Just a few days are left for the grand celebration of the festival of colours and happiness- Holi. Holi is the time when friends, neighbours and relatives often come to the house to apply colour and greet each other. People prepare various dishes to celebrate the festival on this occasion. Various dishes are cooked, from sweets and fried items to a variety of rice preparations and gravy. However, if you are bored of the normal dishes, you can try out these Chhattisgarh dishes for the occasion of Holi.
Thethri
One of the famous dishes of Chhattisgarh is Thethri made from gram flour. It is made by kneading gram flour to which salt and carrom seeds are added. After kneading it, small balls are made and then rolled out thin, like a rope. This is then shaped into various shapes, fried and taken out.
Airasa
Airasa is a mouth-watering sweet dish from Chhattisgarh that will leave your guests wanting for more. This dish is prepared by soaking rice in water for a day or overnight. The next day, it is dried and then ground into flour. To the rice flour, jaggery is added and cooked on low flame. This sweet is extremely soft and delicious to eat.
Khaja
Khaja is a staple sweet that is made by Chhattisgarh people during Holi. It is made by adding oil and salt to the dough and kneading it with water. Then the dough is rolled out into a big shape and layered one above another. Then these are rolled into rolls. After this, these are cut into small pieces and once again rolled out to form a shape. Then fry it and dip it in sugar syrup.
Khurmi
Khurmi is another simple and easy-to-make sweet dish from this eastern state. To make Khurmi, you need wheat and rice flour in equal parts and knead it by adding jaggery, coconut powder and a bit of ghee. After kneading, Khurmis are pressed with the fist and given a design.
Saloni
Saloni is a salty dish made from flour, salt, oil and carrom seeds which is kneaded into a dough. It is then rolled out into a thick roti-like shape, and cut into long stripes and fried on low flame.
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