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Holi

After the colours, north India eats gujiya and drinks thandai.

Holi Celebration in mathura, India
Photo: Jitenderasingh, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Holi

Holi welcomes spring. A bonfire is lit the night before, and the next morning people throw coloured powder and water at each other. The food is made in advance and left out for anyone who visits. Gujiya, a fried crescent filled with thickened milk and nuts, is the sweet of the festival. Thandai, cold milk ground with almonds, fennel, pepper and rose, is the drink, and in some places it is mixed with bhang. Dahi vada, malpua and salty snacks fill the rest of the table.

The dishes

GujhiaFried pastry filled with sweet thickened milk, made for Holi.Dahi vadaLentil dumplings in yoghurt, cool after a morning outdoors.MalpuaSyrup-soaked pancakes.Puran PoliSweet stuffed flatbread made in Maharashtra for Holi.BhangCannabis preparation, by custom taken at Holi in some regions.

Also part of it, and being written: Thandai (Spiced almond milk, the drink of the day.).

More dishes made for Holi

LassiVegetarian 🇮🇳 IndiaYogurt blended with water and spices, served chilled Drink Gajar ka halwaVegetarian 🇮🇳 India and 2 moreGrated carrot cooked with milk, sugar, ghee and khoya, often served at Indian festivals Sweet or dessert PholourieVegan 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago and 3 moreFried balls of spiced split pea and flour, served with chutney Street food, Snacks
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Holi" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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