Indian Festival Recipes

India is one of the few countries in the world that can boast of people from different backgrounds and different religions living harmoniously together; enjoying and celebrating festivals of each other with the same enthusiasm as they celebrate their own. These different cultures provide India with a lot of different festivals that are celebrated all year long. As a matter of fact some people say that India is a country where 'A festival is celebrated everyday!'.

These festivals offer a great opportunity for people from different religions to enjoy the traditional delicacies that are cooked using the traditional recipes. These traditional recipes have been passed on from generations to generations

Each and every festival brings with it the joy of the festival and ceremonious food that is awaited for all year long. These special recipes provide a great opportunity to discover and taste the delicacies of Indians. Everybody is allowed to forget about their health related problem and enjoy the food and sweets to the fullest

Sweets are added attractions festivals like Diwali, Lohri, Eid etc. are well known for offering sweets that are a must eat during the period in which these festivals arrive. A must eat because as one goes from home to home congratulating people on festivals it is considered a omen to offer sweets to the well wisher. Although you will realize how easy it is to prepare these sweets once you have gone through the recipe sections of various festivals

Every festival in India have a different approach towards food for example on one hand the festival of Karwa Chauth is about staying hungry whole day and enjoying food only in early morning or late at night and on the other hand the festival of Holi offers a great opportunity to enjoy some of the best spicy as well as sweet food. This diversity in the food and the cooking will become clearer to you once you have browsed through our Indian festival food recipes section.

Here we are providing few Indian festival food recipes to make your festival celebrations more tasty and mouth watering;

Important Festivals

Other Festivals

Muslim/Christian Festivals

  • Baisakhi Recipes (Punjabi Harvest Festiva)
  • Bhogi Recipes
  • Makar Sankranti Recipes
  • Pongal Recipes

  • Janmashtami Recipes
  • Gokulaashtmi Recipes (Tamilnadu)
  • Ganesh Chaturthi Recipes

  • Navratri Recipes, Vrat Recipes, Fasting Recipes
  • Durga Puja Recipes
  • Dussehra Recipes

  • Diwali Recipes – Sweets and Delicacies
  • Akshaya Tritiya Recipes
  • Buddha Purnima Recipes
  • Holi Recipes
  • Karthigai Recipes
  • Karwa Chauth Recipes (Varalakshmi nombu or Vratham)
  • Mahashivaratri Recipes
  • Onam Recipes
  • Raksha Bandhan – Rakhi Recipes
  • Ramnavami Recipes

  • Lohri Recipes (Punjabi Winter festival)
  • Teej Recipes (Arrival of Monsoon & Rain)
  • Haritalika Tritiya Recipes (Nepali Monsoon)
  • Monsoon Recipes

  • Bihu Recipes (Assamese New Year)
  • Gudi Padwa Recipes (Maharashtra New Year)
  • Navroz Recipes (Parsi New Year)
  • Ugadi Recipes (Telugu New Year)
  • Vishu Recipes (Malayala New Year)
  • Bakrid Recipes
  • Eid ul Fitr Recipes
  • Ramzan Recipes


  • Christmas Recipes
  • Easter Recipes
  • Passover Recipes
  • Related Recipes:
  • Lohri Recipes
  • Eid ul Fitr Recipes
  • Durga Puja Recipes
  • Dussehra Recipes
  • Baisakhi Recipes