Gauri Ganapati Festival Recipes

Indian – Hindu festival recipes

As in any other Indian festival, Gauri ganapati festival recipes given below play an important part in the ganapati festival.

This Hindu religious festival celebrates the birth of the Lord Sri Ganesh or Ganapati, the revered Hindu elephant god.

No birthday celebration is complete without delicious food. The preparation for Ganesh festival begins a few days in advance as many sweets and savories are prepared.

As most of the dishes are delicious snacks and sweets, everyone loves this festival.

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The preparation for gauri ganesh festival starts weeks before the festival. The preparation of worship of idols as well as the traditional dishes is done with lot of love and care.

The arrival of son and mother duo of Ganesh and Gauri is awaited eagerly.

For Gauri festival, ‘Kai obbattu’ – (coconut sweet flat bread) is prepared in Karnataka and Andhra.

There are specific dishes made for ganapati pooja too. Ganapati’s favorite modak is prepared in every house. apart from that, many deep fried savories such as chakli, mutsore, tenkolalu etc. are made.

Now a days, every food item related to is available ready made for those who are unable to make them at home.

But still, many women are happy to make these traditional foods at home to welcome the beloved guests, Gauri and Ganesh.

Here are a few special dishes prepared for the ganesh festival. Select the ones that your family likes and enjoy these dishes with them.

Gauri Ganapati festival recipes

• Semiya payasam – sevai kheer – Vermicelli pudding – Sevai kheer – Shavige payasa, Traditional Indian sweet – dessert. Easy to make and doesn’t take a long time. Can keep in fridge for 3 days. Serve hot or cold.
• Nippat – Nippittu – Thattai Rice crackers – Nippattu – Nippattu is a Karnataka tea time snack recipe. Made for Gokulashtami, Deepavali, Ganesh festival too.
• Ambode – Chana Dal vada – This South Indian dal vada recipe is a spicy snack recipe – Festival recipe, made with split chickpeas
• Chigli – Til laddoo – Black sesame seed laddoo – Chigli unde is made for Ganesh chaturthi and Nag panchami festival in Karnataka.
• Roasted gram laddoo – Tambittu unde – Nag Panchami / Ganapati festival sweet for naivedya. Made in Karnataka and Maharashtra.
• Coconut burfi – Narial burfi – kobbari mithai – Coconut burfi is a  sweet made with freshly grated coconut. Very quick and easy, can be made at any festival time. It is a popular recipe for Raksha Bandhan.
• KhusKhus kheer/Ghasghase Payasa/Poppy seeds Kheer – South Indian Recipe made on Gauri festival day
• Rice flour laddoo – Tambittu unde – Naivedya for – Ganapati festival

• Besan laddoo – chickpea flour laddoo /balls – Besan laddo is made with bengal gram dal flour / chickpea flour. A must for traditional festivals such as Diwali festival.

• Badam Kheer/Almond Kheer
• Beetroot Halwa – ganesh/ganapati recipe
• Gajar kheer/Carrot kheer – Indian carrot and milk based sweet. Easy to make Sweet with Carrots and milk. Keeps in fridge for a week. .
• Besan burfi/Chickpea flour fudge – Indian dessert and festival sweet recipe made with Besan / gram flour/ chickpea flour.
• Kaju katli/Kaju Katri/Burfi/Indian Cashew nut fudge – Indian Festival – dessert recipe – Quick and easy to make. Keeps for long.

• Shrikhand – Srikhand – Hung curd dessert – Festival sweet – Curd/ Yogurt based dessert recipe, flavored with saffron and cardamom.

• Basundi – Indian milk dessert – Rich dessert is a Maharastrian / Gujarati recipe. Prepare in advance. Keep in fridge for a week and serve when you want.

• Rice Kheer – Rice pudding
• Ukadiche Modak – Steamed modak – Ukadiche modak or steam sweet coconut dumplings are made on Ganapati festival day. Modak, a favorite item of Lord Ganesh, is offered as Naivedya.
• Moong dal kosambari – Lentil salad recipe – Ramanavami – Navaratri – ganesh festival recipe
• Cool Cucumber Salad – Easy to make as snack or a good accompaniment for any meal.

• Chickpeas – chana –  kadle sundal – Made with kabuli chana – garbanzo beans, prepared on festivals such as  Ganesh chaturthi and distributed to the devotees as prasad, also served as a healthy snack.

• Dalia sheera / halwa – Healthy breakfast recipe with broken / cracked wheat. – To make it vegan, use coconut oil / vegetable oil instead of desi ghee.

• Sheera – Semolina pudding – Suji halwa – A rava / Semolina / cream of wheat dish. Breakfast / snack / sweet. Known as sajjige, kesari, sanja in Indian languages.

Gauri Ganapati festival recipes – Rice recipes

• Spicy Mango rice/Mavinkai chitranna – Mango rice made using sour green mango. Recipe from South India.

• Sweet coconut Rice/Maharashtrian Narali bhaat – Sweet rice pudding recipe made on Narali Poornima day in Maharashtra and North Karnataka.
• Vangi Bhaat – Karnataka Rice Recipe
• Curd Rice-Dahi bhaat-Dahi butti
• Mavinkayi Chitranna –

• Lemon rice, lime rice, chitranna – Easy to make South Indian rice recipe for festivals, breakfast and when you want a one dish meal.