Holistic eating on Shivratri

Shivratri, is a major Hindu festival. Lord Shiva embodies three main qualities that is benevolence, truth and beauty and these celebrations are done mainly to remind people that Shiva had a helping hand in “overcoming darkness and ignorance” in life and in the world.

So stop being ignorant and eat food intelligently so that you too can overcome all the darkness in your life. Follow this diet and take heed of the table so you eat smart.

• Water.
• Fruit + coconut water.
• Dry Fruits - raisins 3tbsp or 4 figs or 5 dates or 6 dried.
• Apricots.
• Cucumber salad with grated coconut + white gourd vegetable + rajgira roti or vari rice curd.
• Nuts - a handful.
• White gourd soup + potato pattice or yam pattice or sweet potato or raw banana with mint chutney.
• Cook in cow’s ghee and add rock salt and lemon wherever necessary

It is said that your true nature is Shiva himself and Shiva is peace, infinity, beauty and the non-dual one. So on this day celebrate the soul or spirit within yourself and get peace in your body by eating these sattvick foods.

Samo Rice

Ingredients

• 1 cup barnyard millet (samo) rice
• 250 gms white gourd
• 2 cup water
• ½ tsp cumin seeds
• 1 green chili
• 1 tsp grated ginger paste
• 2 tbsp grated fresh coconut (optional)
• 2 tbsp chopped coriander
• ½ tbsp cow’s ghee
• Rock salt to taste

Method

• Dry roast samo rice till it turns light brown.
• Heat in a pan, add cumin seeds, green chili, ginger paste and grated coconut. Saute for 1 minute.
• Add white gourd and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add samo rice, rock salt and mix well.
• Add 2 cups hot water and mix well.
• Cover and lower the gas.
• Cook for 5 to 7 minutes or till all the water is absorbed and rice becomes soft.
• Garnish it with coriander and serve

CHOOSE THIS…	…OVER THIS
Banyard Millet (Sama) Khichdi	Sago (Sabudana) Khichdi
Potato Pattice pan fried	Potato chips
Fruit Smoothie	Milk shake
Makhana	Potato wafers
Amaranth (Rajgira) Thepla	Amaranth (Rajgira) Puri
White Gourd (Doodhi) Vegetable	Potato Vegetable
Water chestnut (Singhara) Atta	Water Chestnut (Singhada) Atta
Kheer No ghee	Sheera
Fruit Yogurt	Shrikhand
Buttermilk salty	Sweet Lassi
Potato/ Sweet potato chat	Sago (Sabudana) Wada
Fruit	Fruit Juice
Dry fruit	Dry fruit sandesh