A major part of the nine-day Navratri festival is fasting where devotees abstain from non-vegetarian foods, eggs, onion, garlic, common salt, lentils and legumes, rice flour, wheat and all-purpose flour, to name a few. Instead, people switch to a satvik diet and use limited ingredients to make vrat foods
Each of the ingredients that comprise Navratri-special foods have particular health benefits. Not only are these ingredients extremely light and easy to digest, they also pack in a whole load of goodness – which is probably why you should include them as a part of your daily diet and not just for nine days a year.
The upwas thalipeeth during a typical fast is made from this bhajani flour.It is a typical recipe of Maharashtra more so of the konkan region. Bhajani is a flour made of sago( sabudana /tapioca pearls), vari tandul (bhagar/samo rice) and rajgira (amaranth) . It is subtly flavoured with Cumin seeds. Thalipeeth and deep fried vadas can be made from bhajani, both are fulfilling meals on fast days!
Eaten with: A dollop of butter or curd for the health conscious along with a chutney / pickle as per individual taste.