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Vrat Curd Fruit Bowl (Falahari)

A fasting-friendly fruit and curd bowl for Navratri, Ekadashi, and Janmashtami vrats. Fresh banana, apple, and pomegranate arils folded into thick set curd with a drizzle of honey and a pinch of green cardamom. Uses only ingredients permitted under falahari (fruit-based fasting) rules — no grains, no onion, no garlic, no regular salt, and no commercial masala. The probiotics from curd and natural sugars from fruits sustain energy through a fasting day.

Time 10 min · Serves 2 · 178 kcal · Pan India, Multiple States

Ingredients

Base

Finish

Fruit

Garnish

Method

  1. Take 200 g of fresh, thick set curd in a wide bowl. Whisk gently with a spoon for 20 seconds until the curd is smooth and lump-free. If the curd is too thick to fold, loosen it with a teaspoon of milk — do not add water on a strict vrat.
  2. Peel one small ripe-but-firm banana (about 100 g without skin) and slice into 6 mm rounds. Set aside.
  3. Wash one small apple (about 100 g). Quarter it, core out the seeds, and cube into 1 cm pieces. Keep the skin on for fiber.
  4. Cut a small pomegranate, deseed it, and measure out 75 g of arils (about half a cup). Discard the white membrane — it is bitter.
  5. Add the banana, apple, and pomegranate arils to the whisked curd. Fold gently with a spoon — three or four turns is enough — so the curd coats every piece without breaking the fruit.
  6. Drizzle a teaspoon (about 5 g) of honey over the top. Skip for very strict vrats (some traditions forbid even honey). Honey adds the natural sweetness that replaces processed sugar.
  7. Sprinkle a tiny pinch (about 1 g) of green cardamom powder over the bowl. Cardamom is the traditional vrat fragrance — replaces the cumin, black pepper and red chili used in regular-day raita.
  8. Serve fresh and cold within 15 minutes. Apple and banana brown and weep water if left longer. This bowl is eaten directly, not paired with anything else, and breaks a fast cleanly because it carries protein from curd plus natural sugars from fruit.

Common questions

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