Navratri Meal Plan

Navratri is a very auspicious time of the year and is celebrated over the period of 8-9 days. During this time period, devotees observe fast from the first day to the ninth day. People eat only one meal a day and that too phalahari.

The term phalahari or falahari refers to ‘phal’ that means fruit and ‘aahar’ means diet – meaning diet that contains fruits and veggies. During fasting days, people consume falahari diet that consist of fruits, vegetables, dry nuts and some dairy products. No onion and garlic is consumed in this diet and vrat recipes are prepared with few simple ingredients.

I follow a very simple diet and refrain from consuming onion and garlic meals in Navratri. But I do understand that some families follow a very restricted diet and avoid eating few spices and veggies that are mentioned in my recipes. Please leave them out and plan your meal accordingly. 

LINK TO – 2015 VRAT MEAL PLANNER

Cooking a meal is easy but planning that meal can be a daunting task. To help you get started I have penned down my this year’s Navratri MEAL PLAN. Feel free to make alterations and move around the recipes to suit your taste buds. Click on a recipe and it will open in the same page. Best viewed on Desktop. 🙂   More recipes will be added pretty soon to this meal planner .

January 1 Saturday Day 1	January 2 Sunday Day 2	January 3 Monday Day 3	January 4 Tuesday Day 4	January 5 Wednesday Day 5	January 6 Thursday Day 6	January 7 Friday Day 7
Lunch
Sabudana khichdi (2) Tawa Aloo Chaat (2)	Sama rice Idli or vrat ki idli (16) Sabudana Namkeen (3)	Vrat ka dhokla or Sama ke Chawal ka Dhokla (4) Sabudana Vrat Dosa (10)	Sawa Chawal and Sabudana Vrat Uttapam (7) Sawa ke chawal ki tikki and vada (10)	Vrat Rice Pulao, Sama chawal Pulao (2) Sweet Potato Cutlet (10)	Non Fried Sabudana vada (15)	Kala chana - Ashtami Prasad (4) Sooji Halwa - Ashtami Prasad (4)
ACCOMPANIMENT
Vrat ki Green Chutney (1)	Phalahari Vrat ki Chutney (1)	Cucumber and Mint Raita (4)	Vrat ki Green Chutney (1)	Vrat Dahi Vada or Dahi Bhalla (6)	Cucumber and Mint Raita (4)
DESSERT/DRINK
Coconut Ladoo (14) Strawberry and Mango Smoothie (2)	Strawberry Banana Smoothie (3) Almond Halwa or Badam ka Halwa (1)	Sabudana Ladoo (16)	Instant Rabri or Rabdi (2)	Kaju Pista Roll (24)	Tropical Smoothie Recipe (4) Dhaniya Panjiri (1)
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