Navratri Vrat Recipes

Navratri festivities give you a chance to get back to the roots and deviate from the day-to-day affair. Ingredients like kuttu atta, singhara atta, fresh vegetables, milk, yogurt andmakhanas are preferred as they are light on the stomach and can be digested easily. Instead of regular salt, rock salt or sendha namak is used as it is pure and unprocessed. Those who do not wish to fast may follow a vegetarian satvik diet where ingredients like garlic and onions that produce heat in the body are avoided to allow your body to detox.

Embrace the joy of the festival with the best of our fasting recipes. From old favourites to newer ones, indulge in a lot more than just the usual fare.

1. Sabudana Khichdi

Recipe by Niru Gupta

Sabudana is full of starch or carbohydrates which gives you the much needed energy boost while fasting. A light dish made with sabudana, peanuts and mild spices.

2. Kuttu Ka Dosa

Recipe by Gunjan Goela

This Navratri move over the usual kuttu puris and rustle up something different. A crisp dosa recipe made of kuttu ka atta (buckwheat flour) with a potato filling.

3. Singhare ke Atte ka Samosa

Recipe by Niru Gupta

Feast while fasting! Your favorite tea time snack made with fasting ingredients like water chestnut flour, sendha namak and a filling of spiced chironji.

4. Aloo ki Kadhi

Recipe by Niru Gupta

Tuck into the soothing flavors of this light and lovely curry made with the ever-so-versatile potatoes.

5. Low Fat Makhana Kheer

Recipe by Gunjan Goela

Desserts inspire a cheer, here's for you low fat kheer recipe made with makhana and nuts. Indulge without worrying about the weighing scale!

6. Khire ke Pakode

Recipe by Niru Gupta

Cool cucumbers fried crisp! These pakoras are one of the most loved fasting recipes. We bet you cannot stop at one bite!

7. Banana Walnut Lassi

Recipe by Aditya Bal & Devanshi

Charge up with this nourishing drink. Lassi made with the goodness of yogurt, bananas, honey  and walnuts.

Banana Walnut Lassi Recipe Video

8. Vratwale Chawal Ka Dhokla

Recipe by Niru Gupta

A fresh recipe that gives you a break from the usual fried pakoras and puris. Steamed dhoklasmade with samwat ke chawal. A healthy way to fast.

9. Kebab-e-Kela

Recipe by Niru Gupta

Fasting need not be boring anymore! Spiced banana kebabs that perfectly melt in your mouth and please your soul.

10. Chironji Ki Dal

Recipe by Niru Gupta




Slurp on something different during your fasting days. Here's a quick serving of dal made with chironji or chironji seeds.
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