Upwas marathi recipe| vrat ka khana| falahari fasting dishes

Keeping a fast is an integral part of the Indian culture and tradition. It basically connotes willingly abstaining oneself from eating certain or any kind of food, drink or both.

 It is known as Vrat in hindi & upwas in marathi . The period of fasting also varies i.e. it could be partial or prolong for 24 hours.

 Though people in India may keep a fast for varied reasons, the most important ones pertain to religion and spiritual aspects.

One is expected to live piously, give charity and refrain from eating non-vegetarian food whenever observing fast for a spiritual or religious purpose in India. Our religious scriptures state fasting is not only a part of worship, but a great instrument for inculcating self-discipline too.

Apart from certain Hindu festivals like Shivratri,navratri ,ramzan,shravan,angariki chaturthi , Karva Chauth and so on, there are specific days on which Indians keep fast from varied reasons.
For instance, people fast on Tuesdays for Lord Hanuman,. On Fridays, the devotees of the Goddess Santoshi Mata abstain from taking anything citric.

 There is also another type of fasting when people forego taking all cereals and eat only fruits. Such fasting is called Phalahar. However, there are many others who keep a fast solely for maintaining good health.

People also fast these days for health reasons because fasting helps in the detoxification of the body. Everyone wants to look good and fit these days. As such, you will find many youngsters in India fasting. In medical context, fasting refers to the state achieved after digestion of a meal.A number of metabolic adjustments occur during fasting and many medical diagnostic tests are standardized to fasting conditions. Thus fasting has both religious and medical significance in India.


Heres a collection of few upwas dishes which can be eaten during your fast.

Click on individual recipe name link  for detailed recipe

SWEET KACHORI                                              UPWAS BHAJANI THALIPEETH

UPWAS BATATA WADA                                                        ARVI/ARBI SURAN TIKKI

UPWAS KACCHI KELI VADA                                                    UPWAS ALOO PATTICE

UPWAS KACHI KELI    KABAB                                                  RATALA THALIPEETH

FALAHARI SABUDANA CHIWDA                                                  RAJGIRA WADA








SABUDANA BATATA CHAKLI                                         SUN DRIED BATATA KEES

UPWAS BHEL                                                                                   RAJGIRA POORI

UPWAS SABUDANA APPE                                                               UPWAS DOSA

SABUDANA CHIKODI /PAPAD                                                       BATATA WAFERS






UPWAS SHENGDANA AMTI                                      UPWAS BHAGAR/VARICHA BHAT

KACCHI KELI SABUDANA CUTLET                                            SHENGDANA LADOO

SABUDANA WADA                                                                  SABUDANA KHICHDI

KACHI KELI BHAJIA/PAKORA                        UPWAS BATATA RATALA BHAJI

UPWAS GULABJAMUN                                                                  KELE KE WAFERS

RATALA /SHAKARKAND HALWA                               SURAN (YAM) THALIPEETH






PEANUT COCONUT CHUTNEY                                  DAHI SHENGDANA CHUTNEY

RATALA KEES /GRATED SWEET POTATO               SABUDANA THALIPEETH

UPWAS KOFTA CURRY                          RATALA ( SWEET POTATO) LOLLIPOP

UPWAS BHAJANI CHE WADA                                                   MOSAMBI JUICE

RATALA TIKKI CUTLET

UPWAS SURAN (YAM) TIKKI - CUTLET                    SABUDANA BATATA POORI

UPWAS RATALA CHAT                                                             APPLE MALPUA

                                                                        FRUIT CHAAT

KHAMANG KAKDI

RATALA (SWEET POTATO) KACHORI                                    SABUDANA ROLL

SINGHADA ATA POORI                                              DAHI WALE ALOO

RAJGIRA THALIPEETH

                              ARBI MASALA

SUKHI ARBI                                                      VARI TANDUL THALIPEETH

                                                                           













SABUDANA KHEER                                                                                           ARBI BHAJI