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Lifestyle

Navratri fasting food goes gourmet as restaurants see demand

Reported by The Economic Times 18 Oct 2026, 12:30 am IST 1 min read

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Restaurants are stepping into a meal occasion traditionally associated with home kitchens to keep guests observing dietary restrictions at the table. The appetite for outsourcing fasting food is already evident: during September 2025's Navratri, Swiggy delivered more than 100,000 vrat thalis, 99,200 plates of sabudana khichdi and 70,000 orders of sabudana vada, according to its annual food trends report.

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Section: Lifestyle
First reported by: The Economic Times
Reporter: nupur amarnath
Published: Sunday, 18 October 2026, 12:30 am IST
Coverage: One outlet so far

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