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Navratri Specials (Food Eaten During Navratri)

18-Oct-2007 by veerpradeep

1. No onion and garlic are used in the food during nine days

2. No chemical salt but only rock salt is used

3. Spices used are red chillies, cumin, black jeera, turmeric, choti elachi, saboot kali mirchi, khuskhus and water melon seeds

4. Fresh coriander, green chillies and ginger are used

5. Fruits, nuts, dry fruits, coconut, sugar, makhanna, and milk products like milk, yoghurt, cream and paneer are used

6. Flours used are -- Sighare ka atta, kottu ka atta, rajgiri ka atta, saboodana and arrowroot

7. Oil and ghee are used to cook food

8. Vegetables used are --

Potatoes

bhopla

sweet potato

arbi (colocassia)

raw papaya

raw banana

curry patta

lemon

water chestnut

suran (yam)

Comments

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Ganesh Dutta says :

Nice collections of navaratri foods!

Posted on: 18 October 2007 - 5:18am

shantihhh says :

Maybe translating each item into English would help non-Indians know what the items are. Shanti/Mary-Anne

Posted on: 18 October 2007 - 12:28pm

Sarah says :

Nice blog Special navaratri foods! Foodlover Sarah

Posted on: 19 October 2007 - 1:12pm

The photo of water chestnuts is very interesting and looks so different from what we buy called waterchestnuts. I wonder if they are the same. http://tinyurl.com/3x8wr3 and http://chinesefood.about.com/library/bld_w.htm (click for photo on link) I have never seen the water chestnut in your photo. Is it grown in the water? Very interesting! Shanti/Mary-Anne

Posted on: 25 October 2007 - 3:15pm

Snigdha says :

Yes Shanti, Indian Water Chestnuts/Caltrops (other names include Sringataka, Jalaphala, Trikonaphala) grows in water in tanks, ponds and lakes. The aquatic herb (the fruit kernel is edible) grows throughout India.

Posted on: 25 October 2007 - 4:15pm