Happy Mahashivratri 2023 : 5 Foods You Can Have While Observing Fast

Mahashivratri is one of the most significant and widely celebrated Hindu festivals. It is celebrated in honour of Lord Shiva. Mahashivratri literally translates to the ‘Great night of Shiva’. During the festival day, devotees used to fast for the blessings of lord Siva. So, here we can check what food items we can have in a day.

Potatoes: There is no bar on potato-based dishes, provided it has no onion, garlic, ginger or turmeric. It is permitted to have rock salt. You can have potatoes in form of a plain soothing curry.

2. Non Cereal Dishes
Non-cereal dishes made of sabudana (tapioca pearls), buckwheat or ragi are permitted during the fasting. Sabudana (tapioca) khichdi, sabudana pakora, sabudana vada, are some popular dishes consumed by devotees across the world on this special day.

3. Milk-Based Beverages And Desserts
It is said that Lord Shiva is very fond of milk. Each year Shiva devotees offer milk to the Shiva lingam. Milk is also consumed widely during the fast. Both milk and milk-based beverages make for popular picks during the fast. You can have thandai, badaam doodh (almond milk) makhane ki kheer, sabudana kheer during fasting.

4. Pakodas and Vadas
For snacks, try potato pakoda, and raw banana vadas. Make sure it is not made with spices that are not permissible to consume during fasting. As far as spices are concerned, experts say that one may use cumin or cumin powder, black pepper powder, green cardamom, cinnamon, ajwain, black peppercorn. You can add a dash of rock salt also.

5. Fruits and Dry Fruits
As mentioned earlier, devotees who can’t observe the nirjala fast, take a meal containing fruits, milk and water, called fruits. You can have fruit chaats, fruit salads and fruit milkshakes. In addition to fruits, you can also munch on a wide variety of dry fruits. Almonds, walnuts, dates, cashews, raisins and dried apricots all make for good munching options.

 

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