All About The Festival of Colours with Rai Mukhopadhyay
IntroductionHappy Holi 2022, everyone! Do you know what Holi is? I’ve wanted to know more about this colorful (literally!) celebration for years now. And this year, I finally learned!!
For all of us in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re approaching spring and what a welcome spring it will be. To kick off the springtime celebrations, we have Rai, a resident of West Bengal in India, to tell us all about the North Indian holiday of Holi (that’s H-O-L-I), otherwise known as the Festival of Colors.. Actually, it’s known as many things, and we’ll be hearing allll about that today. Rai details all the fun she had spraying colors on her friends – and possibly lobbing the occasional water balloon at passerbys (not Rai, of course) – on Holi. As the National Spelling Bee Champion in all of India in 2019, Rai is a hugely knowledgeable guest, and she teaches me so, SO much about the religious and cultural aspects of Holi, including several stories of Vishnu and Krisha, and the breadth of ways these stories are interpreted and celebrated across Northern India. Finally, we talk about Malpuas, a pancake-like treat with soft middles and crispy edges and notes of fennel, then covered with a saffron-soaked syrup. All in all, this is a fun, festive, fascinating episode and I’m just so grateful to Rai for sharing with us and to you for being here!
Highlights- A typical Holi from morning to night
- The religious, cultural, and seasonal aspects of Holi
- 4 names: The Festival of Triumph of Good Over Evil, the Festival of Love, the Festival of Spring
- Three Hindu stories that underly Holi – Lord Vishnu, Krishna
- Rai’s state of West Bengal
- The breadth of beliefs across Hinduism about the historicity of Hindu scriptures and the idols and temples in the home
- Why some states in India burn bonfires the night before Holi
- Fluffy, crispy malpuas – the techniques to create the perfect middle and edges
- Creating a sweet sugary syrup
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This Episode’s Storied Recipe Recipe Shared by Rai Mukhopadhyay Fluffy, Crispy Malpua RecipeThese light fluffy Malpua are lightly flavored with fennel and fried in oil until the edges are crispy and golden. They are then covered in a cardamom & saffron flavored syrup and garnished with pistachios and almonds.
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