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If you are fasting this Navratra, then the restaurants all over Tricity have taken upon themselves to make you feast to your heart’s content.
During Navratra, the whole idea of fasting brings us back to food which we are trying to stay away from. Fighting the inner craving to eat ‘the forbidden’ is one thing, but the real test lies in making something sumptuous from the limited ingredients allowed during the Vrat, the ones which we rarely find on our cooking shelf. Don’t worry! Top restaurants of Chandigarh come to your rescue.
Chef speak
Chef Ashish Kumar, Sous Chef in JW Marriott- Chandigarh, throws some light upon the confusion that revolves around the Navratra cuisine and about the ingredients not to be used in the same, namely onion, garlic, and in some cases turmeric as well, while cooking.
“While the Navratra thali includes the ingredients like buckwheat flour, barnyard millet, tapioca pearls and most importantly rock salt, on the other hand, a Satvik meal is meant for people who are not fasting but prohibiting onion, garlic, meat and liquor in honour of goddess Durga,” he says.
Signature dishes
Kuttu aur shakkarkandi ke parathe: One of the major problems that we encounter while making something edible from buckwheat flour is that it comes out to be hard and dry. The answer to this is sweet potato, which when mashed and mixed with kuttu flour, will translate into healthier, softer and tastier paranthas.
Sabudana vada: If you love to indulge in South Indian delicacies, this might be the one for you while you fast throughout the nine days. It is no blood, sweat and tears, only tapioca pearls are used instead of black gram lentils to make vadas.
Aloo tikki chaat: Street food lovers would jump at it the moment they lay their eyes on lip-smacking snack which offers a dose of sweet and sour flavours of chutney made of healthy ingredients.
Samak ke rice: The most consumed meal during Navratra is barnyard millet cooked the same way as basmati rice.
Homemade banana ice-cream: This refreshment is intriguing even for those who are not fasting and have a sweet tooth. Available in Social, Sector 7, it is for those who can go without dessert.
Get it at
Hotel Mountview and Hotel ShivalikView present the special Navratra thali where you can enjoy a full three-course meal with a welcome drink. JW Marriott-Chandigarh is celebrating the nine days by not just offering Navratra thali but also providing an elaborate menu of Satvik food. Social’s Navratra menu is available during lunch and dinner hours.
from The Tribune http://bit.ly/2Uq7NMx
via Today’s News Headlines
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