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Recipes for Faraali and gluten-free dishes to make a simple yet filling thali for Navratri fasting days.
Navratri is the festival to celebrate and pray for Goddess Durga and it is celebrated with great enthusiasm all over India twice in a year, once in March-April and in September-October. This year Navratri starts from tomorrow and will last for eight days only.
Some people observe fast in North India for 9 days and eat only Faraali food that is supposed to be Saatvik means without onions and garlic. Actually, different families have different customs some people eat one time and others twice a day. Few people eat all the vegetables grown underground while some are restricted to only a few.
We observe the fast for nine days and eat only the Farali flours (like amaranth flour, buckwheat flour, chestnut flour, barnyard millet flour), potatoes, sweet potato, taro root, coriander, green chilies, mint and rock salt only. Besides these ingredients, we can eat milk and milk-based products, peanuts, fox nuts and dried fruits.
I am going to post 9 thali recipes for the 9 days of Navratri which is going to focus on what we eat during fasting.
So for the first day of Navratri in the thali, it is
Mint Chutney( It is the same recipe minus garlic )
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Stay tuned for the next Saatvik Thali.
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Best Regards,
Sapana Behl
Wow this saatvik thali looks absolutely prefect for me. Seriously i dont miss anything this comforting foods. Excellent thali Sapana.
So healful for everyone observing the fast!! Happy navratri Sapana !!
Hi,
Lovely idea to have special thali for fast
The thali spread looks yummy
Best Wishes
The thali looks awesome Sapana, I so love your fasting thalis that you always make. Reminds me that I should specifically make a note to refer these again..
Navratri thali is so filling and looking forward to rest of your Navarathri thalis.
Nine Thalis ! Wow ! I have yet to work on a fariyali Thali , love everything on that plate . Specially the fried pakoras ! Wow ! Great choice .
wow this faraali thali looks so scrumptious 🙂 I would love to eat them even when am not fasting, That is a nice post for navratri, perfect dishes to make for fasting .. Very Interesting thali there sapna..
I have friends who follow the navrathri fasting and I am amazed at how much of variety there is in Faraali recipes. This thali looks so filling. I am eyeing the sago kheer which is our favorite.
Saatvik Thali is very comforting and it looks like a feast. Nothing to miss. Yummy spread.
What a delicious thali that is Sapana. Everything looksso inviting — simple and hearty.
That is a great Sattvik Thali for Navratri. We can have a feast during fasting also. 😉
I love how we have such a wonderful variety of foods which we can eat while ‘fasting’. Everything in that plate looks so good.
Beautiful sapana, looks scrumptious!!!
All the items in this Navarathri thali is my favourite Sapana..Drroling over your pics!
what a gorgeous thali – looks so delicious