Know how to make sama vada, singhade ke aate ka chilla and potato halwa.- Note down the recipe of potato halwa, water chestnut flour chilla and sama vada.

Chaitra Navratri is celebrated with great pomp in India. Devotees celebrate this festival by fasting for nine days. Devotees celebrate this festival with great devotion and abstain from certain food items to offer their devotion to Goddess Durga. It is believed that fasting during Navratri purifies the body and soul and also brings good health and prosperity. Many people fast for the whole nine days, while some people fast on Ashtami before Navami. Whatever be your belief about fasting, we at Health Shots have brought you 3 delicious recipes that are good for your health too.

You can eat these recipes during fasting, which will give you a very pleasant experience. In Navratri we cannot eat everything but we can eat some things which are satvik. Like potatoes, whole grains, milk etc. So using these things, today we tell you some new and fun recipes.

Note down 3 wonderful recipes that can be eaten during fasting

1. Farali Sama Vada

for this you need

Sama rice flour 1 cup
Ghee 1 tsp
rock salt to taste
Cumin 1 tsp
White sesame seeds 1½ tbsp
Roasted unsalted peanut powder 2-3 tbsp
Green chili chopped 2-3
Chopped fresh coriander 2 tbsp
Grated ginger 1 tbsp
1 large potato, boiled and grated
oil for frying

How to make Farali Sama Vada

• Pour 1 cup of water in a deep pan, add ghee, rock salt and cumin seeds and mix. Add the boiling sama rice flour and mix well. Sprinkle 2-3 tbsp water, cover and cook for 3-4 minutes. Pour the mixture into a large bowl. Let it cool down a bit.
• Add white sesame seeds, groundnut powder, green chillies, coriander leaves, ginger and potatoes and mix well. Take small portions of the mixture and shape each portion into a ball. Flatten it slightly and give it the shape of a vada.
• Heat oil in a pan. Gently add the vadas a little at a time and fry till golden brown and crisp. Take out on absorbent paper. If you don’t want to deep fry it, you can also shallow fry it on a pan like a tikki.
• Place the vadas in a serving plate. Serve hot with curd.

2. Potato pudding

for this you need

Ghee ½ cup
Raisins 2 tbsp
Cashew nuts 2 tbsp
Almonds 8-10
3 large potatoes, boiled and mashed
Grated Mawa/Khoya ½ cup
sugar ½ cup
milk ¼ cup
Green cardamom powder ½ tsp
a pinch of saffron
chopped pistachios for garnish

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How to make potato pudding

• Heat ghee in a non stick pan, add raisins and cashews and fry till they turn golden brown. Add almonds and fry for a minute.
• Add potatoes, mix and fry for 2-3 minutes. When the potatoes are fried, add mawa, sugar, milk and small cardamom powder to it and mix and fry for 4-5 minutes.
• Add saffron and mix, cook for 1-2 minutes. Take the pan off the heat and transfer it to a serving bowl.
• Garnish with chopped pistachios and saffron.

3. Water chestnut flour cheela

for this you need

Water chestnut flour 1 cup
green coriander leaves finely chopped
rock salt as per taste
water ½ cup
Cumin 1 tsp
Black pepper powder ¼ tsp
Ghee

How to make water chestnut flour cheela

• Put water chestnut flour in a bowl, add green coriander, salt, cumin, black pepper and mix it well.
• a thik by pouring water into it Prepare the batter. Leave it covered for 10 minutes.
• Heat a griddle, pour ghee on it and spread the batter on the griddle. Cook well till it turns brown from both the sides.
• Serve hot cheela with curd.

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