In this post you will find vrat recipes or fasting recipes, upvas (upwas) recipes, prasad (prasadam) recipes that are prepared during Indian festivals like 9 days of Navratri, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Karwa Chauth, Varalakshmi vratam (varamahalakshmi pooja), Shravan (Sawan) month, Shivratri, Diwali, etc.
There differences in how each of these festivals is celebrated all over India. For example – in parts of South India that I am familiar with, no fasting is kept during Navratri, instead, deities are worshiped, sweets are offered as naivedyam to goddess Lakshmi and then served in form of prasad (prasadam) to all devotees. Whereas, in some parts of North and Western India, fasting (upvas or vrat) is kept on these 9 days of Navratri.
Even the fasting rules vary from one region to another and the same fasting rules will be applied even for Ekadashi, Shravan, Shivratri, Ashtami, or any religious fasting you do on a weekly basis. For example, after I started blogging, I got to know from my fellow bloggers that sabudana is one of the main dish you can eat during vrat but in my hometown, sabudana is not typically consumed on fasting days. Of course, these traditions are changing thanks to food bloggers and social media, and rightly so.
But in general fasting recipes are quick and easy to make. Most of the spices and grains are not used, with no meat, no marination, no onion, and no garlic.
What are the fasting or vrat rules followed in your region? Do comment below. Based on dishes you can eat click on image or link to get the full recipe.
To know more about 9 days of Navratri vrat and fasting and importance of each day visit my blog on Navratri recipes.
Sweet recipes for vrat, fasting, upvas and prasad (prasadam)
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Snacks, Breakfast, Main course (Lunch and Dinner) recipes for vrat, fasting, upvas and prasad (prasadam)
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![poha mixture, chivda, spicy snack for deepawali, diwali](https://www.cookwithkushi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_3395_.jpg")
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60 + vrat or fasting recipes, upvas (upwas) recipes, prasad (prasadam recipes) that are made during Indian festivals like 9 days of Navratri, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Karwa chauth, Varalakshmi vratam (varamahalakshmi pooja), Shravan month, shivratri, Ekadashi, Ram Navami.
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You have a great collection of fasting recipes here. What a help this will be to so many! Thanks for sharing these!
What a great round-up of recipes! I’m bookmarking the chilled banana pudding!
Love all these options and they look so tasty, thanks for sharing all of these! Yum!
I love how easy these recipes are! They all look amazing!
All these recipes look so good! I can’t wait to get my hands on a few of them.
Amazing list with tons of great recipes for this type of fasting. Will definitely keep this on hand.
What a wonderful roundup. I have bookmarked some to try.
You have such a variety of delicious recipes. Love this roudup! So interesting to know that fasting depends on fasting rules that vary between regions.
So many delicious fasting recipes here! I didn’t realize there were so many regional differences regarding fasting, but I guess it makes sense too!
I can see so many recipes in this collection that I want to try! First will be the pistachio almond fudge and the instant banana dosa. What a great way to learn about the holiday dishes.
Wow, what a great collection of recipes here – I certainly want to make a few, the almond pistachio fudge, rice vermicelli and the set rice appo have particularly caught my attention and would love to give these a try asap. Thanks for sharing!
Oooh! What a great roundup of fasting recipes. I love how diverse and varied the Indian subcontinent is.
These are great options for any time of the year. Thank you for collecting such a long list of delicious recipes.
What a delicious selection of recipes, perfect for making and sharing with friends, I love the sound of the spicy potato curry and pumpkin in coconut gravy. Thanks for sharing.
I want to try them all as they all look delicious! Thank you for sharing such yummy treats!
Such a wonderful colllection of sweet and savory recipes. Loe each one of them, they are like treasure for fasting days.
This is just an amazing collection of vrat recipes. I just love each and every recipes here.
What a wonderful collection of sweet and savory recipes! I love the chickpeas one- can’t wait to make it.
Thanks so much for sharing the roundup! Really great resource of fasting recipes that I have not seen too often.
What an informative post!! I love reading about these festivals and different fastings – now I need to make me some of these delicious recipes!! They all look so great!!
Every recipe on this list is amazing. Super delicious and yum. Cant wait to try some of these as soon as possible. Thanks
Wow! You have an incredible list of vrat fasting recipes and they’re all look so delicious and tasty. It makes me hungry and crave for it.
What an incredible list! I love the diversity in ingredients and recipes. Plus, I love that you shared about the differences in fasting from city to city. So interesting!
So many great option here, that’s an amazing post! Thank you for sharing this!
What a fantastic collection of recipes! Every one of them looks so delicious. I think that pistachio almond fudge is calling my name. 😋
All of these recipes look so good but I really love the rice and pudding dishes.
What a great collection of delicious recipe! I already found so many that I want to try! Saving this page!
You have great collection of vrat recipes! Most of them are perfect to celebrate festivals as well.