Two things are very common in India – extravagant festivals and deliciously mouth-watering festival-special delicacies! Indians are known for celebrating festivals with a little extra exuberance, and Navaratri is no different.
Delicious food will always fill our festivals with flavors, especially when it comes to Vrat Food! During the nine days of Navratri, Hindus observe a fast. So, to make your fast more flavorful, here are some scrumptious Navratri vrat recipes.
Easy Navratri Vrat Recipes You can Try at Home!
To make your Navaratri more delicious and amazingly savory, we have compiled a list of delicious Navratri Fasting Recipes that you might not have heard of before!
Treat your loved ones during this festival with these drool-worthy Navratri Recipes, as they are easy to make and mouth-wateringly delicious!
- Kela and Paneer Balls
- Banana Chips
- Sabudana Idli
- Sabudana Chilla
- Sabudana Tikki
- Rajgira Paratha Wrap with Sabudana Tikki
- Vrat ki Kadhi
- Kuttu Dosa
- Vrat ke Jeera Aloo
- Kashmiri Mirch Aloo
- Samak Tikki
- Singhare ka Halwa
Kela and Paneer Balls
This kela and Paneer balls recipe is a special Navratri Vrat recipe made using cottage cheese and unripened banana. Tender from the inside and crispy from the outside – try this delicious Navratri recipe and fill your festival with flavors.
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 10 min
Cooking Time: 10 min
Servings: 8 to 9 small balls
Ingredients
- Two unripened bananas
- ½ cup of cottage cheese (paneer), crumbled
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander leaves
- 2 tsp ginger-chilli paste
- 1 tbsp coarsely ground unsalted peanuts
- 2 tbsp farali atta or singhara atta (flour)
- oil for frying
- Salt to taste
Method to Prepare
- Take unripened bananas and get rid of the stalk and tail parts from them.
- Microwave these bananas on high for about 4 minutes without removing their skin.
- After 3 min, take the bananas out and allow them to cool down.
- After they are cooled, get rid of the banana skin with a knife.
- Using a fork or hands, mash the bananas.
- Now, add crumbled paneer, freshly chopped coriander leaves, ginger chillis paste, coarsely ground unsalted peanuts, farali atta (flour) & salt to taste.
- Mix well and prepare a mixture as in Tikki.
- Make small balls out of the mixture.
- Heat oil for frying.
- Once it is hot, carefully put the paneer and banana balls into the oil and fry them on medium heat.
- Keep the balls frying and stirring intermittently till you get a golden color.
- Once you achieve the color, remove them from the oil and put them on a paper napkin.
- Serve hot with green chutney, and Enjoy!
Banana Chips
An interesting and easy deep-fried snack – this banana chips recipe will provide you with the best munching option when the hunger creeps in. Plus, it can be made very easily as these chips require only a handful of ingredients.
Quick Stats
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Servings: 1 big bowl
Ingredients
- 4 large raw banana
- Oil for frying (you can use coconut oil for the authentic taste)
- Black pepper powder for garnishing
Method to Prepare
- Firstly, slit the banana.
- Now, carefully skin the banana.
- Peel off the skin completely. If it is sticky, grease your hands with oil.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a deep frying pan.
- Now, slice the banana to medium thickness on a plate.
- Then, deep fry these banana slices in hot oil.
- Ensure you spread and drop the slices into the oil to avoid sticking.
- Stir occasionally and fry the chips on medium flame.
- Fry for 10 to 12 minutes, until it turns crispy but not golden brown.
- Remove them to a paper napkins-lined plate to absorb excess oil.
- Sprinkle a generous amount of black pepper powder.
- Your chips are ready.
- Enjoy!
Sabudana Idli
Sabudana idli is a healthy breakfast for busy mornings with no grinding and no hassle. This idli is one of the most common breakfast recipes in South Indian households. Try this one of the best Navratri recipes and serve it with chutney to enjoy a tummy-filling breakfast during the fasting season!
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 15 to 20 idlis
Ingredients
- ½ cup of sabudana
- 1 cup idli rava / rice rava
- 2 cups curd
- 1-2 cup of water
- salt to taste
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 16 cashews
- oil to grease idli molds
Method to Prepare
- Firstly, in a large mixing bowl, take sabudana.
- Furthermore, add 1 cup of idli Rava. Rinse them well if they are not clean.
- Add 2 cups of sour curd. Add a cup of water to the mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Let the batter rest and ferment it for at least 8 hours.
- Mix the batter well. Make sure you do not mash as the pearls of sabudana may break.
- Now, add ¼-½ cup water as required to adjust the consistency of the idli batter. Also, add some salt to taste.
- Add a pinch of baking soda into the batter, give it a good stir till it turns frothy, and instantly slide them for steaming.
- Grease the plate with oil and put cashew in it.
- Now, immediately pour the batter into the mold. Avoid resting the batter.
- Steam it for 8-10 mins on medium flame. Then let the idlis rest in the mold for around 5 minutes and unmold.
- Serve hot with sambar, and enjoy!
Sabudana Chilla Recipe
A healthy and tasting fasting recipe made with sabudana pearls, this chilla recipe will present you with a unique sabudana recipe. Crispy from the outside and tender from the inside, these mildly spiced pancakes will surely satisfy your cravings during vrat.
Quick Stats
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Servings: 15 chilla
Ingredients
- 1 cup sabudana / sago
- ¾ cup water (for soaking)
- 1 potato / aloo (boiled & grated)
- 1 tsp cumin/jeera
- 1 chilli (finely chopped)
- ½ tsp ginger paste
- ½ tsp pepper powder
- 2 tbsp curry leaves (chopped)
- ¼ cup kuttu atta/buckwheat flour
- ¾ tsp salt
- 1 cup water
- Oil for roasting
Method to Prepare
- Firstly, add 1 cup of sabudana to a large bowl.
- Add enough water, rub, and rinse at least 3 times until the water runs clean.
- Then, add 3/4 cup of water and soak for about 6 hours.
- Now, take your soaked sabudana and transfer it into a blender.
- Add two cups of water and blend to a smooth paste. You can add more water if required.
- Add this paste to a bowl. Then, add potato, cumin, chilli, and ginger paste.
- Sprinkle black pepper powder, curry leaves, kuttu flour, and salt.
- Pour one cup of water and mix well to form a thick batter.
- Let the batter rest for 10 minutes.
- Now, pour a ladleful of batter onto a hot pan and spread gently.
- Pour one 1 teaspoon of oil over the chilla and roast on medium flame.
- Flip the chilla and cook both sides.
- Your chilla is ready.
- Serve it with green chutney, and enjoy!
Sabudana Tikki
Do you have some sabudana left from the previous recipe? If yes, then don’t throw them away! This Tikki made from the sabudana Tikki recipe will help you make a savory delight to enjoy during Navratri fast. Try this one of the most delicious Navratri Vrat Recipes and enjoy some crispy snacks!
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 6 serves
Ingredients
- 250 grams sabudana
- One potato
- ¼ cup coriander leaves
- 1 cup refined oil
- 1/4 teaspoon red chilli powder
- Two large green chilli
- rock salt as required
- 1/4 cup roasted peanuts
Method to Prepare
- First, soak sabudana in water for around 2 to 3 hours.
- When they turn fluffy, get rid of the excess water and transfer sabudana to a bowl.
- Add boiled potatoes to a big bowl and mash them thoroughly with your hands.
- Then, throw in crushed roasted peanuts, chopped green chillies, red chilli powder, rock salt, coriander leaves, and drained sabudana.
- Make small tikkis with this potato mixture. Make sure that they are soggy.
- Heat oil in a pan over medium to moderate heat.
- Once the oil is hot, carefully slide the tikkis in it, and deep fry them until they are crispy and brown.
- Serve them with peanut chutney and beaten curd.
Read More: Sabudana Kheer Recipe – Special Sweet for Vrat!
Rajgira Paratha Wrap with Sabudana Tikki
Do you have some sabudana Tikki left? If yes, then it is time to use them for good! Make a Rajgira paratha and add these leftover tikkis to make one of the most delicious and fantastic Navratri Vrat Recipes!
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 wraps
Ingredients
- 1.5 cup of amaranth flour (rajgira atta)
- Four small to medium potatoes, mashed
- One teaspoon cumin powder
- 2 or 4 green chilies, finely chopped
- Rock salt, as required
- Ghee or oil as required
Method to Prepare
- First, take a bowl and add rajgira atta, salt, ginger paste, chopped chillies, cilantro, and mashed potatoes. Mix them thoroughly.
- Now, add ghee and yogurt to the bowl and mix it. Knead the dough.
- Add two tablespoons of water to knead the dough perfectly. It will help you make a smooth, soft dough.
- Keep the dough inside a bowl, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rest for about half an hour.
- Make five small smooth balls from the dough.
- Roll each ball very gently as rajgira will make it crumbly. Achieving smooth edges for the paratha will be hard. So, keep rolling and keep sealing edges.
- Now, heat a skillet on a medium flame and put the prepared paratha on it.
- Once you see the bubbles, flip the paratha and cook it for a few more seconds.
- Apply some ghee to it and flip it again. Then, gently press it with a spatula and cook until you see brown spots on the bottom side.
- Heat the leftover sabudana tikkis and put them inside the prepared paratha.
- Now, heat the paratha for a few minutes and put them in a serving dish.
- Serve these wraps with your favorite chutney, and enjoy!
Vrat ki Kadhi
An easy, light and lovely curry made using potatoes, chilies, and singhare ka atta – this kadhi is an excellent recipe for the Navratri fasts. Try this Vrat ki kadhi with potato cubes swimming in them, and pack a delicious punch during the Navratri festival.
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 serves
Ingredients
- ½ Kg Potatoes (peeled & mashed), boiled
- 2 tsp Rock salt
- ¼ tsp Chilli powder
- ½ cup Singhare ka atta
- For deep-frying oil
- ½ cup Sour yogurt
- One sprig of Curry leaf
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds
- 2 Whole red chilies
- 1 tbsp Ginger, chopped
- ½ tsp Coriander powder
- 4 cups water
- Coriander leaves, for garnishing
Method to Prepare
- Add potatoes, salt, chilli powder, and singhare ka atta to a bowl.
- Set aside ¼ of this thick batter and use the rest for making pakoras.
- Now, take a deep skillet and add oil to it. Heat it until it is hot enough for frying.
- Carefully slide spoonfuls of batter into the oil and cook it on a lower flame till they are golden.
- Now, add yogurt to the remaining mixture and make a smooth paste by adding water.
- Take a deep skillet, and reheat around two tablespoons of oil, curry leaves, cumin seeds, and whole red chillies.
- Once they are darkened, throw in chopped ginger and sauté for a few seconds.
- Now, add the yogurt mixture to the cooked spices and also add salt and coriander powder.
- Bring them to a boil and simmer over low heat; your kadhi will be thickened a bit. Make sure you stir it frequently to avoid scorching.
- Now, add the prepared aloo pakoras into the kadhi and simmer it for a few more minutes.
- Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.
Kuttu Dosa
Eliminate the cliched kuttu puri from this year’s Navratri fasting recipe menu and make a delicious dosa filled with potatoes. Made from using buckwheat flour and colocasia – kuttu dosa is one of the best alternatives to the deep-fried pooris or pakoras made using kuttu.
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
For Dosa
- 1 cup Buckwheat flour | Kuttu Atta
- 2 Tablespoon Yogurt
- 1/2 Teaspoon Rock Salt
- 1/2 Cup Water
- 2 Tablespoon Oil
For Stuffing
- 2 Boiled Potatoes Medium Size – Mashed
- 1 Green chili Chopped
- 1 Teaspoon Ginger Grated
- 1/3 Teaspoon Cumin Seeds
- 1/4 Teaspoon Black pepper powder
- 1 Teaspoon Rock Salt As Per Taste
- 1 Tablespoon Oil
Method to Prepare
- Add yogurt and buckwheat flour to a mixing bowl and whisk them with ½ cup of water to make a smooth batter. Now, add salt to the batter and mix it again.
- Now, take a pan, heat it on a medium flame, and pour one tablespoon of oil. Once it’s warm, add Cumin seeds.
- Now, add ginger and chopped chili and sauté them for a minute.
- Then, sprinkle rock salt and black pepper powder, and add potatoes.
- Mix thoroughly and switch off the flame.
- Now, take a dosa pan and heat it on a low flame.
- Pour one ladle of batter on the pan and spread it round like you are making dosa.
- Cook it for a minute and drizzle some oil over it. Cook it for one more minute.
- Now, stuff the dosa with the prepared filling in the middle.
- Scrap the side parts with a spatula and fold them.
- Serve them hot with chutney, and enjoy!
Vrat ke Jeera Aloo Recipe
A flavorful and delectable vrat special delicacy made with potatoes, cumin, special spices, and herbs – you are just going to munch on these amazing potatoes. It is not only quicker to make but easier to digest too!
Quick Stats
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2 to 3 serves
Ingredients
- 4 potatoes, boiled, chopped and peeled
- 2 green chillis, chopped
- 2 teaspoons Jeera/cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1/2 tablespoon oil
- Rock salt, as required
Method to Prepare
- Take a small kadhai and heat the oil in it.
- Now, add jeera at low flame and let them splutter and change their colour.
- Add chopped green chillis and saute for one minute.
- Then, add chopped potatoes and give everything a good stir.
- Add rock salt as required and stir again.
- Switch off the flame and add lime juice. Mix up everything.
- Your Vrat ke jeera aloo is ready.
- Serve warm, and enjoy!
Kashmiri Mirch Aloo
Potatoes are a special ingredient when you are making Navratri Fasting Recipes. This savory and flavorful Kashmiri Mirch Aloo will tantalize your taste buds and keep your tummy full during fasting.
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 3 to 5 serves
Ingredients
- Four medium-sized potatoes, sliced
- 4 cups water
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp coarsely crushed pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1½ tsp degi mirch
- 2 tsp fennel seeds (saunf) – crushed
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 2+2 tbsp ghee or butter
- 1 tbsp juliennes of ginger
- some flat pieces of fresh coconut – optional
- ½ tsp green cardamom (elaichi) powder
- coriander sprigs or chopped coriander leaves
Method to Prepare
- Take a large cooker and add 4 cups of water, one teaspoon of each salt, degi mirch, and lemon juice. Then add sliced potatoes to it and boil them for about 5 minutes.
- Take a big non-stick pan and saute the boiled potatoes with two tablespoons of ghee until golden.
- Now, heat two tablespoons of ghee and add crushed pepper and ginger. Cook them until they are a little crisp.
- After a few seconds, add coarsely crushed fennel seeds, half teaspoon degi mirch, and cook it for a minute.
- Now, add water and bring it to a boil. Once the water is boiled, add potatoes.
- Add salt as per your taste and cook the potato for one more minute.
- Take spiced potatoes on a serving plate and sprinkle some coconut, green cardamom powder, and coriander.
- Serve it, and enjoy!
Samak Tikki
This Tikki is one of the most savored Navratri Vrat Recipes in the Northern parts of India during the Navratri festival. The reason is simple; you can only eat food that is satvik and free of grains and pulses. Hence, this Samak Tikki has become a household item for people who are fasting. Try this tasty and crispy Sawa ke chawal ki Tikki and make your Navaratri deliciously unforgettable!
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 10 tikkis
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Samak chawal (Moraiyo)
- 1 cup Water
- One medium potato, boiled, peeled, and mashed
- 1 ½ teaspoons Ginger paste
- Two green chilies finely chopped
- Two tablespoons of coriander leaves, finely chopped
- One teaspoon cumin seeds
- ¼ teaspoon of black pepper powder
- Two teaspoon lemon juice
- Rock salt, to taste
- Oil to deep fry
Method to Prepare
- Wash and soak samak rice for around 10 minutes. Discard soaking water, take rice to the pan.
- Now, add one cup of water to the pan and bring it to a boil.
- Once it starts to boil, reduce the flame to low, and cover-cook the pan for about 20 minutes.
- Remove the rice to a bowl and let them cool.
- Take cooked chawal into a bowl.
- Add the rest of the Tikki ingredients into the bowl, except the oil. Mix them thoroughly.
- Make tikkis using the rice mixture.
- meanwhile, heat oil in a deep frying pan over a medium flame.
- Once the oil is hot, slide a few cutlets at a time.
- Turn the Tikki once it is brown from one side.
- Drain the excess oil using a slotted spoon.
- Remove it to a paper towel-lined plate.
- Serve these tikkis with your favorite chutney, and enjoy!
Singhare ka Halwa
Singhara flour plays a massive role in Indian festivals, especially if you are looking for Navratri Vrat recipes. Today, we are bringing singhare ka halwa in the easiest way possible! All you will need are just five ingredients, and boom! Your quickfire halwa recipe is ready to enjoy.
Quick Stats
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Servings: 4 serves
Ingredients
- 1 cup singhara atta (water chestnut flour)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon powdered green cardamom
- 3 1/2 tablespoon ghee
- 2 cup water
- mixed dry fruits as required
Method to Prepare
- First, heat three tablespoons of ghee in a frying pan and pour singhare ka atta. Keep the flame medium and cook it for around 5 minutes, till it is brown.
- Meanwhile, pour two cups of water into a small deep-bottomed pan and bring it to a boil.
- Once it is boiled, pour it into the roasted singhara flour. Stir while you are adding the water to avoid any lumps forming.
- Keep stirring it continuously till the mixture has a thick consistency.
- Now, add in cardamoms and stir to dissolve the sugar completely and get an even flavor.
- Add the rest of the oil when you see the halwa leaving the sides of the pan.
- Garnish it with some dry fruits.
- Serve it hot or cold, and enjoy!
Read more: Rajgira Halwa Recipe for Fasting
Final Words
These unique Navratri Recipes are delicious and can be prepared in a jiffy. So, if you are looking for amazing Navratri Vrat Recipes – try these dishes and tantalize your taste buds during the festival of Navratri!
Janmashtami recipes can also be a great option as fasting recipes for Navaratri. Read here.
