Menus get a Navratri revamp to cater to those on fast

 For those fasting se nine Navratris days, eating out can be quite a challenge with a host of s.  garlic, onion, wheat flour and regular salt eir  but a feast awaits m outside ir homes should y decide t to cook. 

Restaurants, fine dining and casual, are cooking up feasts for fast, dishing out staples like kuttu (buckwheat) pooris' and curating special menus with a touch of exotic like kafir lime paneer tikka  with pineapple chutney'. Operating within a strict diet regimen that rules out many vegetables and all kinds of meats and alcohol of course restaurateurs are ensuring that fasters' need t worry about ir religious bindings. 

invations are plenty. White salt is substituted with rock salt, wheat flour with buckwheat flour, also kwn as 'kuttu ka atta', and rice with samak', a kind of millet. From sals and fritters to variants of 'sabudana (tapioca) khichdi' and custards, eateries have whipped up recipes to give fast' food a culinary revamp.

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At Cha Bar, which has multiple outlets across Delhi-NCR region, those fasting can gorge on potato fritters, humble pakoda', and 'saatvik' (without onion, garlic) sal me of potatoes seasoned with lightly roasted sesame seeds and rock salt, and khichdi' me of sabudana' with potatoes and peanuts, all for Rs 120.

Culina 44 at Taj City Centre in Gurgaon is giving those fasting a chance to relish flavours from across country. Apart from regular Navratri thali, y bring to table special festive thalis from Bengal, Gujarat, Punjab and south India.

"This Navratri, we thought of doing something different. Apart from regular Navratri thali, we are celebrating thalis from across country - rth, south, east and west of India,' said Abhijeet Thakre, executive chef at Taj City Centre.

"All dishes in se thalis are prepared with saatvik' ingredients. One can savour 'Bengali boger khichuri', a Durga Puja speciality prepared with moong dal' and an assortment of vegetables from east. re is also 'kobij nu kachumbar', cabb tempered with mustard seeds from west and 'cheppamkarumhu' , crispy fried colocasia spiced with button chillies and kha pras' ( famous semolina 'halwa' served in gurdwaras) from rth," he ded. 

Some places like Kiyan by Roseate, close to border with Gurgaon, and Imperfecto Shor Cafe at Aerocity complex near airport are keeping it old school with tritional recipes. special Navratri thali at Kiyan has delicacies such as 'kafir lime paneer tikka' with pineapple chutney, 'paneer bhujia', stir fried cott cheese, 'khatta meetha petha' (sweet and sour pumpkin), a samak' pulao with pomegranate seeds and green apple and mint raita'.

Imperfecto Shor Cafe has decided to entertain sudden hunger pangs of all those on a fast and everyone else with good food, even at odd hours.One can walk in anytime, even for a midnight binge session with restaurant functional 24x7 during festive season.

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Those who do t want to step out of ir homes while fasting, but are also bored of usual fast food, can choose from a handcrafted and nutritious collection by Caterspoint in Gurgaon that has on offer nine s of 'sabudana khichdi', nine custards, nine shakes, nine 'kheer' and much more.

Also on menu is a caramelised nut banana sabudana khichdi, herbalicious coconut sabudana khichdi, cocktail fruit crunch sal, bami kesariya sabudana kheer (pudding me of almonds, saffron and tapioca), sweet tangerine cranberry custard, herb roasted cutlet, a sweet potato masala cutlet, all me sans onion and garlic.

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se items can be paired with lip smacking bevers like blackcurrant lavender shake, queen pineapple juice, caramel banana ginger smoothie, and veg berry breakfast smoothie.

So go out, or t, but make sure you eat to your heart's content. Navratri is celebrated in rrn and western India over a span of nine days to celebrate goddess Durga's triumph over buffalo demon Mahishasur. During festival, nine different forms of deity are worshipped. nine days end on Monday.

Those fasting are expected follow certain dietary rules, due to popular belief that practising abstinence will get m closer to god.

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