Discover 30 scrumptious Makar Sankranti recipes which you can simply make for breakfast, snacks or lunch. This assortment covers each North Indian and South Indian recipes which are popularly made on this festive day.
What’s Makar Sankranti?
Makar Sankranti is a kind of Hindu festivals which falls on the identical day i.e 14th January (generally fifteenth January) yearly.
The reason is the pageant date is predicated upon the photo voltaic calendar not like most Hindu festivals whose date is determined based on lunar calendar.
Makar sankranti pageant is devoted to the Solar God (Surya Devta). Additionally it is a time for non secular practices. For farmers it’s a time of harvesting.
This pageant additionally indicators the tip of winter and the start of spring. One pageant and plenty of significances.
No marvel, makar sankranti is a multi- cultural pageant which is well known with lot of festivity and pleasure throughout India.
Wishing a cheerful and affluent Makar Sankranti to all our readers. This yr Makar Sankranti falls on 14th January 2022.
About this Sankranti Recipes Assortment
Right here on this publish, I’m sharing a set of 30 recipes which you can also make for the Makar Sankranti pageant.
For those who don’t eat onion and garlic throughout this auspicious time, then skip including them within the recipes listed under.
You can too verify these collections of Pongal Pageant Recipes and Lohri Recipes.
Makar Sankranti Recipes
Tough
20 minutes
Til ke laddu is a wholesome, scrumptious, and nutty ladoo ready with sesame seeds, jaggery, peanuts, and desiccated coconut. A vegan recipe and in addition a Makar Sankranti pageant particular candy.
Tough
25 minutes
Peanut Chikki is a Indian winter particular candy of crispy, crunchy peanut brittle made with solely two essential components – peanut and jaggery.
Average
2 hrs
Puran Poli is a candy flatbread filled with a candy lentil filling constructed from hulled and spilt bengal gram/chana dal, jaggery and floor spices. This conventional recipe is from the Maharashtrian delicacies.
Average
20 minutes
Candy Pongal additionally referred to as Sakkarai Pongal or Chakkara Pongal in South Indian languages, is a creamy, candy festive preparation of rice, moong lentils, jaggery and flavored with inexperienced cardamoms, cashews, raisins and ghee.
Average
50 minutes
Rice Kheer is a well-liked Indian candy dessert made with basmati rice, complete milk, nuts and saffron. Kheer recipe is simple and is made with a one pan or one pot technique. Rice Kheer is mainly Indian rice pudding and makes for a creamy scrumptious candy dessert.
Straightforward
15 minutes
Suji ka halwa or Sheera is a basic Indian semolina pudding made with sugar, ghee and dry fruits. The recipe I’ve shared is a household heirloom recipe. We now have been making this suji halwa recipe for many years throughout household get togethers, particular events & festivals. The sooji halwa recipe will be simply halved, doubled or tripled.
Average
30 minutes
Besan Ladoo or Besan ke Laddu is a well-liked Indian candy made throughout festivals. These are spherical candy balls made with gram flour a.ok.a besan, powdered sugar and clarified butter (ghee).
Straightforward
25 minutes
Basundi is a thickened, sweetened milk flavored with cardamoms, spices and nuts. This basundi recipe is a faster model made with sweetened condensed milk and comes collectively beneath 25 minutes.
Average
15 minutes
Make coconut ladoo with three recipes. The primary one is a fast 3 ingredient recipe made with contemporary coconut, milkmaid and cardamom powder. The second recipe has 2 components – desiccated coconut and condensed milk. The third recipe is made with desiccated coconut and sugar.
Average
15 minutes
These wheat ladoo make for a superb candy snack for youths in addition to for the entire household. Straightforward and fast to organize scrumptious ladoo made with complete wheat flour, sugar and ghee.
Straightforward
20 minutes
This creamy seviyan kheer is a North Indian candy made with wheat vermicelli, milk, sugar, dry fruits and flavored with spices. This extremely simple recipe of semiya kheer comes collectively in 20 minutes and makes for a superb dessert or candy.
Average
1 hr 25 minutes
This Coconut Burfi is a delish, soften within the mouth fudge made with sweetened condensed milk, milk, and desiccated coconut.
Average
1 hr 5 minutes
Badam ka halwa is a wealthy, luxuruous and in style South Indian type scrumptious halwa made with blanched almonds, ghee and sugar. This recipe provides you one in every of greatest almond halwa which you can make.
Average
1 hr 30 minutes
Bobbatlu or Holige or obbattu are candy flat breads made with chana dal stuffing or tuvar dal stuffing. This bobbatlu recipe is likely one of the greatest bobbatlu made with a spiced chana dal stuffing.
Average
1 hr
Nolen gurer payesh is rice kheer or rice pudding made with date palm jaggery.
Average
40 minutes
Chenna poda is a well-liked candy from odisha. Its made with chenna or contemporary paneer. The whole dish is baked and can be referred to as as paneer cake.
Average
25 minutes
Sabudana ki khichdi is a scrumptious dish of tapioca pearls (sago) made with potatoes, peanuts and normally had throughout Hindu fasting days like Navratri, Ekadashi, mahashivratri. Additionally it is a gluten free recipe. On this recipe publish, you’re going to get many suggestions and options to make the very best non-sticky sabudana khichdi.
Average
5 hrs 30 minutes
Sabudana Vada is a well-liked savory deep fried snack made throughout Hindu fasting days, that includes tapioca pearls (sago), potatoes, peanuts and herbs. They’re naturally gluten-free and vegan. This idiot proof sabudana vada recipe provides you a brilliant scrumptious crispy vada with a delicate and lightweight inside.
Average
1 hr 15 minutes
Undhiyu is a one pot vegetable casserole dish that’s the hallmark of Gujarati vegetarian delicacies. That is a straightforward Surti Undhiyu recipe that doesn’t take a lot time.
20 minutes
Curd rice or thayir sadam is a well-liked South Indian rice selection that’s served with a South Indian meal or South Indian thali. This curd rice recipe is my go to technique and one I typically make as it’s a favourite with my household. Vegan yogurt constructed from cashew milk, almond milk or coconut milk can be utilized as a substitute of dairy curd.
20 minutes
Bhogi chi bhaji is a combination vegetable curry that’s made on bhogi which precedes Makar Sankranti. In bhogi chi bhaji, seasonal winter greens are used.
Average
25 minutes
Ven Pongal recipe often known as Khara Pongal or Ghee Pongal is a well-liked South Indian porridge like savory dish that’s made with rice, yellow moong lentils and laced with the fantastic flavors of black peppercorns, cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves and ghee.
Average
1 hr
Puliyodharai is a well-liked South Indian recipe of bitter and spiced rice.
Straightforward
25 minutes
Lemon Rice often known as Chitranna or Nimmakaya Pulihora is a crunchy, flavorful and tangy rice dish that’s simple to make and tastes so good. Recent lemon juice, fried nuts, aromatic herbs and spices mix completely to offer this steamed rice a tremendous spicy, tangy and nutty taste.
Average
2 hrs 45 minutes
Flaky and engaging kachori made with spiced moong lentils stuffing.
30 minutes
Fafda is a fried crispy crunchy tasty snack made with besan (gram flour), laced with carom seeds and black pepper. A preferred Gujarati vegan snack.
Average
4 hrs 40 minutes
Medu vada are crisp and fried doughnut formed fritters made with black gram (urad dal), herbs and spices. These urad dal vada are often known as Garelu in Andhra, Uzhunnu Vada in Kerala, Uddina Vada in Kannada and Medhu Vadai, Ulundu Vadai in Tamil.
Average
30 minutes
Ribbon Pakoda or Ribbon Murukku are fried crisp ribbon formed savory snack from South India. They’re simple to organize and tastes good too. They’re often known as ola pakoda or nada thenkuzhal.
Average
1 hr 15 minutes
Chakli is a deep-fried snack constructed from rice flour, gram flour, wheat flour or a mix of lentil flours. Make this crispy and crunchy snack for Diwali pageant.
Average
30 minutes
Butter Murukku is a South Indian fried snack made with butter and rice flour. It can be referred to as Butter Chakli. This recipe is definitely for the win as it’s delicious and engaging.
Average
50 minutes
Murukku is a well-liked South Indian crunchy and crispy snack made with rice flour and lentil flour. Additionally it is referred to as murukulu, chakralu and jantikalu in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
1 hr
Urad dal kachori are delicate in addition to crisp stuffed kachori from the Uttar Pradesh delicacies. Kachori are filled with a spiced urad dal paste.
This Makar Sankranti recipes assortment from the archives first printed in April 2016 has been republished and up to date on January 2023.
