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Teej Special Dishes to Make at Home During Sawan
Teej is a happy festival in India that people celebrate when the rainy season arrives.
Families in places like Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh get together to eat special food.
Some of the dishes are sweet, while others are salty and crunchy.
Ghewar is a famous sweet that looks like a honeycomb, made by pouring thin batter into hot ghee.
It is often topped with sugar syrup, nuts or saffron.
Malpua is a soft syrup-soaked pancake that can be served warm with rabri.
Kheer is a creamy dessert made by cooking rice slowly in milk with sugar and spices, and it can be made ahead of time.
Dal Kachori is a crispy pastry filled with spiced lentils, perfect with chutneys.
Mathri are crisp, flaky bites made from flour, ghee and spices.
Best of all, everyone can add their own family touch, like extra cardamom or saffron, to make the dishes their own.
Teej is a monsoon-season festival celebrated with food across Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of North India.
The article features five festive dishes: Ghewar, Malpua, Kheer, Dal Kachori and Mathri.
Ghewar is a honeycomb-like Rajasthani dessert made from thin batter fried in ghee or oil and finished with sugar syrup, rabri, nuts or saffron.
Kheer is a rice-and-milk dessert that can be prepared ahead of time, making it well suited to festive gatherings.
The savoury dishes Dal Kachori and Mathri balance the sweets; Mathri is made with flour, ajwain, black pepper, salt and ghee.
- Who
- Home cooks and families in North India celebrating the Teej festival.
- What
- A guide to making five traditional Teej festive dishes — Ghewar, Malpua, Kheer, Dal Kachori and Mathri — at home during Sawan.
- Where
- Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of North India.
- When
- During Sawan (the monsoon season), on the occasion of the Teej festival.
- Why
- Teej celebrates the monsoon, tradition, family and food, and these dishes are traditional festive delicacies for the occasion.
Key facts
- Festival
- Teej
- Season
- Sawan (monsoon month)
- Celebration regions
- Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and other parts of North India
- Sweet dishes featured
- Ghewar, Malpua, Kheer
- Savoury dishes featured
- Dal Kachori, Mathri
- Signature sweet
- Ghewar — honeycomb-like Rajasthani dessert
- Make-ahead option
- Kheer
- Mathri key ingredients
- Flour, ajwain, black pepper, salt and ghee










