Festive flavours: 4 must-try Holi recipes with vegan options

COIN KACHORI CHAAT

PREP TIME: 30 mins

COOKING TIME: 30 mins SERVES: 4-6

INGREDIENTS

•1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

•¼ cup semolina

•¼ cup oil

•Salt to taste

•Oil for frying

For Filling:

•½ cup soaked moong dal

•1 tbsp fennel seeds

•1 tbsp fresh grated coconut

•½ tbsp crushed black pepper

•1 tbsp grated ginger

•1 tbsp raisins

•1 tbsp coriander powder

•½ tbsp dry mango powder

For Serving:

•1 cup yoghurt

•2 tbsp boiled beetroot paste

•Salt to taste

•1 tsp sugar

•Pinch of black salt

•½ tsp roasted cumin powder

•½ cup mint chutney

•2 tbsp sweet date chutney

•Fresh coriander for garnish

Method

Mix flour with salt and oil and add water to make soft hard dough. Cover and keep aside. Mix all the filling spices and add soaked dal in the chopper and grind coarsely. Heat pan and 1 tbsp oil and sauté this mixture till light brown. Remove from heat and cool completely.

Make small balls of flour and fill with prepared mixture. Roll gently with both palms and seal completely. Repeat the process. Heat the deep fry pan with oil and fry all kachories on medium heat. Fry them till they turn golden brown. Mix beetroot with yoghurt and add salt and pinch of black salt in it. Add sugar and roasted cumin powder.

For serving: Top kachories with dollops of beet yoghurt, mint chutney and date chutney. Garnish with fresh coriander and serve immediately.

GUJJIYA KHAS

PREP TIME: 20 mins

COOKING TIME: 25 mins

SERVES: 8-12

INGREDIENTS

•2 ½ cup plain flour

•½ cup clarified butter or ghee

•½ milk

•2 green cardamom seeds

•Pinch of saffron

•Ghee or oil for frying

Filling

•1 cup grated khoya

•¼ cup chopped almonds

•¼ cup raisins

•¼ cup pistachios chopped

•2 tbsp rose petal jam

•2 tbsp almond flour

•2 ½ tbsp powdered sugar

•1 tsp cardamom powder

For sugar syrup

•1 cup sugar

•½ cup water

•1 drop of orange food colour

METHOD

Mix sugar with water and boil to make sugar syrup.

Add food colour and keep aside.

Boil milk with green cardamoms and saffron in the small pan. You can microwave too. Remove from heat and cool. Discard cardamom seeds.

Mix flour with ghee in the mixing bowl and add milk to make semi-soft dough. Add water if required. Knead well and cover it and rest the dough for 20 minutes.

For Filling:

Heat pan and add ½ tbsp ghee and roast chopped nuts.

Add raisins, grated khoya, and almond flour, saute well for 1 minute.

Add cardamom powder and remove from heat.

Cool completely and add rose petal jam and powdered sugar.

Divide the dough equally and make lemon size balls. Grease rolling board and pin with butter and roll it in round shape. Add filling and join the edges. Seal corner by pinching the dough or you can use cutters. Repeat the process.

Heat the frying pan and add oil or ghee. Deep fry gujjiya over medium high heat in the batches.

Fry all gujjiyas till golden brown from all sides.

Brush with sugar syrup and serve.

VEGAN THANDAI

PREP TIME: 4 hours

Heat oil and fry until light brown. Serve with the dips you prefer.