Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Snacks & sweets for Holi festival of colours


Happy Holi, Snacks & sweets for Holi festival of colours

Holi celebrations start on the night before Holi with a Holika bonfire where people gather, sing, dance and party. The next morning is celebrated as Rangwali Holi - a free-for-all carnival of colours, where participants play, chase and colour each other with dry powder and coloured water, with some carrying water guns and coloured water-filled balloons for their water fight. 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, open 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 to throw colour powders on each other, laugh and gossip, then share Holi delicacies, food and drinks. Some drinks are intoxicating. For example, Bhang, an intoxicating ingredient made from cannabis leaves, is mixed into drinks and sweets and consumed by many. In the evening, after sobering up, people dress up and visit friends and family.
There is no tradition of holding puja (prayer), and the day is for partying and pure enjoyment. Children and young people form groups armed with dry colours, coloured solution, the means to fill and spray others with coloured solution (pichkaris), water balloons filled with coloured water, and other creative means to colour their targets.

Cashew Burfi a very popular sweet, Its a Cashew fudge rich & melt in mouth to greet the guests:Recipe of Cashew Burfi


Ribbon crispies, crunchy snacks which kids love muching on: Recipe Ribbon crispy


Gulab Jamoon: Indulge in this Soft sweet: Recipe for Gulab jamoon




Rice Murukku: South Indian special crunchy murukkus Recipe

Rasgulla: Made from Milk this is the Spongy Sweet Rasgulla try this Easy Rasgulla recipe:


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