While we could not celebrate the Navratri and Durga pooja like we wanted to, we made sure we had some fun this year! Foodism believes that food connects all,, so we came up with a list of food that we all love! Here are the top 10 Navratri Eats of Gujarat that you will fall in love with!

1- Sev khamani

We love Sev, hopefully, you do too! Soak chana dal for five to six hours, and after draining the water, cook it for three whistles in a cooker. Heat oil in a pan on low flame, add mustard seeds, ginger paste, green chilli paste, sugar, salt, and lemon juice, and stir and cook till the oil is separated. Once ready, garnish with sev and pomegranate.

2- Khandvi

Khandvi- An all-time favourite! 

• Whisk yoghurt, gram flour, and water in a bowl, then add green chilli and ginger paste, turmeric powder, salt, and asafoetida to the mixture and whisk. 
• Put the mixture on a pan and heat on low flame, stirring it to prevent lumps from forming. Stir till the mixture thickens, and keep it covered. 
• Spread the hot mixture on a surface as thinly as possible, and let it settle for at least three minutes. Begin rolling the mixture into a cylindrical shape, then cut the rolls into one-inch logs.

3- Gujarati style sabudana khichdi

Sabudana or Sago is something we really can not get over! 

Soak sabudana for three minutes, drain out the water, leaving just a little, and keep aside for two hours. Heat ghee in a kadhai, and add green chillies, curry leaves, and cumin seeds, and saute. Once the seeds crackle, add the soaked sabudana along with groundnuts, fried potatoes, lemon juice, salt, and sugar and mix well. Garnish with fruits and coriander and serve hot.

4- Golden Potatoes

An easy quick-fix recipe if you are feeling the weight of Farali this time. The only ingredients you need are boiled potatoes, chilli, ghee, farali salt and some spices. 

• For one serving, boil 3 medium potatoes and dice them.
• In a pan, put one spoonful of ghee and fry the chillis and the potatoes.
• After you can see some colour on the potatoes, add salt along with coriander, amchur powder or chat masala.
• Fry until crispy or golden brown and serve in a bowl.

Now you can enjoy your farali-friendly golden potatoes snack bowl!

5- Gol papdi

• Sprinkle poppy seeds on a plate and keep them aside. 
• Heat ghee in a kadhai, add wheat flour and saute till it turns golden brown, stirring continuously. 
• Remove from the flame, and add cardamom powder, jaggery, and coconut. Once the jaggery melts into the mixture, pour the entire mixture on the plate with poppy seeds, spreading it evenly. 
• Cut into the desired shape while still warm and garnish with almond slivers.

6- Fafda

• Make a mixture out of besan, soda, turmeric, ajwain, salt, and a tablespoon of oil, add water and knead into a dough. 
• Place the dough on a greased surface, and using your palm, flatten it and cut out two-inch strips from it. 
• Fry these strips over medium heat, and once crisp, let them cool. Serve with chutney, preferable one that is spicy.

7- Farali Singhara Dosa & Peanut Chutney

Having guests over Farali can be tricky, but this recipe will definitely help you out of this dilemma! 

• Wash and soak one cup of 1 cup of sabudana for 6 to 8 hours
• Take one cup of singhara atta and Rajgira atta and mix well with some salt
• Grind the soaked sabudana into a fine paste and the flour mixture
• Mix in half a cup yoghurt( more if needed ) to make a smooth batter.
• Take a flat non-stick pan and make your farali dosa with ghee!

For Rich and yum peanut chutney-

• Roast peanuts in ghee and crush them into a paste.
• Add yoghurt spiced with chat masala, salt and pepper to the peanut paste and serve! 

 8- Sama Dry fruits Pulao (2 servings)

Sama Pulao is your type of dish if you are into rich rich preparations. What’s even better is that this is a quick-fix 3 ingredient recipe!

• Wash one cup of sama rice and soak it for 10 minutes
• Wash and peel one big potato and slice it in half-moons
• In a pressure cooker, add ghee, potatoes, your choice of dry fruits and toast with washed sama rice
• Add 2 cups of water along with salt and chilli powder
• Close the cooker and turn the stove to high. After one whistle, turn off the stove and let it decompress. 

This is a perfect farali recipe for dinner!

9- Kuttu ki Poori (serves 4 to 5 people)

If you are having a farali food evening get-together with your friends, serve this with peanut chutney and golden potatoes!

• Take 1 cup of Kuttu ka atta and add 1 teaspoon ghee, homemade chilli flakes, salt and anardana powder
• Boil 2 medium potatoes and grate them into the flour mixture
• Make a firm dough, add water by spoon if necessary
• Let the dough rest for 10 minutes
• Roll out the dough in ½ cm sheet and cut out circles
• Put a frying pan or kadhai on high heat and add ghee to it
• Fry the poori circles and rest them for 6 to 7 minutes before serving

Tip for frying- put your kuttu poori in the hot ghee and hold it down with the help of a Karchi until it puffs off and then flip

10- Sabedana Bhel - try something new!

Ingredients - 

• Sago/ sabudana - 1 cup
• Potato or sweet potato - 1
• Salt as per your taste rock salt
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Chopped coriander leaves - 2 tbs
• Crushed green chilli - 2-3
• Raw mango or Pomegranate pearls - 2 tbs
• Red chilli powder to taste
• ½ tsp Cumin Jeera powder
• ½ lemon or lime juice
• Farali chewda/ farali namkin - 1 cup

Instructions-

• Wash and soak the sabudana in enough water for 2 hours or overnight.
• Cut the potatoes and keep them aside in water.
• Drain the excess water from the sago and strain for 30 minutes or till it dries out.
• Coat soaked sabudana and cut potato with oil to prevent them over steaming.
• Prepare the steamer with a perforated tray and steam sabudana and sweet potato.
• Now cover it and cook for 8 minutes.
• Once steamed, let sabudana and sweet potato cool.
• Now take sago and shakkarkand in a large bowl, add the rest of the ingredients like raw mango, Hara Dhaniya, green chili, red chilli powder, cumin powder, rock salt and lemon or lime juice.
• Add farali kevda and sprinkle some extra lime juice, red chilli powder and salt as your taste.

Add some pomegranate pearls and mix well before serving.