Janmashtami Fasting Recipes

While you observe fast for your loved ones praying for their wellbeing to Lord Krishna on Krishna Janmashtami, it is important to stay healthy and fit. There are a number of fasting recipes that you can prepare on the fasting day to avoid acid reflux and indigestion. rnFood ingredients allowed in fasting recipesrnOnly certain food ingredients, fruits and spices are allowed to be used and consumed on the fasting day, which are as follows: Grains & flours – Kuttu (buckwheat), Rajgira (amaranth), Singhara (water chestnut), Araru (arrowroot), Sama chawal (barnyard millet), Sabudana (sago/tapioca pearls), Makhana (Foxnuts) Milk products & dry fruits – Milk, curd, butter, ghee, paneer, koya, condensed milk & all dry fruitsrnFruits & vegetables - All fruits can be eaten. Allowed vegetables include bottle gourd, potato, pumpkin, colocasia, yam, cucumber, sweet potato, plantain rnHerbs & spices – Rock salt, tamarind, peanuts, coconut, cumin, sugar, honey, cardamom, jaggery, cloves, lemon, green chili, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, dry mango powder, mint leaves, chaat masala, black saltrnHere are some healthy fasting recipes that you can try to complete the fasting procedure: Sabudana tikki – Patties or cutlets made with sago, potato and mild spices. These Tikkis can keep you full for a long time Aloo or Cucumber raita – Mix thick curd with boiled potato or plain cucumber with mild spices Fruit salad – Cut your favorite fruit/s into small pieces and mix with fresh curd or cream. You can also add some chaat masala to taste Sabudana thalipeeth – Very delicious and filling dish made out of sago, boiled potato, salt, peanuts and spicesrnSamvat rice khichdi – Yummy recipe made with barnyard millet and vegetable such as potatoes, pumpkin, beans etc. Sweet lassi – Filling cold drink of yoghurt, sugar and flavored with powdered cardamom Fruits and nuts milkshake – A milkshake with a filling fruit such as banana, apple or a mixture of fruits of your favor along with dry nuts and dates can fill your tummyrnPudina chaas – Deliciously flavored cold drink made of mint leaves and yoghurt Ladoo – Luscious round-shaped sweet made with coconut, dry fruits or nuts with condensed milk, sugar and ghee.For more Details https://www.astroved.com/astropedia/en/festivals/krishna-janmashtami