With Navratri celebrations just around the corner, are you looking for some Maharashtrian desserts to try at home? If yes, here are a few of them for the festive days.
Often considered the crown jewel of Maharashtrian celebrations, it is a golden sweet flatbread stuffed with a sweet filling made of chana dal and jaggery.
This legendary dessert is nothing but a steamed, teardrop-shaped, rice flour dumpling filled with coconut and jaggery.
Perfect for Navratri fasting, this grain-free dessert is best defined as a halwa made with amaranth flour, pure ghee, milk, sugar, and dry fruits.
Coconut laddoos, also known asNaralachi Vadi,are made by mixing grated coconut with condensed milk or sugar syrup. It is often served as a prasadam for evening prayers.
Sabudana, or sago pearls, is a common fasting ingredient in Maharashtra. This kheer recipe is made by simmering sago pearls in full-fat milk, sugar, and crushed nuts.
This velvety halwa is made using water chestnut flour or shingada atta with generous amounts of ghee, milk, sugar, cardamom, and toasted nuts.
This is a quintessential Maharashtrian classic. Made from strained hung curd, this fast-friendly dessert contains sugar, cardamom, and saffron for that perfect festive sweetness.