Krishna janmashtami | Sri Krishna Jayanti | Indian Hindu Festival
Gokulashtami festival recipes, given below, play an important part in the krishna janmashtami festival celebration.
In 2026, Gokulashtami is to be celebrated on September 4th.
This Hindu religious festival celebrates the birth of the Lord Sri Krishna, the revered Hindu god. Gokulashtami is also known as Sri Krishna Jayanti, Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Ashtami Rohini, Sree Jayanti.
No birthday celebration is complete without delicious food. The preparation for Gokulashtami 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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There are specific dishes made for Janmashtami festival.
Sri krisha loved aval – poha – beaten rice. So many sweet and savory dishes are prepared from poha. Krishna’s favorite milk based items are prepared too.
Here are a few special dishes prepared for the gokulashtami festival. Select the ones that your family likes and enjoy these dishes with them.
Gokulashtami festival recipes | Krishna janmashtami Sweets
More Sweet Recipes for Festival
- Shrikhand – Srikhand – Yogurt /curd based dessert, commonly made in Maharashtra, Gujrat. Served with Poori.
- 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 favorite to make on Gokulashtami-Janmashtami festival.
- Gajar ki kheer/carrot kheer – Indian carrot and milk based sweet. Easy to make.
- Badam Kheer – Almond Kheer
- Beetroot Halwa -gokulashtami – janmashtami recipe
- Gopalkala – Rice flakes – poha – Aval recipe
Festival Snack Recipes
- Ambode – Chana dal vada – This South Indian dal vada recipe is a spicy snack recipe – Festival recipe, made with split chickpeas
- Thin poha chivda – Rice flakes – aval – made from thin beaten / flattened rice flakes as a easy snack. Diwali festival snack. Keeps for 3-4 weeks.
- Namkeen Shankarpale – Namkeen/ salty/ spicy shankarpale is a tea time snack. Keeps for a month.
- Gopalkala – Dahi pohe – Sri Krishna’s favorite, made with poha, avalakki
