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Thathai Bhatia Cuisine
Thathai Bhatia cuisine is the cuisine of a subset of the Bhati Rajput culture of India, who embraced the Bhakti sect of Hinduism while living in the Thatta region, and became Pushtimarg – strict vegetarians who eschewed even onions and garlic and devoted themselves to Srinathji, the child form of Shri Krishna.
Thatta was mostly a desert region, hot and humid. In the olden days, when the science of modern inventions had not been discovered, the cooking process was very slow using mostly charcoal or wood. The Thathai Bhatias devised different ways to make the cooking process simple and easy. The use of fresh vegetables and lentils made using minimum spices but cooked delicately to keep the flavour of the food intact was devised. They omitted the use of pungent flavours, that of onion and garlic, which emitted a strong odour and required a longer cooking duration. They also avoided the use of these strongly flavoured ingredients because food prepared was first offered to the gods – an act which the Bhatias call ''Bhog Dharanu''. Use of onion or garlic rendered the food ''tamasic'' ("impure"), hence these were not used.
''Bhog Dharanu'' is a ritual still followed in a lot of Bhatia households today, where the food prepared is first offered to the gods – as a token of love and to thank him for the daily meal. The belief is that god blesses the food. The food offered is then taken away by snapping the fingers twice to tell god that it is being distributed to the family members as ''Prasad''.
==Fasting==
Thathai Bhatias are a religious community, and observe fasts on auspicious days to please the gods. One such day is ''Ekadashi'' or ''Igyas'', which falls on the 11th day of every Hindu month, i.e., twice a month on the Gregorian calendar. The number 11 has a special religious significance. The mind is considered the 11th organ after the 10 sense organs. To have a healthy body, one has to have a healthy and a spiritual mind. And to enhance the mind, it needs to be at peace. On ''Igyas'' or the 11th day, a meal consisting mostly of simple food, fruits and nuts is taken. This gives a break from the routine food habit and is a healthy alternative. It takes the mind off eating and a person is able to devote more time to prayers and devotion.
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