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    Gokulashtami Recipes | Krishna Jayanthi Recipes | Janmashtami Recipes

    Last Updated On: Aug 13, 2024 by Sharmilee J

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    Gokulashtami Recipes or Krishna Jayanthi Recipes or Janmashtami Recipes collection featured here to make the festival exciting. It includes seedai, murukku, thattai, sweets, aval recipes etc. Gokulashtami also known as Krishna Jayanthi or Janmashtami marks the birthday of Lord Krishna.

    50+ gokulashtami recipes, krishna jayanthi recipes

    We celebrate Gokulashtami by singing devotional songs, reciting slokas, fasting, praying together, preparing and sharing special food, night vigils, and visiting Krishna temples.

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    • About Gokulashtami Recipes
    • Gokulashtami 2024 Date
    • Gokulashtami Recipes Video
    • Gokulashtami Essentials
    • Gokulashtami Recipes
    • Must try for Krishna Jayanthi
    • Serving Suggestions
    • FAQS
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    • Gokulashtami Recipes | Krishna Jayanthi Recipes

    About Gokulashtami Recipes

    We usually offer homemade butter, seedai and aval for Lord Krishna on this day as they are his most favorites. Before the culture of cake cutting cropped up on our birthdays, I believe we should have celebrated birthdays by following the tradition of cooking sweets and snacks on that day.

    Here I have shared a collection of easy and traditional gokulashtami recipes – some recipes are very easy to prepare with step wise pictures. The collection includes sweets and savory snacks mostly south Indian varieties.

    You can find a collection of gokulashtami recipes in this post which includes seedai recipes, aval recipes, home butter, murukku and variety of savory recipes etc. I suggest a grand celebration of this day, however, if the work keeps us busy & still we want to glorify Krishna on his day, just offer butter and sweet aval to Krishna which resembles his childhood sport of stealing butter from houses.

    Gokulashtami 2024 Date

    Gokulashtami is celebrated this year on 26th August, Monday. Check the timing for celebration and enjoy the festival!

    uppu seedai in a bowl

    Gokulashtami Recipes Video

    Gokulashtami marks the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna.We usually offer homemade butter and aval for Lord Krishna on the day as butter and aval are his most favourites. Janmashtami is celebrated for the birth of Hindu Lord Sri Krishna.

    This year 2024, Gokulashtami / Sri Krishna Jayanthi falls on 26th August. People in Tamil Nadu usually serve aval(poha) dishes and fresh homemade butter as neivedyam to Lord Krishna and draw footprints in houses. The foot print is drawn with a special homemade flour made into a batter and drawn with hands..

    vella seedai

    Gokulashtami Essentials

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    Gokulashtami Recipes

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      Rava Murukku
    • Seepu Murukku Recipe
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      Mullu Murukku Recipe

    More Gokulashtami Recipes

    Krishna’s Arrival: Traditionally people draw footprints with a special homemade flour made into a batter in houses to symbolise Krishna’s arrival at their homes. It is either drawn with hands or by immersing the kid’s leg into the batter and make them walk. My memory cherishes of having my kids step on the batter and then guiding them to walk all the way from our entrance of the home to pooja room. Kids love doing this as this is the only time we happily allow having their mark on the floor!

    Krishna’s Evening: The festival is celebrated in the evening as Krishna was born at midnight amidst chaos. This evening marks the avathar of Lord Vishnu /incarnation of God to put an end to the evil. Some people observe fast on this day and eat only after the midnight puja. In some of the parts of India, after Krishna’s midnight hour birth, statues of baby Krishna are washed and clothed, then placed in a cradle.

    Little Krishna: Another interesting and unique feature of this festival is that we dress up our kids as Krishna / Radha and they visit neighbors & friends. At school, when my daughter had to dress up like Radha, for this day, her happiness (mine too) was no bounds! Oh! What a stress buster to shop and dress up kids in special attire! I guess this is applicable only for girls, as my boy made me sweat out when I had to dress him up like Krishna for this day at his school!

    Maharashtra and some parts of India celebrate “Dahi handi” (like Uriyadi in Tamilnadu) – a sport to break earthen pots of dahi (curd / yoghurt) to symbolize Krishna’s sport of stealing of butter! The pots are kept out of reach in heights and people build human pyramids to reach the height & break the pot amidst hurdles.

    You can find a collection of popular gokulashtami recipes which includes seedai recipes, aval recipes, home butter, murukku recipes etc.

    GOKULASHTAMI RECIPES FULL COLLECTION

    rava laddu in a plate

    Must try for Krishna Jayanthi

    Uppu Seedai Recipe

    Seedai is a crispy snack offered to Lord Krishna in the auspicious occasion of Gokulashtami. Uppu Seedai is the salt version of seedai, a crispy and crunchy delicious snack. Learn how to make Uppu Seedai Recipe with easy tips to avoid bursting of seedai.
    Total time : 35 minutes minutes

    Vella Seedai Recipe | Sweet Seedai Recipe

    Vella Seedai is a crispy sweet snack made for Gokulashtami. Vella Seedai is also known as Sweet Seedai or Vella Cheedai. Sweet Seedai or Vella Seedai is easy to make and tastes delicious. Learn to make perfect Vellai Seedai Recipe with step by step pictures and video.
    Total time : 25 minutes minutes

    Sweet Appam Recipe

    Sweet Appam is a delicious South Indian snack made using wheat flour. This sweet appams are popularly made for many festivals but can made for evening snack as well. Sweet Appam is instant and quick to make and tastes delicious. Learn to make Sweet Appam is with step by step pictures and video.
    Total time : 25 minutes minutes
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    Thattai

    Thattai is a tasty, crispy snack made for Indian festivals like Gokulashtami, Diwali etc. Thattai is made by flat rolling rice flour dough and frying them in kadai. Thattai Recipe presented in this post with step by step pictures & video.
    Total time : 1 hour hour

    Aval Nanachathu | Sweet Aval | Sweet Poha

    Aval Nanachathu is a sweet snack made using flattened rice flakes with jaggery, ghee, coconut and cardamom powder. Aval Nanachathu or Sweet Aval is a no cook version very easy to make for any festivals especially Gokulashtami. Learn to make Aval Nanachathu with step by step pictures and video.
    Total time : 10 minutes minutes
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    Kai Murukku

    Kai Murukku is a tasty, traditional savoury snack made by swirling the murukku dough with hands instead of pressing through mould and then frying it. Kai Murukku is a treat for the evening tea time with a sweet and commonly made at home during Diwali, Krishna Jayanthi & special occasions.
    Total time : 45 minutes minutes
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    Rava Laddu Recipe | Rava Ladoo Recipe

    Rava ladoo is a popular Indian festive sweet made of rava / sooji (semolina), ghee, sugar and flavored with cardamom. Quick and easy recipe of rava laddu with step by step pictures featured in this edition.
    Total time : 25 minutes minutes

    Serving Suggestions

    Birthdays are meant to be celebrated and hence make, eat and share bountiful! I trust savories never crossed the date of expiry at our homes – just in case if you are an exception, be sure to consume it in 3-4 days. Savories are the preferred snacks anytime. I also love relishing it with Sambar sadam, curd sadam or with meals when we get lazy or busy preparing subzi / curry and I bet most of you would have done it to.

    FAQS

    1.How do we celebrate Krishna Jayanthi / Gokulashtami at home?

    We prepare 2-3 dishes (preferably Seedai and Aval / Rava Laddoo) in the afternoon. Draw footprints of Krishna from entrance of the home to the Pooja room – if you have toddlers at home, use their legs to draw footprint, else, fold the hand, place it vertically on the floor and place 5 small dots above it to draw the footprint. Gather all the family members late evening and do pooja with a Krishna Idol or photo! Relish the dishes and also share it with neighbors to make Krishna Jayanthi celebration just perfect!

    2.What are the 3 important and easy recipes for Gokulashtami?

    Seedai (a savory), Aval / Rava Urundai (sweet) and Appam (a snack)  and Murukku are easy, common and popular dishes for Gokulashtami.

    3.How do you make the batter for drawing the kolam or footprint of Krishna at homes?

    Take about a cup of rice flour and mix with an equal quantity of water. Blend it for a minute and batter is ready! Use a small piece of white cloth and drench in the watery flour mix to make it read for drawing the footprint. Though the traditional method is to soak raw rice for 2 hrs, grind it to batter and use it for drawing footprint.

    4.When is Krishna Jayanthi 2024?

    Krishna Jayanthi falls on 26th August, Monday. Check the timing for celebration with elders and enjoy the festival!

    aval puttu in a bowl

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    Gokulashtami Recipes | Krishna Jayanthi Recipes

    Gokulashtami Recipes or Krishna Jayanthi Recipes or Janmashtami Recipes collection featured here to make the festival exciting. It includes seedai, murukku, thattai, sweets, aval recipes etc. Gokulashtami also known as Krishna Jayanthi or Janmashtami marks the birthday of Lord Krishna.
    Prep Time2 hours hrs
    Cook Time3 hours hrs
    Total Time5 hours hrs
    Servings4
    AuthorSharmilee J

    Ingredients

    • Uppu seedai
    • Vella seedai
    • Sweet aval
    • Kai murukku
    • Appam
    • Thattai
    • Aval Kesari
    • Butter
    • Butter murukku
    • Rava Ladoo

    Homemade Flours

    • Rice flour
    • Urad dal flour

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    1. Kana

      January 23, 2019 at 5:43 pm

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      Delicious recipes..tq for sharing…
      Do you have athiresum the classical recipes…tq🤗🙏

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