Let’s see 5 Homemade Sweets You Can Try This Holi. Yayyyyy!!!! So Holi is here and it is evident everyone is very excited about it. Holi is a Hindu festival that is widely celebrated in the northern parts of India. Though it is a Hindu festival, it is celebrated by people irrespective of their religion because ofcourse Holi is a festival that is filled with so much fun, enjoyment, celebration and games.
Holi is not just a festival of colors which brings colourful happiness into our lives. Holi is a festival of love and it marks the start of spring season in the sub-continent.
Now we all know holi is all about celebration and fun, and what is celebration and festivity without sweets ? It is almost impossible to ignore the presence of sweets in every aspects of our lives.
Today, we will be seeing 5 easy homemade sweets you can try at home during this holi season. These sweets will definitely make your holi even sweeter when you savor over it.
Homemade Sweets, You Can Try This Holi
Almond Chocolate holi truffle balls
The first and foremost choice of mine would be “Almond Chocolate holi truffle balls”. These Holi truffle balls not just looks aesthetic but at the same time very delicious and healthy.
What you need
- Almonds
- Dates
- Almond butter
- Desiccated coconut
How to Prepare
Slightly roast the almonds and desiccated coconut on mild flame. Add them to your mixie jar and grind them together. Along with that add soft dates and almond butter. Grind it further until you feel it is perfect to make balls out of it.
You can also coat them with colorful coating. Take some almonds, pistachio, dry strawberry, desiccated coconut and dark chocolate. Grind all of them separately and keep them on a separate plate, except for the chocolate wafer.
Take the dark chocolate wafer and add some coconut oil and keep it in the microwave oven for around one minute, till the chocolate melts.
Take the balls with the fork and dip in the melted chocolate and then coat it with the crushed almonds, pistachio, strawberry and desiccated coconut separately.
Your plate full of colourful chocolate truffle balls for holi are ready!!
Easy, Instant Kulfi
How can you even celebrate holi without Kulfi ? That would be like a gravest sin.
This kulfi recipe that we have with us is the easiest and simplest kulfi you will ever see because if you want to make kulfi traditionally, it will take hours and hours of boiling the milk. We will have to thicken the milk in order to make a perfect kulfi but here we have a shortcut to do it and the result will be as amazing as the traditional ones.
What you need
- Almonds
- Pistachio
- Heavy Cream
- Milk
- Condensed milk
- Cardomom
- Nuts
How to Prepare
Take almonds and pistachio and grind it coarsely.
We are going to take a cup of heavy cream, evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk and mix it all well together. Add cardamom and nuts to give the epic fragrance of kulfi.
Take a kulfi mold or use a disposable cup and pour the mixture into it. Close the cup using silver foil and poke an ice cream stick into it and freeze it in the fridge.
And that’s it easy to make kulfi is ready.
Kaju katli
Kaju Katli is one of the famous Indian sweet and no festival is complete without kaju katli. Whenever there is a celebration and you are in need of sweets, kaju katli will definitely be a part of that list. But when is so much easier to make kaju katli at home why depend on shops for tasty kaju katli ?
What you Need
- Cashews
- Sugar
- Water
- Ghee
- Rose Water
- Cardomom
How to Prepare
Take good quality cashews and grind them well in a good texture and sieve it to obtain the good quality cashew powder alone.
Let’s prepare the Sheera or the sweet syrup. Take a pan and pour a cup of water and add sugar to it. Let it boil until comes to a good consistency. Then add the cashew powder into it, keep the stove on low flame. Add a little bit of ghee, rose water, and cardamom.
Keep stirring until it comes to a paste like consistency.
Pour on a butter paper and let it cool down. Once it’s cool, knead the flour and later make it something like a chapatti. But keep it thicker and finally cut it into multiple diamond shapes. Serve it in a plate and it’s done!
Bread halwa
Halwa is everyone’s favourite and making bread halwa is very easy and bread is something that’s easily available in any household.
What you Need
- Saffron
- Water
- Cashew
- Ghee
- Bread
How to Prepare
Take little saffron and soak it in warm water.
Fry the cashews using ghee and keep it aside.
Cut the edges of the bread and cut the bread into smaller pieces. Fry the bread on a pan using ghee. It should be crispy. Once it’s done keep it aside.
Pour water in the pan and add sugar to it. Allow it to boil thoroughly. Now when the syrup is in good consistency, put the bread into the pan, allow it to absorb the sugar syrup for 1 to 3 minutes. Add khoya, saffron water and fried cashews into it and mix well. Well, don’t over mix, we still want to make it look like a bread.
And that’s it. Your bread halwa is ready to be served for your friends and family.
Rice Kheer
Kheer is one easy and regularly prepared sweet at any household to celebrate any good news or occasions. In the northern part of India it is called Kheer and in southern parts of India, it is well known as Payasam.
Let’s do Rice Kheer for this holi, they taste really amazing and easy to make.
What you need
Rice
Sugar
Milk
Ghee
Dry Fruits(Almonds, cashews, raisins)
How to Prepare
Take rice and wash it thoroughly. It is highly recommended to use basmati rice, if you don’t have basmati, you can use any rice. Soak the rice in water for around 15 minutes.
We will be making this kheer using pressure cooker as it is easier and not a tedious task. You don’t to stir continuously.
Add ghee and put the almond, cashews and raisons into it and fry it well. Make sure you cut the nuts into fine little pieces.
Now add water into it, to avoid burning the bottom of the cooker, as it might ruin the taste of the kheer with its burnt smell.
Add milk, rice and saffron and mix it well. Then close the lid of the cooker and allow it to cook. Within few minutes your kheer would be ready.
These are our top favorite Sweets made for holi. Try these easy-to-make homemade sweets this holi and treat your friends and family with these delicious sweets which savour their taste buds for a very long time.
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Let the colours of holi make your life colourful and the sweets you make your journey more sweeter!! Happy Holi!
