Navratri 2022: Fasting rules and food

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NAVRATRI 2022: FASTING RULES AND FOOD

• 1. Fruits: Fruits are the most healthy to eat during Navratri fasting. Some devotees only prefer to have only fruits and milk throughout the nine days. There is no restriction to in having only one particular fruit. You can eat all types of fruits and enjoy their amazing benefits.
• 2. Sabudana Khichdi and Sabudana Ladoo: During the Navratri fast, a popular dish is sabudana khichdi. It’s made with sago and dried lentils, making it a very digestible food. Rice, urad dal, moong dal, Bengal gramme, and chana dal are the main ingredients in this dish. If you want something sweet but don’t mind eating too much sugar or refined flour products, sabudana ladoo is another popular dish you can have during the Navratri fast.
• 3. Flour and Gains: In Navratri, Regular grains like wheat and rice are not allowed during fasting. So you should prefer buckwheat flour (Kuttu ka Atta) or Water chestnut flour (Singhare ka Atta) or Amarnath flour (Rajgira ka Atta). And instead of normal white rice, you can have barnyard millet (Samai ke Chawal).
• 4. Dairy Products and Vegetables: Digestive vegetables include drumsticks and bottle gourds. These vegetables are suitable for consumption during the fast. Also, Dairy products like cottage cheese, panner, ghee, malai, khoya are mostly consumed during Navratri fasting.
• 5. Food Items to Avoid: All fast and processed foods, foods prepared using onion and garlic should be abstained completely during Navratri. Non-vegetarian foods, eggs, alcohol, smoking are also a strict no-no. Legumes, lentils, rice flour, whole wheat flour and rava should also be avoided by devotees.

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