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Dear Bhakta Promod

 

Here are the lists of edible, and non-edible foods from Ekadasi Mahatmya

that I promised you:

 

Foods that are restricted during Ekadasi:

-- Tomatoes, eggplants, cauliflower, broccoli, bellpepper

-- Peas, chickpeas and all types of beans, including products made from

beans [papadams, tofu, tempeh, grain beverages, etc.]

-- Indian vegetable: karela (bitter lemon), loki, parmal, toroi, kunli,

drumsticks, okra (lady fingers), banana flower

-- All leafy vegetables: spinach, salads, cabbages and leafy herbs like

parsley, curry leaves, neem leaves, etc.

-- Grains: millet, barley, farina, dalia, pasta, rice, corn, all types of

dahl and all types of flour made from grains and beans (like rice flour,

chickpea flour, urad dahl flour, etc.)

-- Starches from corn or grains and products made from and mixed with these

starches, like: baking soda, certain soft drinks, custard, certain yogurts,

puddings, cream chees, sweets, candies and tapioca-balls

-- Oils made from grains: corn oil, mustard oil, sesame oil, etc., and

products fried in these oils: nuts, potato chips, certain snack foods

-- Honey: Do not use any cooking ingredients that might be mixed with

grains, such as ghee that has been used to fry puris, or spices touched by

hands dusted with capati flour

 

Spices that are used on Ekadasi:

turmeric, black pepper, ginger and salt [rock salt] taken from a new or

clean package

 

Foods that can be taken in Ekadasi:

-- All fruits (fresh and dried), all nuts and oils made from nuts

-- Potatoes, pumpkin, cucumber, radish, squash (but no loki), green papaya,

lemon, jackfruit, avocado, olives, coconut, buckwheat, all sugars. All milk

products

 

This book is very beautiful, actually...and its main subject matter is not

so much the observance of the vrata, but the certain lila appertaining to

each Ekadasi. It is published by Rasbihari Lal's in Vrindavan (ISBN

81-87812-00-1), as "the Glories of Ekadasi".

 

Your humble servant,

Rama Kesava dasa