Hindu festival foods are the sweets, snacks and special dishes prepared for the festivals of the Hindu year, from Makar Sankranti and Holi to Onam and Diwali. India celebrates with prayer, new clothes and feasting, and many festivals are linked to particular foods: sesame and jaggery sweets and rice cooked with milk at Makar Sankranti, cooling milk drinks at Shivratri, and sugar syrup breads, stuffed flatbreads and fried filled patties at Holi. This tradition gathers the dishes whose own descriptions say they are eaten at Diwali, Holi or other Hindu festivals.
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Source Basundi (Wikipedia)
Source Gajar ka halwa (Wikipedia)
Source Gulab jamun (Wikipedia)
Source Pholourie (Wikipedia)
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1. Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: Hindu Festivals
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Gajar ka halwa (Wikipedia)
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The dessert is traditionally eaten during all of the festivals in the Indian subcontinent, mainly on the occasion of Diwali, Holi, Raksha Bandhan, and Eid.
Gulab jamun (Wikipedia)
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Gulab jamun is often eaten at festivals, birthdays, and major celebrations such as marriages, the Muslim celebrations of Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, and the Hindu festivals of Diwali and Ganesh Chaturthi.
Barfi (Wikipedia)
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Barfi is often served at celebrations and religious festivals such as Diwali and Holi.
Pholourie (Wikipedia)
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Pholourie is widely connected to the Holi festival celebrated by Trinidadian Hindus.
Basundi (Wikipedia)
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It is often made on Hindu festivals such as Kali Chaudas and Bhaubeej (Bhai Dooj).
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