Holi celebration menus need planning. A good mix of sweets and savouries as well as ice-cold drinks because Holi is usually a hot day. We have handpicked 11 recipes just for you!
Jalebis and Holi go together like peanut butter and jelly or chai and biskoot! Chef Suresh Thampy shares his secret recipe for crispy, syrupy jalebis, flavoured with saffron and rose water but dipped in milk.
Please find the recipe here: Doodh Jalebi
Malpua is another sweet that completes Holi. Siddhi Panchal shares her recipes for yum malpua that uses sooji, cardamom and nuts.
Please find the recipe here: Malpua
A heady drink that's missing the bhang but makes up for it with other poisons like tequila.
Please find the recipe here: Bhang Cocktail
Rejig traditonal gujiyas, a Holi favourite, as Chef Jaiparkash Bhatt did, using a tablespoon of green tea powder in the stuffing and replacing white sugar with jaggery. The gujiyas will have an intriguing mildly bitter taste, and you may want to increase its sweetness by adding more gud.
Please find the recipe here: Matcha Gujiyas
Maharaj Jodharam Choudhary's signature kachoris are made like potlis or money bags and his pea stuffing uses plenty of spring onions.
Please find the recipe here: Green Peas Kachori
How about a kheer for Holi featuring crunchy walnuts, sabudana (tapioca pears) and saffron, and not too many calories, by Madhuri Aggarwal?
Please find the recipe here: Walnut Milk Kheer
Another traditional but healthy Indian dessert experience, this time from Shumaila Chauhan. Crunchy, nutty, and deliciously jaggery-fied.
Please find the recipe here: Sesame And Walnut Barfi
Chef Merajuddin Ansari hopes to take the guilt out of festival eating with his khajoor sweet. The taste is uncompromised, but it cuts down on the worry of eating too much sugar.
Please find the recipe here: Date Kalakand
The lack of frying takes nothing away from these baras, Zelda Pande assures you. Simply spiced with cumin powder, hing and chilly powder, they will bring the flavour of street food to your Holi meal, without the oil.
Please find the recipe here: Air Fryer Dahi Baras
Holi can be more than gujiyas and bhang. Nutritionist Kanchan Maslekar has a nutty food option for Holi -- choose whatever nuts you prefer -- which are not only tasty but also wholesome. This easy-to-make recipe can be assembled last minute and served.
Please find the recipe here: Spicy Nuts
Thandais are versatile. Try any fruit with them and get drinks that are cool in every sense. Sanket Thakur uses kiwis with almonds and a range of spices.
Please find the recipe here: Kiwi Thandai