8 Dishes to Try During Ganesh Chaturthi in 2023

Producer:  Riya Ashok

Lord Ganesha enjoys eating modak. These are rice or wheat flour-based dumplings that are filled with a delicious concoction of jaggery, coconut, and cardamom.

A delicious flatbread called puran poli is made from chana dal (divided Bengal gramme), jaggery, and cardamom. 

A deep-fried pastry called Karanji, also called Gujiya in some places, is filled with a mixture of coconut, sugar or jaggery, and occasionally dry fruits and nuts.

A South Indian meal called sundal is created with boiling chickpeas or lentils that have been spiced with mustard seeds, curry leaves, and coconut. 

Rice is cooked with freshly grated coconut, mustard seeds, curry leaves, and spices to create the easy-to-make but delectable dish known as coconut rice.

Indian dish known as gulab jamun is formed of milk solids that have been deep-fried and then covered in sugar syrup. 

Ghee, sugar, cardamom and saffron are used to make the delicious semolina pudding known as sheera. It takes little time to make this dessert.

Urad dal (black gramme) and spices are used to make the savoury fried snack known as medu vada.