Rediff reader Namrata Patel shares three delicious Navratri recipes. Check out!

Navrati, also popularly known as the 'Gujarati Sunburn' festival, has a lot of exciting things to look forward to.

For instance, F-O-O-D.

Just like the everyday khaana (food), upvas (fast) food can be equally delicious.

Here are three recipes you must try!

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Suran ki Sabji

 Ingredients

• 500 gm suran (yam)
• 50 gm curd
• 2 to 3 green chillies, finely chopped
• 1 tbsp oil or ghee (vrat or fast food is mostly made in ghee)
• 1 tsp jeera
• Curry leaves (both optional)
• Salt as required

For garnishing

• Coriander leaves, finely chopped

Method

• Peel the skin of suran. Wash it well.
• Cut it into small pieces.
• In a pan, heat oil or ghee.
• Add jeera. Saute for a around three seconds.
• Add chillies and curry leaves. Saute for two to three seconds.
• Add suran and a little water (for the suran to cook well).
• When half cooked, add salt.
• When completely cooked, add curd or buttermilk.
• Garnish with coriander leaves.

Note

• If you are running short on time, you can prepare it in a pressure cooker too.
• Add all the ingredients, except curd. Wait for approximately three whistles for the sabji to be cooked.
• Add curd and garnish with coriander.

Farali Pattice

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg potato
• 1 fresh coconut, grated
• 1 1/2 tsp chilli paste
• 1 tsp jeera
• 1 tsp sesame seeds
• 1/2 cup fresh coriander leaves
• 3 to 4 tsp sugar
• 10 to 15 raisin, cut in pieces (optional)
• 100 gm arrowroot
• Oil for frying
• Salt as per required

Method

For filling

• Add coconut, chilli paste, jeera, sesame seeds, salt, sugar and raisins. Mix well.

For the outer covering

• Boil the potatoes, mash it well.
• Add salt and two to three teaspoon of arrowroot. Mix well.
• Divide the potatoes into balls of equal size.
• Make it like a flat puri with the help of your palms. Don't make it very thin.
• Place a bit of the filling on it. Join the ends and cover it from all the sides. Roll them into bite-size balls.
• Roll the balls/pattice into the remaining portion of arrowroot. This will ensure they don't open when you fry and it gets crispy.
• Heat oil in a pan and deep fry the pattice.
• Serve hot with green chutney or dates and tamarind chutney.

Samo Rice

Ingredients

• 250 gm samo rice (barnyard millet)
• 1 tbsp ghee or oil 
• 2 green chillies, finely chopped
• 1 tsp jeera
• 25 gm groundnut, whole or ground
• 1 potato, finely chopped (optional)
• 50 gm curd
• Salt as per required

Method

• In a pan, add ghee or oil.
• Add jeera. Saute for a couple of seconds.
• Add the finely chopped green chillies. Saute further for 2 seconds.
• Add potato and groundnut. Keep sauteing for two to the2-3 mins.
• Once done, add samo rice followed by two cups of water.
• Add salt and bring it to a boil or until it is cooked.
• When it's cooked, add curd. Mix well and leave it on the gas for a couple of seconds.

Note: Do not make it completely dry. Let it be a little liquid in form.

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