Ramzan or Ramadan is round the corner and it means different thing to different people – prayers, fasting, feasting, holidays, charities, traffic, shopping, big movies releases etc. The beauty of festivals is no matter how you look at it, it's a time of joy, celebration and bonding with friends and families. Ramzan above all is a time for Bhakti, devotion towards the supreme reality, Allah, and unconditional surrender of our ego and attachments (including attachment with food) through our prayers.Roza is not limited to fasting , its about overcoming temptation, I think its extremely important to remember that during iftaar. I have seen people going berserk with food in the evening, this in my opinion is against the very grain of the practice. Since food is the most crucial and intimate part of our being, the way we consume food reflects our relationship with our innermost being. Iftaar is not some wild party where you eat dates, fruits, chicken, mutton, pherni, kheer, bhajiya  and god knows what to numb your hunger. It's a time to nurture your appetite with devotion and sharing and so the common plate and prayers around it. Below is a suggested frame work of eating right during Ramzan. Remember Eid is a month away so don't feast every evening, eat in peace and plan your meals in advance. Over indulging in the evening or iftaar will not just dilute your concentration during prayers later but also leave you feeling gassy, bloated and constipated the next morning.  The meal plan is more India specific and is rooted in eating local and fresh so please feel free to include your local delicacies even if you don't see them in this plan.

Meal  Timings Food/ Menu Supplements Meal One  (Saheri)On rising(within 10 mins)Before Fajar

Banana or any fresh fruit OR handful of dry fruitsOmelet + toast OR Bhakri/ roti + sabzi OR Roti + milk OR Paratha + curd OR Fruit yogurt (homemade) + poha/ dosa /upma/ khakra any homemade breaakfast

Vit C & Vit B Meal Two Iftaar Dates + Fresh fruit OR homemade fruit yogurt +Glass of nimbu pani or chaas or kokam (fruit from kokan) serbet or bel ka (popular in north india) sherbet  (all homemade pls)

Meal ThreePost Magrib Homemade Poha/Seviyan/Dalia / roti + sabzi + dal / rice + dal + sabzi/ rice + fish/ chicken + sabzi/ veg pualo + raita/ rice with rajma/ chole + dahi / paratha + dahi / khakra + moong / appam/ dosai with veggies Antioxidants (vit E, selenium, zinc, chromium) Meal FourPost the big namaaz / late evening Lassi OR Khichdi OR Prot shake OR glass of milk OR paneer with veggies

Bedtime

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• like  •  Published on July 23, 2011 01:05 • 3 views Ramzan or Ramadan is round the corner and it means differ...

Ramzan or Ramadan is round the corner and it means different thing to different people – prayers, fasting, feasting, holidays, charities, traffic, shopping, big movies releases etc. The beauty of festivals is no matter how you look at it, it's a time of joy, celebration and bonding with friends and families. Ramzan above all is a time for Bhakti, devotion towards the supreme reality, Allah, and unconditional surrender of our ego and attachments (including attachment with food) through our prayers.Roza is not limited to fasting , its about overcoming temptation, I think its extremely important to remember that during iftaar. I have seen people going berserk with food in the evening, this in my opinion is against the very grain of the practice. Since food is the most crucial and intimate part of our being, the way we consume food reflects our relationship with our innermost being. Iftaar is not some wild party where you eat dates, fruits, chicken, mutton, pherni, kheer, bhajiya  and god knows what to numb your hunger. It's a time to nurture your appetite with devotion and sharing and so the common plate and prayers around it. Below is a suggested frame work of eating right during Ramzan. Remember Eid is a month away so don't feast every evening, eat in peace and plan your meals in advance. Over indulging in the evening or iftaar will not just dilute your concentration during prayers later but also leave you feeling gassy, bloated and constipated the next morning.  The meal plan is more India specific and is rooted in eating local and fresh so please feel free to include your local delicacies even if you don't see them in this plan.

Meal  Timings Food/ Menu Supplements Meal One  (Saheri)On rising(within 10 mins)Before Fajar

Banana or any fresh fruit OR handful of dry fruitsOmelet + toast OR Bhakri/ roti + sabzi OR Roti + milk OR Paratha + curd OR Fruit yogurt (homemade) + poha/ dosa /upma/ khakra any homemade breaakfast

Vit C & Vit B Meal Two Iftaar Dates + Fresh fruit OR homemade fruit yogurt +Glass of nimbu pani or chaas or kokam (fruit from kokan) serbet or bel ka (popular in north india) sherbet  (all homemade pls)

Meal ThreePost Magrib Homemade Poha/Seviyan/Dalia / roti + sabzi + dal / rice + dal + sabzi/ rice + fish/ chicken + sabzi/ veg pualo + raita/ rice with rajma/ chole + dahi / paratha + dahi / khakra + moong / appam/ dosai with veggies Antioxidants (vit E, selenium, zinc, chromium) Meal FourPost the big namaaz / late evening Lassi OR Khichdi OR Prot shake OR glass of milk OR paneer with veggies

Bedtime

Calcium citrate 1000mg Water Atleast 3-3.5litres between iftaar & fajar Add electrolytes if dehyd Post wo Fruit + prot shake Vit C, Vit E

An eating plan for Ramzan

Ramzan or Ramadan is round the corner and it means different thing to different people – prayers, fasting, feasting, holidays, charities, traffic, shopping, big movies releases etc. The beauty of festivals is no matter how you look at it, it’s a time of joy, celebration and bonding with friends and families. Ramzan above all is a time for Bhakti, devotion towards the supreme reality, Allah, and unconditional surrender of our ego and attachments (including attachment with food) through our prayers.Roza is not limited to fasting , its about overcoming temptation, I think its extremely important to remember that during iftaar. I have seen people going berserk with food in the evening, this in my opinion is against the very grain of the practice. Since food is the most crucial and intimate part of our being, the way we consume food reflects our relationship with our innermost being. Iftaar is not some wild party where you eat dates, fruits, chicken, mutton, pherni, kheer, bhajiya  and god knows what to numb your hunger.

It’s a time to nurture your appetite with devotion and sharing and so the common plate and prayers around it. Below is a suggested frame work of eating right during Ramzan. Remember Eid is a month away so don’t feast every evening, eat in peace and plan your meals in advance. Over indulging in the evening or iftaar will not just dilute your concentration during prayers later but also leave you feeling gassy, bloated and constipated the next morning. The meal plan is more India specific and is rooted in eating local and fresh so please feel free to include your local delicacies even if you don’t see them in this plan.

Meal  Timings Food/ Menu Supplements

Meal One  (Saheri)On rising(within 10 mins)

Before Fajar

Banana or any fresh fruit OR handful of dry fruits

Omelet + toast OR Bhakri/ roti + sabzi OR Roti + milk OR Paratha + curd OR Fruit yogurt (homemade) + poha/ dosa /upma/ khakra any homemade breaakfast

Vit C & Vit B

Meal Two Iftaar

Dates + Fresh fruit OR homemade fruit yogurt +Glass of nimbu pani or chaas or kokam (fruit from kokan) serbet or bel ka (popular in north india) sherbet  (all homemade pls)

Meal ThreePost Magrib

Homemade Poha/Seviyan/Dalia / roti + sabzi + dal / rice + dal + sabzi/ rice + fish/ chicken + sabzi/ veg pualo + raita/ rice with rajma/ chole + dahi / paratha + dahi / khakra + moong / appam/ dosai with veggies

Antioxidants (vit E, selenium, zinc, chromium)

Meal FourPost the big namaaz / late evening

Lassi OR Khichdi OR Prot shake OR glass of milk OR paneer with veggies

Bedtime Calcium citrate 1000mg

Water Atleast 3-3.5litres between iftaar & fajar

Add electrolytes if dehyd

Post wo Fruit + prot shake Vit C, Vit E