Two easy Navratri vrat recipes for you & your family!

Hi everyone,
Wishing you all a happy Navaratri. May this Navratri bring peace and prosperity for you and your family.
I am sure you all are having lots of dandiya fun and many of you are fasting too for 9 days.
I am planning to keep fast for last 3 days of Navratri and hoping I would be able to follow the proper rituals for at least last 3 days.
In this post, I am sharing two easy fasting recipes, especially for Navratri. Hoping you liked it. Read the post to know more!
Two easy Navratri Vrat recipes for you and your family
Rajgira paratha

Ingredients
- Rajgira flour 2 cups
- Boiled potato 1
- Green chilly 3-4 finely chopped or you can use green chili paste too.
- Cumin seed 1 teaspoon
- Dry spices (red chili powder, coriander powder)
- Rock salt as per your taste
- Ghee as needed
- Coriander leaves as needed
Method
- First take Rajgeera flour in a bowl.
- Add boiled potato in this flour and mixed both things properly. You can adjust the quantity of potato after checking consistency of dough. It should not be too soft nor too hard.
- Now, add salt, cumin seed and other dry spices.
- Next, add green chili and finely chopped coriander leaves.
- Add, 2 teaspoon ghee as a Moin(for softness)
- Now, mixed all things properly. And knead the dough by adding little water.
- Prepare the dough and keep it aside for 10-15 minutes.
- Now, heat the tawa and make small balls from the dough.
- Roll the parathas like a routine way.
- Shallow fry it on a medium flame by adding little ghee.
- Shallow fry is from both sides, until it turns golden brown.
- Your healthy and tasty rajgira paratha is ready to eat.
My mom usually serves this with potato sabzi or tomato chutney.
Here I am sharing the tomato chutney recipe that is so tasty and healthy as well.
Tomato chutney

Ingredients
- Finely chopped tomato 3-4
- Green chilly finely chopped 3-4
- Cumin seed for tempering
- Dry spices (red chili powder, coriander powder) as per your taste
- Salt, sugar as per your taste
- Oil 1-2 teaspoon
Method
- First wash the tomato and chop them finely, and keep it aside in a bowl.
- Now, heat the oil and add cumin seed as tadka,
- After spluttering, add green chilies.
- When green chilies change its color, then add tomato.
- Add dry spices and salt.
- Cover the lid and wait for 5-10 minutes.
- Stir in between and check the consistency of tomato.
- When it becomes soft and tender, add 1 teaspoon sugar.
- Turn off the gas, and garnish the chutney with green coriander leaves.
- Now, serve this tomato chutney with Rajgira paratha.
- Your delicious fasting meal is ready to enjoy.
Second recipe
Mordhan ( moraiyo or sama chawal) khichdi

Ingredients
- Mordhan or sama chawal 1 cup
- Potato ½ cup (washed, and cut in fine pieces)
- Green chilies (3-4)
- Tomato ½ cup finely chopped
- Peanut (roasted and grinded)- 3-4 teaspoon or as per your taste
- Oil (2-3 teaspoon)
- Cumin seed (for tempering)
- Red chili powder, coriander powder and salt (as per your taste)
- Green coriander leaves (for garnishing)
Method
- First take Mordhan in a bowl and washed it 2-3 times with clean water. This step is very important, otherwise it may taste slightly bitter.
- Now, soak this for at least 20-30 minutes. Take 2-3 cup of clean water for soaking.
- Cut the potatoes and finely chopped the green chilies.
- Dry roast the peanuts and after cooling down, grind this as coarse powder (you may use whole peanuts, if you like)
- Heat the oil and add cumin seed as tempering.
- When cumin seeds get splutter, add green chili.
- Wait for few minutes, when green chilly changes its color, add potato and peanut mixture.
- As a next step, add dry spices (red chili powder, coriander powder and salt) and cover the lid for few minutes.
- After few minutes, when potato become slightly tender, add Mordhan.
- Now, add water (add approximately double water, means 2 cups here)
- Cover the lid and wait for 10-15 minutes.
- Stir in between once or twice.
- Check, and when Mordhan grains get cooked, add finely chopped tomatoes and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- After 2-3 minutes, turn off the gas. Your Mordhan Khichdi is ready to serve.
- If you want liquid consistency, then add more water and if you like dry consistency add less water.
- Garnish with green coriander leaves or grated coconut.
- Serve with simple curd or cucumber raita.
Variations
- You can use Mordhan in various other recipes too. Like Mordhan Pulav , follow all the steps that we use to make rice pulao, except use Mordhan instead of rice.
- “Mordhan Kheer ” is another exciting recipe. The recipe is same as Sooji or Semolina kheer. You just need to replace Sooji with mordhan.
- You can add the variety of vegetables in “Mordhan khichdi recipe”. (I had shared “fasting recipe”, so added potato only, for routine use you can add other vegetables of your choice to make it healthier)
So, these are two easy recipes for Navratri fasting. Which one you like more, share with me!
Read also: https://surbhiprapanna.com/2021/05/18/three-easy-salad-recipes-for-weight-loss/
22 Comments
Alpana Deo
I can have these recipes during non – vrat days too. My mom used to make rajgira poori. We don’t eat tomato during vrat. But I make this chutney on normal days. With moriyo, I usually make sweet.
ADITI
Wow … Nice recipies… I also do fast on Navratri for 2 days… Will do try these on my next fast .
Sindhu Vinod Narayan
I’ve had the paratha but the mordhan looks to be a nee dish that I haven’t heard of. I will definitely give this a try. Thank you for sharing
Sumita Mallick
Absolutely ? love these recipes. I will definitely going to try that tomato chutney recipe. Thanks for sharing
momcaptureslife
Wow … Nice recipes I will try this for next also do fast on Navratri .
rakshanagaraj
Wow both these recipes sound delicious. I would love to make the parantha and tomato chutney. Even though I do not fast, I can always try these recipes and have tasty food.
aditi
These vrat recipes are yummy! ? Even when I’m not observing a fast, the vrat food tempts me:)
Thanks for the tomato chutney recipe!
Noor Anand Chawla
Wow both are unique recipes! Unfortunately I’m allergic to amaranth but the other one I would love to try.
MeenalSonal
Sama chawal is one dish that is definitely cooked in Navratri, shall try Rajgira paratha as I always had poori of it.
energeticreads
I wasn’t aware of all these dishes. I knew just few of them but, they look amazing. Would suggest these recipes to others too. Thank you for this informative post.
Cindy D'Silva
Wow they both look yum. For sure will let my friends know about these awesome navrathri recipes. Thank you for listing them down so perfectly.
Harjeet Kaur
I hope your fasting went well, Surbhi. I have never tried Rajgira paratha or same rice. Noting them down for next time. Thank you for sharing these new recipes.
Rahul Prabhakar
I absolutely loved your recipe of the Rajgira paratha and tomato chutney. So detailed and step by step. I will also try to cook the Mordhan khichdi today. Looks like my weekend is sorted.
Ambica Gulati
I love these. They work throughout the year. And they are healthy and filling. Am surely trying them out.
Varsh
Nirdhan is called bhagar in my home. Never heard this word before. Both are my favourite recipes and sometimes the reason for me to fast too! A cup of dahi on the side completes the vrat spread.
Varsh
Mordhan* (Hate spellcheck!)
Jhilmil D Saha
Such wonderful recipes. Although I dont keep vrat during Navratri, I will love to make these any time. Mordhan looks so delicious.
Sandy N Vyjay
Both the recipes are really nice and perfect for Navratri or any other festival involving fasthing.. I especially liked the Rajgira Paratha and Tomdato chutney combo.
Snigdha
Both the recipes are my fav . Rajgira ka paratha and chutney combination is heaven.
Ruchie
Both recipes are so good and I used to make this chutney a lot during fast. Thanks for sharing!!
Indiacafe24
In Bengal we celebrate Durga Puja and that is the only Navratri we celebrate there. But in Bengal the celebration is different where we welcome Ma Durga and her family sending invitation to visit her Maika , this prithvi for a maternal visit. In these days best food is served and offered to her and so taking Non veg delicacies are allowed. On Ashtami almost in every house veg is prepared and on other days every type of food is welcome. But the recipes u shared are tempting and i am sure its yummy too.
Jeannine
Pratha is one of the food our household is able to adopt from our stay here in Singapore. My daughters absolutely love them though I must be honest to just but those ready made ones. This recipe is great so I can do one at home. Thanks