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Indian restaurants offer gourmet menus for Navratri fasting
Restaurants in India are making Navratri fasting meals available to diners eating out instead of relying only on home cooking.
Navratri menus include familiar foods such as sabudana khichdi and lauki kheer, alongside restaurant-style dishes like quinoa khichdi and sago desserts.
Swiggy delivered more than 100,000 fasting meal thalis during Navratri in September 2025, as well as large numbers of sabudana khichdi and vada orders.
That demand gives restaurants a reason to serve people who want to observe dietary rules while dining out.
Restaurants from Delhi to Bengaluru are offering menus at a range of prices, including a six-course tasting menu and seasonal thalis.
Some venues also hope these meals will attract local diners, families and festival shoppers, and encourage repeat visits.
The menus let diners keep their food preferences without giving up a restaurant experience; the story gives no further plans beyond the seasonal offerings.
Indian restaurants are offering gourmet menus for customers observing Navratri fasts.
The menus adapt fasting ingredients and dishes into restaurant meals, including tasting menus and thalis.
Restaurants say the seasonal offerings help retain regular customers and attract festival diners.
During Navratri in September 2025, Swiggy delivered more than 100,000 vrat thalis, according to its annual food trends report.
Prices cited range from Rs 990 for Ishaara’s thali to Rs 5,500 plus taxes for Indian Accent’s six-course menu.
- Who
- Indian restaurants, including Indian Accent, Ishaara, Hosa and Comorin, are offering fasting menus.
- What
- Restaurants are serving gourmet meals that cater to Navratri fasting dietary preferences.
- When
- The article was published on 18 October 2026. It also cites Swiggy delivery figures from Navratri in September 2025.
- Where
- Restaurants in India, including outlets in Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Ahmedabad.
- Why
- Restaurants aim to serve customers observing dietary restrictions and attract festival diners.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Swiggy delivered more than 100,000 vrat thalis during Navratri, according to its annual food trends report.
The Economic Times published an article about restaurants offering gourmet Navratri fasting menus.
- Swiggy vrat thalis
- More than 100,000 delivered during September 2025's Navratri
- Swiggy sabudana khichdi
- 99,200 plates delivered during September 2025's Navratri
- Swiggy sabudana vada
- 70,000 orders during September 2025's Navratri
- Ishaara thali
- Rs 990
- Comorin thali
- Rs 1,399 plus taxes
- Indian Accent menu
- Rs 5,500 plus taxes for a six-course Navratri tasting menu
What people are saying
The idea behind our Navratri Utsav Menu was simple: guests observing the fast should be able to enjoy a meal at a restaurant without compromising on their food preferences
We have seen strong interest in our Navratri menu, particularly from guests looking for something rooted in tradition but with the refinement they associate with a fine-dining restaurant.