Vrat Special Thali | easy vrat ki thali recipe
Fasting is an important part of many Indian Festivals like Navratri, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Karwa Chauth, Varalakshmi vratam (varamahalakshmi pooja), Shravan (Sawan) month, Diwali & more.
During Navratri or Mahashivratri or any day when we are fasting, we always think of recipes that we can prepare for our fast, that are easy and quick. Today we will be sharing with you vrat special recipes. All the recipes that we are sharing are easy-to-prepare and can be prepared quickly.
Vrat ki thali menu
- Raw Banana Sabzi | kache kele ki sabzi
- Farali Kadhi
- Rajgira Paratha
- Singhara Atta Halwa
More Vrat Recipes on the blog –
How to make Farali Flour at home
Sama Rice Pulao
Sabudana Khichdi
Vrat ka Dhokla
Raw Banana Chivda
Sama ke chawal ki kheer
Vrat Special Thali
Vrat Special Thali | easy vrat ki thali recipe
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Ingredients (1 cup = 240 ml)
Raw Banana Sabzi | kache kele ki sabzi
- 2 raw bananas (kache kele), washed, peeled and cut into 1/4 inch round slices
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 dry red chilli broken & deseeded
- 1 green chili cut into 2 pieces or finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds/jeera
- ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder/haldi
- ½ teaspoon cumin/jeera powder
- salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds/til
- lemon juice to taste
Farali Kadhi
- 1 cup curd/dahi
- ½ - 1 cup water
- 1 tablespoon rajgira flour/amaranth flour
For the tempering
- ½ teaspoon oil
- ½ teaspoon ghee
- 2-3 cloves
- 2-3 elaichi/cardamom
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon stick
- 2-3 black pepper
- 1 green chilli, cut into 2 pieces
- 5-8 curry leaves/kadipatta
- ½ teaspoon cumin seeds/jeera
- an inch piece of ginger, thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon jaggery (adjust to taste)
- salt to taste
Singhare Atte Ka Sheera (Halwa) Recipe | Water Chestnut Flour Halwa Recipe
- ½ cup singhare ka atta / water chestnut flour
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon ghee
- 1 cup hot water
- sliced nuts for garnishing
Rajgira Paratha Recipe | vrat special paratha | rajgira thepla
- 1 cup rajgira/amaranth flour
- 1 tablespoon oil + oil for making parathas
- 1 small boiled potato, grated
- ½ teaspoon jeera/cumin seeds
- 1-2 green chillies, finely chopped
- salt to taste
- warm water for kneading dough
Instructions
Raw Banana Sabzi | kache kele ki sabzi
- Heat oil in a non-stick pan on a medium flame. Add dry red chilli, green chilli and jeera.
- Then add raw banana slices and mix well. Cover and cook on a low-medium flame for 10 minutes. Open the lid and stir after 5 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, add salt, turmeric powder and jeera powder. Mix well, cover and cook on a low-medium flame for 5-10 minutes or until it gets completely done. Keep stirring in-between.
- Once raw bananas are cooked, switch off the flame. Add sesame seeds and lemon juice.Raw Banana sabji is ready to be served.
Farali Kadhi
- In a bowl, take curd and rajgira flour and whisk well. Add ½ cup water. Beat till no lumps remain. Keep aside. Later you can adjust water as per desired consistency.
- Heat the oil and ghee in a kadai/pan. Add cloves, cinnamon stick, elaichi and pepper.
- Mix and then add green chillies, curry leaves, jeera and ginger and sauté for a few seconds.
- Add the prepared curd-flour-water mixture, salt and jaggery. Mix well and bring to a boil while stirring continuously. Add more water if you find the consistency thick.
- Reduce the flame and simmer for 3-4 minutes, while stirring occasionally.Farali kadhi is ready to serve.
Singhare Atte Ka Sheera (Halwa) Recipe | Water Chestnut Flour Halwa Recipe
- Heat ghee in a pan and add singhara atta and roast on a medium flame for 6 – 7 minutes. Flour will change its color and will turn aromatic. Keep stirring.
- Add 1 cup boiling water to the ghee+flour mixture and stir on a medium flame.
- As soon as all the moisture is absorbed, add sugar and stir till sugar dissolves. Turn off the flame and garnish with sliced nuts. Singhara atta halwa is ready to be served.
Rajgira Paratha Recipe | vrat special paratha | rajgira thepla
- In a wide bowl, take rajgira flour, 1 tablespoon oil, grated boiled potato, jeera, green chillies and salt.
- Add warm water gradually and knead into semi soft dough. It should not be too hard nor sticky. Add little oil and knead.
- Prepare the dough just before making parathas. Do not leave the dough for long after kneading, or else it will become sticky.
- Divide the dough into equal portions. Dust a little flour and roll in to make theplas/parathas of medium thickness.
- Heat a tawa/non stick pan on medium heat and place paratha. Flip the paratha after 30-40 seconds. Drizzle some oil and spread evenly on it and flip it again.
- Press it with spatula and spread some more oil on top side and flip it again and press with spatula. Cook till golden brown spots appears on both sides.
- Repeat the same steps to make more parathas. Rajgira parathas are ready to serve.
sheenam @ thetwincookingproject
Everything looks absolutely yummy.
Drashti & Bela
Thank you 🙂