9 Healthy foods you can eat during the Navratri Festival

Healthy foods you can eat during the Navratri Festival

The auspicious festival of Navratri has arrived and people are so excited to celebrate it in their own unique way. Some are excited to play Dandiya and Garba, while some involve in various sorts of pooja of the holy 9 goddesses. Also, there are some among us who keep fast for the complete 9 days in order to welcome this nine-day long festival. So, it is important that you include foods and drinks that are nutritious and at the same time align well in the fasting rituals. While sacrificing food during Navratri is an act of denial for materialistic needs to attain higher spiritual quests and receive the almighty’s blessing but even doctors prescribe it as it detoxifies our body with high and natural foods like fruits, dairy products, and dry fruits.

As you are fasting, it is important to take care of your health so that you don’t end up with a bad health. Given below are 10 healthy foods which would not only go with your fasting but would also keep you energized and healthy during the whole Navratri festival:

1. Kuttu Atta (buckwheat flour):

Kuttu Atta

It is a very efficient detoxifier and goes well with fasts. It is a high fiber flour that fills our stomach and makes us feel full while fasting.

2. Sabudana (sago/tapioca pearls):

Sabudana

Sabudana is rich in taste and high in carbohydrates to boost the much-needed energy during fasts. They are easy to digest and gives a cooling effect to the body.

3. Sama Chawal (barnyard millet):

Sama Chawal

This can replace rice for those who have a habit of eating rice every day. They are high in fibre and provide lots of energy.

4. Makhana (fox nuts):

Makhana

It is a popular fasting food and comes loaded with antioxidants and acts as an anti-ageing food by preventing white hair, wrinkles, and premature aging.

5. Dry Fruits:

Dry Fruits

Dry Fruits serve as a good option while fasting as they provide lots of energy with very little.

6. Fruits and vegetables:

Fruits

A bowl full of fruits and vegetables could be best for you to satiate your hunger and also feel energized during a fast. Potato, Tomato, Carrot, spinach, etc. are some vegetables that are used during fasts.

7. Dairy Products:

shrikhand

Milk, Curd, lassi, etc. are good for any holy occasion so consume them and celebrate Navratri with full energy.

8. Herbs and spices: People don’t believe in consuming salt during ‘vrats’ or fasts so use items like sendha namak cumin seeds, green cardamom, cloves, etc. to add flavor to your food.

9. Other foods: Other items like coconut, sugar, honey, jaggery, lemon, coriander leaves, curry leaves, ginger etc. could also be consumed during Navratri fasts.

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