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Uttarakhand celebrates the Harela Festival on the onset of the monsoons for agriculture. Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati are worshipped for a prosperous harvest season along with rituals, dance and food.
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Here is a list of local dishes you must enjoy on Harela Festival
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This dish is extremely nutritional with ingredients such as spinach and fenugreek leaves! It is made into a finepaste and then tempered with garlic, ginger and green chillies.
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Craving doughnut holes but in Uttarakhand style? This dish is just that! All you need is wheat flour, jaggery (melted) or sugar, cardamom powder, water, and fennel seeds. Make the batter and fry gulgulas until golden brown.
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Take rice flour, ghee, water, and jaggery to make a thick batter and fry it in small batches until extremely crispy. This is famous in Garhwali region.
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Manduwe ka atta or ragi is used to make this dish. it is roasted, then cooked with water until dough-like consistency. Drizzle generous ghee on top!
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This is a lentil soup which is made with overnight soaked black grams (bhatt), horse grams (gahat) and rice. then in is turned into a fine paste and tempered with lot of spices.
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It is a mind-blowing sweet dish of the Kumaon region which is basically roasted khoya with dry fruits mithai wrapped in maalu leaves. It is simply divine!
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Happy Harela Festival to all those who celebrate!
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