Navratri2023 is here and the festive vibe is hard to miss. Navratri is widely known to worship the 9 divine types of Goddess Durga. Devotees attempt to please their beloved deity with plentiful prayers and choices. The interval of 9 days is taken into account to be very auspicious for Hindus. Some devotees additionally observe ritualistic Navratrifasts, where they eat simple, clean, vegetarian sattvik food. While some observe the fasts for all nine days, some keep them in jodas (couple), picking only two days of the nine-day long festival. There are multiple do’s and don’ts that one has to keep an account of, while preparing the special vrat ka khana. One is not allowed to have any meat, eggs, grains, legumes or lentils. Vrat favourites like kuttu (buckwheat), singhara atta (water chestnut) are used as alternatives to the common wheat flour (atta), and veggies like potato and lauki dominate the curried preparations. There are many spices that you can and cannot use too. Here is a list of them. 

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Spices You Can Have During Navratri 

Most of you’ll know that you just can not use the common desk salt whereas making ready particular vrat ka khana. One is meant to make use of rock salt or sendha namak; it’s thought of because the superior salt as it’s pure and never subjected to processing.  Similarly, there are lots of spices that you just can not use. Since it’s the time to eat mild and cleanse your self from inside, an excessive amount of spicy meals may give rise to tamas guna ( attributes of chaos and destruction). According to Hindu and historic Ayurvedic understanding, meals may be divided into three classes, relying upon their nature and the response they set off within the physique after consumption. These three classes are as follows:
 
1. Raajasic meals

2. Taamasic meals

3. Sattvik meals

The phrase ‘sattvik’ comes from the phrase ‘sattva‘, which suggests the one that’s pure, pure, very important, energetic and clear. Vegetables like bottle gourd and pumpkin are sattvik greens that you would be able to take pleasure in through the fasts. Similarly, there are various delicate spices that you would be able to have throughout Navratri vrat too. Here is an inventory. 

1. Cumin or cumin Powder

2. Green cardamom

3. Cloves

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4. Cinnamon

5. Ajwain

6. Black peppercorn

7. Dry pomegranate seeds

8. Kokum

9. Tamarind

10. Nutmeg

Spices You Cannot Have During Navratri: 

1. Asafoetida (hing)

2. Turmeric (haldi)

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3. Mustard

4. Fenugreek seeds(methidana)

5. Garam Masala

6. Dhania (coriander)

Some folks additionally use contemporary coriander leaves, purple chili powder, dry mango powder, chaat masala (particularly with fruits) whereas some might not use them. Quite a bit is dependent upon the devotee’s beliefs and household traditions.

Here’s wishing you all a really Happy Navratri 2023!