Vrat Recipes | 45+ Indian Fasting & Upvas Recipes for Every Festival

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Vrat Recipes | 45+ Indian Fasting & Upvas Recipes for Every Festival

Looking for easy vrat, fasting, and upvas recipes? This collection has plenty of ideas for every festival meal and special occasion. From filling vrat breakfasts like sabudana khichdi and dosa to satisfying lunch and dinner made with potatoes, samak chawal, paneer, rajgira, and other common ingredients, there is something for everyone. These recipes suit fasting occasions, pooja, and Hindu festivals, including Navratri, Ekadashi, Shivratri, Sai Guruvar, Sankashti, Janmashtami, Panchami, Gowri Ganesha Chaturthi, Adhika Masam, Varalakshmi Vratam, Karwa Chauth, Somwar Vrat, Shravan, and other vrat days. Because fasting traditions differ across India and from one family to another, check the ingredients permitted in your tradition before making a recipe.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Snack, sweets

Cuisine: Indian

Diet: Vegetarian

Servings:

Calories: 188kcal

Author: Kushi

Equipment

Bowl

Ingredients

Rajgira Paratha or Roti

1 cup Rajgira atta (Amaranth flour)
2 Potatoes, boiled and mashed
2 Green chilies, finely chopped
Rock salt or sendha namak to taste
Homemade ghee, for cooking

Instructions

Vrat Paratha or Roti

Mix the ingredients, sprinkle water as need and knead to form a smooth dough.
1 cup Rajgira atta, 2 Potatoes, boiled and mashed, 2 Green chilies, finely chopped, Rock salt or sendha namak to taste, Homemade ghee, for cooking
Divide the dough into equal portions and shape them into balls.
Roll out each ball into round-shaped paratha.
Heat tawa or griddle. Cook the paratha on medium flame on both sides until golden; apply ghee during cooking on both sides.
Serve hot with any chutney or raita, and enjoy.

Notes

You can use kuttu ka atta, also called buckwheat flour, instead of rajgira flour to make paratha or roti. The steps remain the same.
Some other popular Indian fasting, upvas, and vrat recipes include popular Maharashtrian sabudana khichdi, crispy sabudana vada, apple halwa without any flour, sama chawal upma, or pulao, mango lassi. You can check the entire food list above.

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