Devotional Dishes

DEVOTIONAL DISHES

Recipes for Ekadashi Fasting

Ekadashi, referred to as the mother of devotion, is a very holy day and is celebrated by all Vaishnava devotees of the Lord.Fasting and praying on this auspicious day leads to deliverance from sin.In Sri Caitanya Caritamrta,Adi lila 3.9, Lord chaitanya Mahaprabhu asked for one thing in charity from his mother:He requested her to refrain from eating grains on Ekadashi.The Brahma Vaivarta Purana says that one who observes fasting on Ekadashi is freed from all kinds of reactions to sinful activities and thus advances in pious life.If one chooses to fast eat during this day, care must be taken to prepare the right dishes because certain foods are to be strictly avoided.

In this cookbook you will find that preparations are made from ingredients that don’t include grains or beans.This unique cookbook presents more than 260 fasting recipes which includes twenty different types of soups, seventeen types of salads,forty types of appetizers,sixty-three types of desserts,forty-two types of mains,twenty-four types of Beverages and many more dishes ,beautifully illustrated in full-color photography.

Ekadashi prescribed ingredients, letting readers create wholesome meals that will get them closer to their spiritual self, and cleanse their body.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Krishna Priya Dasi is a disciple of His Holiness Loknatha Swami who is a direct disciple of His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. She was born in Rajasthan and raised in Jaipur,India. Besides cooking, she paints traditional Rajasthani art and writes devotional poems.Her poetry book, Lotus Lyrics, inspired by His divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As it is,has received so much appreciation.One of her paintings, Rasa-Lila, which she painted with the help of artist Shri Mohan Soni in Jaipur,is printed on the front cover of Dance of Divine Love by Graham M. Schweig.She has been cooking for Sri Sri Radha Golokananda at New Goloka, NC USA since 1996.