In Sanatan Dharma, the festival of Navratri is considered very special, which not only teaches the devotees to worship Goddess Durga, but this festival also teaches the person to live a virtuous life. During this festival all devotees abstain from eating tamasic food. Instead eat dishes made from potatoes, sago and pumpkin. That is, now potatoes, pumpkin and sago have become the main part of the Navratri thali, whereas if we look at the history, these dishes were not always included in the Navratri thali. The reason for this is that potato, pumpkin and sago are not the original food of India, but came from different countries and became a part of Indian food with changing culture.
At present, the festival of Navratri is being celebrated with great pomp across the country, where there is an atmosphere of happiness everywhere. During Navratri festival, everyone eats Satvik food instead of Tamasic food. People who believe in Sanatan Dharma especially like to eat potato, pumpkin and sago. Even though these dishes have now become a part of Indian culture, it was not so earlier. Let us know when these words came to India.
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Foreign dishes become part of Navratri thali
Potato
Nowadays, potato has become the main dish of Indian food. This vegetable is not originally from India, but was cultivated in South America thousands of years ago. Dutch and English traders brought potatoes to India around the 17th century. Then gradually potatoes started being cultivated in India also. By the 19th century, this vegetable became popular among the people of India. For this reason, now potatoes are also eaten during Navratri.
Pumpkin
Pumpkin is a vegetable which people like to eat during Navratri. In many homes, people cook pumpkin vegetable by adding rock salt and eat it, while in many homes pumpkin pudding is made. In this way pumpkin has become the main part of Navratri thali. Pumpkin originated in Mexico and Central America, from where it gradually spread to different parts of the world.
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Sago
Nowadays, people prepare kheer, bada and khichdi from sago and eat it. This food is especially liked to be eaten during festivals like Navratri and Shivratri. That means sago has also become a part of Indian culture, but it is from Brazil, which reached India later. When people's eating habits changed, these vegetables brought from abroad also became a part of the Navratri thali.