What
can you eat in Navratras Fast
It’s
a myth I feel that during fast we starve ourselves! In fact the opposite is true
for the Navratras fasting period of 7-8 days. There are some who eat only
fruits and some who eat proper meal once a day during the fast. If you’re
keeping it for 1-2 days, usually for the first and last day fast, you can
easily have a few options to choose from. But the ones who keep it for the
whole week many a time get too bored with monotony of eating fruit every day.
There are several options of food to choose from what you can eat during the
navratri fasts. Care must be taken to use only Swaang ke chawal (special small rice
variety for this fast), Saenda namak (uniodized salt for fast) and Kuttu or Singhade
ka atta (flour for the fast as wheat or rice cannot be consumed).
Foods
you can consume without worry during the Navratras fast ( or any fast where you
cannot consume regular grains and vegetables) :
·
Food made with Sabudana or Tapioca
·
Dishes made with Kuttu or Singhade ka atta
·
Dishes made with potato (without using any
other vegetable)
Now
the list of foods and dishes you can make and eat during fast.
·
Aloo ka Halwa (sweet mashed potato with milk
and sugar)
·
Sabudana Chips
·
Sabudana Wada
·
Sabudana Kheer
·
Kuttu ki tikki ( fried Kuttu cutlets)
·
Aloo tikki (potato cutlets)
·
Kuttu ki roti
·
Usual meal during fast – Kuttu ki roti, alu
jeera sabji and curd
The
common foods you can consume:
· Tea
·
Coffee
·
Curd, plain
or flavored
·
Soft drinks
·
Fresh fruit
juices (packaged ones have salt and other flavorings)
·
Homemade ice-creams
/ fruit shakes
·
Nuts and
raisins
· For the ones
with sweet tooth, you can make frozen fruit yogurts as well!
So
enjoy this Navratri with so many great options to choose from. The fasts are
kept for the peace of mind not merely for the sake of the rituals. So be happy
this Navratri season and make it more Festive than Fastive!
what not to eat man?
ReplyDeleteanything which is not mentioned here :)
DeleteIt depends on how religiously you keep it. If you keep all 7-8 fasts, then you're not supposed to any root vegetables or grains. But in almost all instances, you should not have non vegetarian food, eggs, garlic, onions and alcohol.
ReplyDeletedonno why potato is considered fine , though that grew inside earth.
DeleteI believe maybe because it's a modified stem, not a root. Infact during fast, we are not allowed to eat what grows above. That's why no grains.
DeleteTo all religious goons here .its perfectly ok to have roots in fast #if any body is Jain then the view may differ upon there convince.
DeleteI love this Chawal Ki Kheer recipe. Chawal Ki Kheer are my favorite
ReplyDeleteand I love to try different Chawal Ki Kheer. This Chawal Ki Kheer is
refreshingly new. I am going to try this.Can't wait to try
it.thank you for shearing your post. Regards, Chawal Ki Kheer
is it possible to eat dairy milk in navratri fasting
ReplyDeleteHi Deepesh, Sorry for a late reply, but I hope it can help during other fasting periods as well. You can eat dairy milk if you dont keep a very orthodox fast. Else you're not allowed to consume common salt.( which is present in chocolates) . You can only eat fast salt ( saenda namak)
DeleteIf we take fast for a week in Navratra, than we can eat a normal meal(without onion & garlic) in our dinner or not
DeleteIf we fast for a week in navratra than we can eat a normal food (without onion & garlic)in our dinner or not
ReplyDeleteCan we eat cauliflower, please tell
ReplyDeleteNo you can not eat cauliflower
DeleteCan we eat sweet corn
ReplyDeleteyes
DeleteNo
DeleteNo
DeleteNo sweet corn, no cauliflower
DeleteCan we eat clove, fennel seeds, cardamom ( black n green)
ReplyDeleteCan we eat tomato
ReplyDeleteyes you can eat tomatoes :)
Deletecan we eat Hing during Navratras or any other fast
ReplyDeleteCan we consume flax seeds, fennel and vanilla while fasting.??
ReplyDeletedid u get the answer ...if yes then pls reply me ....i want to ask about flax seeds
DeleteCorns??
ReplyDeleteSweet are allowed or not
ReplyDeleteCan we eat ginger and palak during navratra
ReplyDeleteCan we eat ginger and palak during navratra
ReplyDeleteCan we eat ginger and palak during navratra
ReplyDeleteyes you can. we drink ginger tea all the time. I'm not sure about palak..
DeleteCan we consume soft drinks? Coca cola or pepsi
ReplyDeleteCan we eat sweets. Like rasgulla, barfi, cham cham, kajy katli, chhena, etc.
ReplyDeleteCan we eat food that has corn syrup?
ReplyDeleteCan we eat Amul vanila ice cream in na ratri fast of 9 days
ReplyDeleteCan we eat cheddar cheese?
ReplyDeleteCan we eat cheddar cheese?
ReplyDeleteHi Readers. I have been away for while but am back now :)
ReplyDeleteTo answer your queries for future references -
You can eat any sort of sweets.
Any spices are fine - except onions or garlic powders
Soft drinks, cheese and ice cream and any flavoring agents are fine.
All veggies are ok which grow under the surface of earth.
Also, if you keep a very strict fast where you don't eat salt or only saenda salt, then please avoid cheese and icecreams or anything commercial which has salt.
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ReplyDeleteCan we eat Baking Soda and Baking powder?
ReplyDeleteHi any one can tell we can eat milk product like curd (dahi) there is 75mg sodium mentiion there
ReplyDeleteMake curd at your home and eat
DeleteDont eat from market
Can we eat mother dairy milk cake.
ReplyDeleteCan we eat mother dairy milk cake ??
ReplyDeleteCan you please confirm if we can eat brinjals during navratri???
ReplyDeleteCan you please confirm if we can eat brinjals during navratri???
ReplyDeleteCan we have Amul butter
ReplyDeleteCan we consume coffee I read somewhere that it is not allowed
ReplyDeleteHello
ReplyDeleteCan we eat flaxseeds in fasts
yes v can eat brinjals, but not amul butter it has salt in it
ReplyDeleteonly sendha namak is allowed
ReplyDeleteCan We add dhaniya Powder IN Navatari Fast Food
ReplyDeleteCan we drink coffe in Navratri fast
ReplyDeleteCan we drink coffee
ReplyDeleteCan v use sunflower oil for cooking or only ghee n peanut oil is allowed..
ReplyDeleteCan i use arrowroot to make potato tikki during navratri
ReplyDeleteCan I drink coffee. .?
ReplyDeleteis this real fasting cause we are allowed to take lots of things during navratri ?
ReplyDeletei guess fasting is like what people do in karwa chauth .
If you are doing a strict fast and not consuming amy salt and only black salt and no onion or garlic so don't consume the followings :
ReplyDeleteAmul butter
Amul lassi
Chesse
Soda drink ( apple juice is fine)
Chips
Chocolates
Flour chips
Maida
Cake
Etc.
Can we eat Dalia in fast
ReplyDeleteCan we eat chunkundar
ReplyDeleteCAN I DRINK PEPSI OR COKE IN NAVRATRA FAST?
ReplyDeleteCAN I DRINK PEPSI OR COKE IN NAVRATRI FAST?
ReplyDeleteCan we consume flax seed during the fast?
ReplyDeleteCan we eat Supari Elaichi
ReplyDeleteCan we eat Supari Elaichi
ReplyDeleteVery good ..thanks
ReplyDeletecan we eat arbi in fast
ReplyDeleteCan we rabdi ice cream
ReplyDeleteCan we eat baking soda in Navratri?
ReplyDeletecan we eat white rasgulla
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