Ingredients:

Grated coconut – 3 cups

Ghee – 2 teaspoons

Milk – 1 ½ cups

Powdered green cardamom – 1 teaspoon

The Making:

· Heat ghee, grated coconut and condensed milk and mix well. Once this mixture is well-heated, add some cardamom powder. Mix well and occasionally stir the mixture.

· Once the mixture begins to thicken, stir it regularly until the fat leaves the sides of coconut. Leave the mixture aside for cooling.

· Upon cooling, take small portions of mixture and shape into round balls with your palm.

· Roll these laddoos one-by-one in grated coconut.

· Finally, garnish the laddoos with dry fruits.

Takeaway

Among the many countless recipes, the ones mentioned above are the easiest Holi recipes. Get on with your grocery home delivery nearby and get the basic ingredients sorted.