Fasting recipes are special food items for auspicious days and festivals. Here is a collection of 20 easy fasting recipes to help you get some idea on what to eat on those days.
20+ Easy Fasting Recipes | Falahaar Recipes
India is a place of spiritual and religious significance. In India, there are many festivals and occasions when people observe fast to show their respect, love, and faith for our deities.
These occasions can include weekly fasts, Navratri, Ekadashi, Shivratri, Pradesh, and many more. I fast every Monday. Similarly, all seven days are devoted to some deities, and devotees observe fasts on particular days. There are so many days you can't actually keep a count of them.
In India, fasting rules vary from community to community, place to place. One can eat certain ingredients as per their rule, but others may not add that to their vrat food. For example, We don't eat cumin seeds, chilies, coriander leaves, curry leaves, many vegetables, or ground spices.
So, while making my fasting recipes, I keep in mind to avoid these ingredients. However, a maximum number of people are allowed to have them. So, before deciding on your menu for fasting, check with your family members first.
Use refined oil and ghee to cook on these days. Complete no to mustard oil.
Below, find the cereals and vegetables commonly used for fasting recipes.
Cereals
- Kuttu (buckwheat)
- Singhara (water chestnut)
- Rajgira (Amaranth)
- Sama Chawal (Little millet)
- Quinoa
Vegetable
- potatoes
- Arbi
- Kashifal (pumpkin)
- bottle gourd
- tomato
- green chilli
- coriander leaves
- curry leaves
- mint leaves
Spices
- cumin seeds
- coriander powder
- cumin powder
- red chilli powder
- black pepper powder
- rock salt
Some easy fasting recipes
1. Kuttu Pakode - Easy Fasting Recipes
Kuttu pakode or kuttu chips is made from kuttu atta or buckwheat flour. This gluten-free flour is widely used as a pulse during fasting or falahar. Kuttu is more prevalent in North and Central India. This is an easy and quick fasting recipe.
2. Kuttu Chips
Kuttu pakode can be made in two ways. One with boiled potatoes and another as sliced chips. Both are tasty, but these chips are crispy. This is super easy to make and takes no time to make kuttu chips.