Written By: Muskan Gupta | Published : September 26, 2025, 11:12 AM
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Sweet potato, or shakarkandi, is one of the most loved ingredients during Navratri fasting. Due to its energy, fibre, and natural sweetness, it will keep you off the street and will add many flavours to your fasting meals. Here are five tasty and vrat-friendly ways of consuming shakarkandi during Navratri 2025:
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Shakarkandi chaat is one of the most delicious and fast foods that are popularly eaten by individuals of all ages in a matter of seconds. Just place the sweet potatoes on the fire, peel them and chop them into small pieces, and combine them with rock salt (sendha namak), roasted cumin powder and lemon juice squeezed on them. Even chopped green chillies and fresh coriander can be added to it to make it refreshing and tangy.
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Make your fasting menu a royal feast and have shakarkandi kheer. Boil and mash the sweet potatoes and cook the mixture in milk till it becomes thick. Add the powder of cardamom, dripped honey or sprinkled jaggery to add natural sweetness. Serve with pieces of pista and saffron. It is a creamy dessert, which not only pleases your sweet taste but also keeps you going all day long.
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When you need something rich and sweet, you should have shakarkandi halwa. The boiled sweet potatoes are grated or mashed and cooked with a little milk, jaggery or sugar (optional) using ghee and cooking until soft and aromatic. This halwa is very nutritious and warm and can be consumed during the festivity as well since it is garnished with finely sliced nuts such as almonds and cashews.
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To make the shakarkandi tikki, the filling and crispy treat marvel. Mash cooked sweet potatoes with sendha nauk and persistent green chillies and a topping of black pepper. Mould them into round balls and shallow fry in ghee or oil till brown in colour. These tikkis are delicious when served with the vrat chutneys of coconuts, mint or coriander and are a wholesome meal or evening snack.
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The simplest recipes always work in some cases. Roasted shakarkandi is one such dish which can be cooked within a couple of minutes and is suitable during vrat. Peel sweet potatoes into wedges, transport with ghee lightly, sprinkle with sendha namak, and cook either in an oven or on a tawa until glowing and partially crisp. This meal is a snack that can be put together any time of the day, as it is a guilt-free and nutritious meal.
