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Add an interesting twist to your fasting foods this season

The nine-day fasting ritual of Navratri can be made less daunting with some interesting additions to mundane fasting food.

 

THE TWISTS

The usual fasting menu includes sabudana khichdi, rajgira wadas, kuttu ke atte ki poori or makhane ki kheer but now the vegetarian vrat thaali boasts of innovative items.

Says Maya Patel, an avid cook who fasts for all the nine days of Navratri, “Many people are trying to tweak the traditional recipes by using ingredients which adhere to the fasting food norms. So, we have some innovative dishes out of the regular. Not only children but even those who have been eating the same vrat ka khana over the years enjoy these variations. We make crackers or cookies from kuttu atta, singhada atta ka samosa, sama chawal ka upma, kheere ke pakode, etc quite often.“

 

MEETING THE NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

The food grains used for fasting are not only nutritional but are also easy to digest.

Chef Kayzad Sadri, who has designed a special Navratri menu, says, “During these nine days, a lot of people observe a special vegetarian diet that is light on the stomach, by avoiding heat-generating ingredients. Methi singhara is one such recipe which is delicious and healthy .“

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Posted by admin - October 14, 2015 at 4:59 pm

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Ayushmann Khurrana tried nine hairstyles for Hawaizaada

Ayushmann Khurrana tried nine hairstyles for Hawaizaada

 

Ayushmann Khurrana

Hawaizaada, starring Ayushmann Khurrana, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Sharda, is set in the 19th century. Naturally, one of the challenges of making the film was staying true to that period — be it recreating the Bombay of 1895 or designing the right costumes. Needless to say, director Vibhu Virender Puri and his team did extensive research.

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“My costume designer Sahil Kochhar had to design outfits according to the fabrics and colours available in that era. We made sure we didn’t use any nylon outfits as it had not been invented then. Similarly, the colour pink wasn’t used then. Also, we did many look tests for both Ayushmann and Mithun. We even tried out nine different hairdos before zeroing in on Ayushmann’s hairstyle,” says Vibhu.

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In a bid to depict that era, the team also had to recreate several antiques. He adds, “Many artefacts that we read about aren’t available in this day and age. So, we used our imagination and recreated them. We even designed the plane based on how it was described in the books.”

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Hawaizaada, presented by Reliance Entertainment and produced by Trilogic Digital Media and Film Farmers Motion Picture Company, releases January 30.

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Posted by admin - January 29, 2015 at 2:50 pm

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