Category: Navratri food

Lauki Ki Kheer Recipe (Step by Step)

“Lauki ki Kheer” (लौकी की खीर), also known as Bottle Gourd Pudding, Bottle Gourd Pasayam, Doodhi Kheer is a healthy, easy to digest and very refreshing dessert made with bottle gourd. This kheer is mainly made in my house during auspicious Navratri days, when we keep fast and can’t consume the regular rice kheer. It is surprisingly very easy and quick to make. Who says Navratri food needs to be boring? My platter is always full of such tasty food even during Navratri. This kheer recipe is a testament of many such tasty Navratri recipes.

Whilst Lauki / Bottle Gourd Kofta curry is my favourite, but this dessert (Kheer) also leads in the things my guests love.

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Paneer Potato Cutlet Recipe – Paneer Aloo Tikki

Paneer Potato cutlets or tikki is a well known Indian starter, and is something which is easy to make, delicious and mass pleaser. Normally, it popular in north of India, however owing to its popularity, its finding its place in people’s heart across India and rest of the world. A massive majority of people love paneer. Usually paneer cutlets are made primarily with paneer only. However, here I have infused potatoes to add carbs along with paneer (protein). My recipe here is with the focus of people who observe fast (Hindu fast, such as during Navratri, Shivratri, etc). I will also explain, how you can make it so that it is not only specific to fasting days.

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Vegan and Date & Fig Rolls Recipe

Date and Fig rolls : My lovely readers, you have seen all sorts of recipes on this blog. Whilst I try to cook healthy, there are few recipes where it yields food which has high calorific content or not suitable for Vegans. Hence, I thought I will share something which is more vegan friendly as well as ticks the boxes of those following Paleo diet too. This is Date and Fig roll, are perfect energy balls, which is a no-cook recipe too.

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Kuttu Ki Poori Recipe | Buckwheat Flour Puri | Your Food Fantasy

Kuttu (Buckwheat flour) poori recipe | vrat ki poori recipe

Kuttu ke Puri (कूटु के आटे की पूरी) is something which is most commonly consumed during the days of religious fasting e.g. Navratri, Shivratri, Ekadashi. This buckwheat flour poori (puffed bread) is not much different from normal puri, except that here I add grated boiled potato in the dough for that added flavour. There are few other flours like Amaranth (Rajgira) flour and Water chestnut (singhara) flour, which can be used to make fasting (vrat) food. Here I am sharing the step by step pictorial recipe of Buckwheat flour poori.

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Makhane Ke Cutlet - Foxnut Seeds Cutlet Recipe | Your Food Fantasy by Meenu Gupta

Makhane Ke Cutlet | Lotus Seeds Cutlet

Recently I tried Makhana Kheer, then I thought why not try out something different with Makhana / Lotus Seeds? My quest led me to try out these cutlets made from Makhana, something which I would call easy to make. A perfect starter for any day, and best you can have it during Navratri and whilst fasting. Below is my detailed step by step pictorial recipe of “Makhana Cutlet (मखाना कटलेट) or Lotus / Foxnut seeds cutlet”.

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Makhana Kheer | Lotus or Foxnut Seeds Pudding

Makhana Kheer Recipe – I often hear my fellow friends saying they don’t get time to cook or cooking takes time, and this means dessert is one thing which normally goes out of window. I am sharing this step by step pudding recipe of Lotus seeds, also known as Foxnut seeds which can be made in jiffy. It is more commonly known as “Makhane Ke Kheer” (मखाने की खीर).  

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Kuttu Ka Dosa

Who says that vrat ka khana (Fasting food) is either boring or laden with Oil. “Kuttu ka dosa” or “Falahari Dosa” or “Vrat ka dosa” is a great option for those who want to avoid eating Kuttu in fried pooris (puffed indian bread) or pakoris.

These Buckwheat Crepes / Pancakes are instant and gluten-free. As the recipe doesn’t require any soaking and grinding, they require very less time and effort, and all this comes with no compromise on tastes. This recipe produces a crisp buckwheat dosa, and the filling is made of potatoes. It is a good source of protein, iron, zinc.
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