On the day of Holi, everyone looks drenched in colors. This is a day to forget enmity, embrace each other and celebrate happiness together. In earlier times, people used to play Holi by making colors at home and it started long ago, but in today’s time, most of the people buy colors from the market which are made of chemicals. Some colors come in such a way that it is difficult to clean them from the skin, which causes problems like rashes, rashes and allergies. It is best to play Holi with Gulal. However, now even the gulal available in the market has started containing chemicals, so let us know how you can make different colored organic gulal at home.
You do not need many ingredients to make gulal at home and all the ingredients added to it are easily available in most homes. These are not very expensive either. So let us know how to make green, pink, orange and yellow gulal, which are the most popular colors for playing Holi.
How to make yellow gulal?
If you want to make yellow colored organic gulal, then use turmeric for it, but do not take packet turmeric nor buy loose powder from the market. For this, either prepare the powder by grinding lumps of turmeric at home and then make gulal from it. Apart from this, another option is to use raw turmeric to make gulal.
It is best that you grind raw turmeric with some water in a grinder and make a paste. Put it in a cotton or muslin cloth and squeeze out the juice. Now add arrowroot or corn starch in it. After this, keep it in the sun to dry. After this, put it in the grinder again and run it on pulse mode once or twice. Your yellow organic gulal is ready which will not harm the skin in any way.
How to make pink gulal?
Just as you made yellow gulal using raw turmeric, in the same way you have to make pink gulal using beetroot. The method will remain exactly the same. Extract beetroot juice, add corn starch, dry it in the sun and grind it. If you want dark color then use more beetroot juice and if you want blooming pink color then use more amount of corn starch or arrowroot. If you want, you can also use roses for pink gulal or prepare gulal with pomegranate juice.
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How to make green gulal?
If you want to make green gulal, then you can take any green leafy vegetable for it. However, spinach is used the most because green colored gulal is prepared from it. First chop the spinach. Then grind it. Extract the juice and add corn starch to it and then dry it and grind it to prepare gulal.
How to make Orange Gulal?
If you want to make orange colored gulal, then you will have to use Palash flowers for this. These flowers are easily available in spring. You have to grind a lot of Palash flowers. In this you have to prepare a paste by mixing rice flour, corn starch or arrowroot. After drying it in the sun, put it again in the grinder and grind it. In this way your organic gulal of different colors will be ready.
Do this work for fragrance
If you want fragrance in your homemade gulal, you can add a few drops of perfume while grinding it. Apart from this, you can also add essential oil of your choice like lavender, kewra, khus, sandalwood oil. Apart from this, the simplest way is to add a little rose water while grinding the gulal. After grinding, spread the gulal on a plate for some time and it is ready.
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