Hariyali Teej 2026: 9 Traditional Lunch Dishes For A Memorable Festive Spread

And just like every festival in India, food plays the role of a grandmaster in turning these auspicious celebrations into a flavourful retreat paired with spiritual awakening. And the menu for the Hariyali Teej feast includes a variety of sweets and savoury snacks. Here are a few sweets that are prepared on this day. From delicate appetizers to sweet pouring desserts, we have curated a list of some of the popular dishes for the Hariyali Teej lunch course.

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Hariyali Teej 2026 Lunch Menu Ideas 

Appetizers Recommendations:

1. Khasta Kachori

Khasta Kachori is a popular dish served during Hariyali Teej. the states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. It looks like a delicate puff pastry, with each bite giving a tasteful surprise of different fillings. This dish is a staple in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, served in a variety of flavours.

2. Thekwa

Thekwa is a deep-fried delicacy, with its roots falling back to Eastern UP and Bihar. It’s prepared using wheat flour, ghee, sugar and dry fruits. At the time of preparation, a thick dough composed of the ingredients mentioned earlier takes the shape of tikkis.

3. Mirchi Vada

Mirchi Vada potato-stuffed pakodas are a Rajasthani staple during Hariyali Teej and are eaten with a herby green chutney. They are prepared by deep-frying a battered chilli-spicy potato mixture until they turn a golden-brown colour and add the element of spice to the festive feast platter. 

Apart from deep-frying, digestive spices like carom seeds, cumin seeds and black pepper powder are added to the batter to transform the dish to a lighter snack.

Trending Main Course Ideas: 

1. Dal Baati Churma

An absolute delicacy among the food menu for Hariyali Teej , Dal Baati Churma is a very popular dish in Rajasthan and is an important part of Teej celebrations. The most admirable fact about this dish is that your taste buds will have a journey through a plethora of textures, starting from the crunchy base of the baati, following to creamy wonders of dal and later, to be hypnotised by the mouth-watering aroma of ghee poured on top. 

2. Puri with Raseele Aloo

It is eaten mainly in the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Puri is made by making a wheat dough, flavouring it with salt and spices, rolling it in small puris and frying them until they are puffed up. Raseele Aloo is a curry made out of boiled potatoes cooked in a tomato based gravy.

Dessert Recommendations:

1.Kheer

Kheer is one of the classic Indian desserts of India. It's a popular dish across every state and has been a staple in many parts of India. They are made using 2 main ingredients, which are rice and milk. Both the ingredients are cooked together. Once cooked and right before serving, flavours are brought to kheer by adding dry fruits, saffron, cashew nuts etc. 

2. Anjeer Basundi

Consumed mostly in Gujarat and Maharashtra, it is made out of dried figs (anjeer). Anjeer Basundi is specially made for people who are suffering from diabetes. This dish is extremely easy to prepare and tasty. It is made by cooking anjeer in milk along with khoya, dry fruits, etc.

3. Gujiya

Pedukiya, also popularly known as Gujiya is a sweet dumpling-like dessert which is prepared in Eastern UP and Bihar. Gujiya has an outer covering of maida and is stuffed with a mixture of semolina, sweetened khoya and a lot of dried nuts. 

4. Ghevar

The Rajasthani preparation is deep-fried in ghee and soaked in sugar syrup, delivering  to feel like a treat after a heavy meal. honeycomb-like round-shaped sweet which is dipped in a sugar syrup. It uses basic ingredients like flour, ghee, and milk. Ghevar is made and sold across the country in vast numbers around the time of Teej.

Similar to many other festivals of India, Hariyali Teej an occasion where we see many states coming together through their regional dishes. May it be a sweet or savory treat, or a flavourful meal for the main course, it’s a beautiful  and poetic union among the community through divine celebration and the shared love towards their traditional meals and delicacies.

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