Holi is a Hindu festival that is renowned for its celebration of bright colors.
It usually takes place in March, marking the beginning of spring, with religious ceremonies that include dancing, singing and throwing coloured paint. This year, it takes place on March 14.
Across South Asia, Holi is a euphoric day in which streets are transformed with technicolours. But if you’re not able to make it across the ocean, you can celebrate Holi in London too.
Indulge at Babur’s Holi Party
Chefs at Barbur get ready for Holi
Barbar
Indian restaurant Babur will be serving a five-course tasting menu, including the likes of Savour Rang Barse Dahi Vad, a lentil doughnut with sweet yogurt, tamarind, pomegranate and mint chutney and Rangoli Gulab Jamun Ki Chat, multicoloured milk dumplings adorned with saffron rabdi, betel leaf and sugared rose petals.
March 13, tickets are £70pp including a welcome drink of Thandai and live entertainment. The tasting menu will also be available from March 14 to March 16 for £59.95pp. Barbur, 119 Brockley Rise, SE23 1JP, babur.info
Drink Desi Daru Vodka at The May Fair Bar
Drinkj desi daru vodka at the may fair bar
Desi Daru Vodka The May Fair Bar
Indian liquor company Desi Daru have teamed up with The May Fair Bar to create a limited edition cocktail, ‘Exuberance’, a delicious blend of mango, Desi Daru vodka, jaggery and a mix of aromatic Indian spices. It’s served with a bespoke snack too.
The ‘Exuberance’ cocktail is available from March 13 to March 15 for £10. The May Fair Bar, Stratton St, W1J 8LT, themayfairhotel.co.uk
Celebrate at Cinnamon Kitchen’s House of Holi
Holi celebrations at Cinnamon Kitchen.
Johnny Stephens Photography
For the past eight years, Indian restaurant Cinnamon Kitchen has been hosting a Holi event at Devonshire Square. Guests are invited to throw colourful paint on one another for half an hour and savour a limited-edition menu, featuring traditional Indian dishes and Holi-inspired cocktails.
Until March 16, tickets from £10. Cinnamon Kitchen, Western Courtyard, Devonshire Square, EC2M 4Y, cinnamon-kitchen.com
Munch multicoloured momos
Eat Momo are offering multicoloured momos
EatMOMO
Several London restaurants are serving multicoloured momos for Holi, including Nepali restaurant Eat Momo and Indo-Chinese eatery Fatt Pundit.
Eat Momo has collaborated with chefs Kushal Rai from The Cocochine and Esther Lalthlanpuii from A Wong, creating a vibrantly-coloured dough, made with natural dyes extracted from turmeric, spinach and beetroot.
Colorful momos will be available between March 10 to 16 at Eat Momo, Arch 229, 1 Bank End, London, SE1 9FJ, eatmomo.uk. They will be available March 12 to 16 at Fatt Pundit, at both the Soho and Covent Garden locations, fattpundit.co.uk
Dine at the opulent Colonel Saab
Luxury Indian restaurant Colonel Saab is offering diners a suitably colourful tasting menu, alongside a list of delicious cocktails inspired by Indian regions.
Indulge in a tasting menu at Colonel Saab
Colonel can
Ongoing, £80pp. Colonel Saab, Trafalgar Square and Holborn restaurants, colonelsaab.co.uk