Navratras:  keep up the festive flavour!!

The festivities of Navratri begin from today. Along with the fun and frolic, it also brings along the nine-day fasting routine. In order to maintain good health, it is imperative that we follow a healthy diet and fast in a safe manner.

 Navratri fast are the perfect way of detox in a religious way. The fasting season is supposed to give us an opportunity to detox our bodies and remain fit, but many of us turn it into an excuse to gorge on sugary, salty and fatty dishes that don't contain staple rice and wheat. From chips to halwa, everything is part of navaratri food.

Healthy Navratri diet plan

·         Start your day with a cup of green tea and two dates

·         For breakfast, eat fruits, nuts and raisins

·         Have milkshake/ kheer/ coconut water around noon

·         For lunch, eat sabudana khichdi/ kuttu ki roti with lauki/ arbi sabzi and a glass of butter milk with rock salt

·         Mid afternoon, have fruit yoghurt

·         In the evening, eat aloo chat or aloo palak salad

·         For dinner, start with vegetable soup, a bowl of salad with kuttu ki roti and sabzi add on with low-fat lauki halwa/ carrot halwa

·         Before sleeping, have a glass of skimmed milk