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On Ekadasi, the essence is to eat simply, once or twice, so that one can spend as
much time as possible hearing, chanting and remembering Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa.
Never eat meat, fish, eggs, onions, garlic, carrots, red lentils (masūr-dal), green flat lentils, mushrooms or products
thereof.
Restricted
foods on Ekādaśī:
• Tomatoes, eggplants, cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers, beets, bitter melon (karela),
loki, parmal, toroi, kunli, drumsticks, bindī (ladies' fingers) and banana flowers
• Peas, chickpeas and all types of beans, including products
made from beans (e.g., papadams, tofu, tempeh)
• All leafy vegetables (e.g., spinach, salads, cabbages) and leafy
herbs like parsley, coriander leaves, celery and curry leaves
• Grains (e.g., millet, barley, farina, pasta, rice,
corn) and all types of flour made from grains and beans (e.g., rice flour, chickpea flour, urad dahl flour)
• Starches
from corn or grains, and products made from or mixed with these starches like baking soda, baking powder, certain soft drinks
with corn syrup, custard, certain yoghurts and puddings, certain varieties of cream and cottage cheese, certain sweets and
candies, and tapioca balls
• Oils made from grains (e.g., corn oil, mustard oil, sesame oil) and products fried in
these oils (e.g., fried nuts, potato chips and other fried snack foods)
• Honey, and sweets made with starches
• Spices
used on Ekādaśī: black pepper, fresh ginger, pure salt and fresh turmeric, all taken from a new and clean package
• Spices
not used on Ekādaśī: hing (asofetida), sesame seeds, cumin, fenugreek, mustard, tamarind, fennel, cardamom
and nutmeg
• Foods that can be taken all days of the year, including Ekādaśī and Cāturmāsya:
• All
fruits (fresh and dried), all nuts and all oils made from nuts
• Potatoes, pumpkin, cucumber, radish, squash, lemon,
avocado, olives, coconut, buckwheat, all sugars
• All pure milk products (except yoghurt during the 2nd month of
Cāturmāsya and milk during the 3rd month)
• For sannyāsīs, brahmacārīs and vānaprasthas:
shaving head and cutting nails is to be done on full moon days
Hare Krishna ...
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