May your life be filled with happiness on this pious festival of Navratri, Happy Navratri to everyone !!
In India during these nine days devotees observe fast. And normally use sabudana or tapioca, potatoes, different types of sugary desserts, fried snacks like puri, cutlets, chips etc. Sabudana, potatoes and fried foods all are full of carbs and calories. After nine days you will find increased weight. Why to take a break from your fat loss journey on these fasting days? These fasting food can effect our health. We use too much sabudana or tapioca on these days like sabudana khichdi, sabudana vada, sabudana kheer etc. These dishes are full of starch. Also avoid the dishes made of potatoes if you are on diet.
Let’s make a healthy diet chart for your fasting days. And obviously eat everything moderately and avoid over eating. Please add some protein in your diet. Consume yogurt, paneer, nuts and seeds in your every meal. You can get many satvik recipes here. Click here for recipes.
Breakfast – Mix different chopped fruit with yogurt, nuts and seeds and enjoy. Fruits will give enough sweetness so you don’t need to add any sweetener. Nuts and seeds will give a crunch. You will definitely love the healthy nutritious bowl. Make smoothie with fruits, yogurt, paneer or milk. You may like to try different types of smoothie recipes from this blog. Click here for the recipes of different types of smoothie.
Or try Mint orange lassi.
And here is a delicious halwa recipe for you
Buckwheat water chestnut halwa recipe.
Lunch – You can make barnyard millet or samak/sama rice with paneer, bottle gourd, cucumber or any vegetable curry and raita. Don’t forget to add paneer or cottage cheese and curd or yogurt in your diet.
You can try
Vrat ka cutlet or veg cutlets for fasting
Sabudana paratha with green peas and paneer
Evening snack – Instead of potato or sabudana cutlets, potato chips or any fried snacks try barnyard millet idli, a glass of butter milk or lassi with sea salt, black pepper, roasted cumin powder and mint. Green tea with roasted makhana or fox nut, roasted peanuts, cashews, walnut, almond or any nuts. Or take a plate full of fruit chaat with mixed seeds. All are absolutely delicious so you don’t have to compromise with taste. Get the recipe Barnyard millet idli here.
Or try Potato barnyard millet cutlets
Dinner – Make chilla with kuttu atta or buckwheat flour, singhara atta or water-chestnut flour, ground barnyard millet or samak rice stuffed with paneer. Make chilla with very little oil or ghee. Take a bowl of curd or yogurt in side. Or make cucumber or bottle gourd raita. Sweet potato is a very good option to serve as a snack or side dish with fasting meals. Peel and wash the sweet potatoes well. Chop into small pieces. Marinate with sea salt, black pepper powder and little oil or ghee. Spread on a baking tray. Air fry or roast in oven.
Also enjoy Apple coconut date kheer or pudding as a dessert. Take enough water, herbal tea, nimbu pani or lemonade, coconut water throughout the day. Also make delicious Saunf mishri sharbat to hydrate your body.
Happy fasting. Stay healthy, happy and blessed!
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