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Rajma — Punjabi Red Kidney Bean Curry
Rajma is the curry that North Indian children grow up on — kidney beans simmered until they are creamy, in an onion-t...
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Today's Fast
August 30, 2026
No Fast
13th Sunday after Pentecost
Martyr Myron, Presbyter of Cyzicus / Holy Martyr Patroclus (late 3rd c.)
Troparion: Tone IV. When the women disciples of the Lord learned from the angel / the joyous message of Thy resurrection, / they cast away the ancestral curse / and elatedly told the Apostles: / Death is over...
Recipe of the Day
Pască — Romanian Paschal Cheese Bread
Romanian
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Middle Eastern
Fast With Oil
Stuffed Grape Leaves (ورق عنب / Warak Enab)
Stuffed grape leaves — warak enab in Arabic — are one of the great shared dishes of the Eastern Mediterranean, found ...
Thai
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Pad Prik King with Tempeh and Long Beans
Pad prik king is a dry, intense Thai stir-fry — no coconut milk, no broth, just a fierce red curry paste clinging to ...
Middle Eastern
Fast With Oil
Adas Polo — Persian Lentil Rice with Dates and Caramelized Onion
Adas polo layers tender brown lentils through fluffy saffron rice, then studs the whole thing with sweet dates and ra...
Other
Xerophagy
Cucumber, Tomato, and Olive Salad with Lemon and Salt
This is the xerophagy version of a Greek salad — stripped of its oil, its feta, and its cooked elements. What remains...
Other
Fast Without Oil
Chickpea and Spinach Soup with Lemon
This is a one-pot soup that comes together in thirty minutes and provides everything you need on a no-oil fasting day...
Other
Fast With Oil
Avial — Kerala Mixed Vegetables in Coconut and Curry Leaf
Avial is the centerpiece of the Kerala sadya, the great banana-leaf feast, and it earns that place. A medley of firm ...
Russian
Fast With Oil
Постные Пироги с Картошкой и Грибами — Fasting Pierogi with Potato and Mushroom Filling
Handmade pierogi are a labor of love, but the fasting dough is actually easier to work with than the egg-based origin...
Russian
Xerophagy
Свекольный Квас — Beet Kvass (Ukrainian-Russian Lacto-Fermented Beet Tonic)
Beet kvass is the other kvass — the one without bread, the one that does not need yeast, the one that Ukrainian and s...
General
Fast With Oil
Babgulyás — Hungarian Bean Goulash with Smoked Paprika
Hungarians know that goulash was never really about the meat — it was about the paprika, the lard-soft onions, and th...
General
Fast With Oil
Crispy Baked Tofu with Peanut-Sesame Sauce
Tofu earns its reputation for blandness only when it is treated gently. Press it hard, toss it in cornstarch, and giv...
Greek
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Φάβα Σαντορίνης — Santorini Yellow Split Pea Purée with Capers and Onion
Fava is the warm, silky purée of yellow split peas that anchors a Greek meze table — golden, dense, and far more fill...
Middle Eastern
Fast Without Oil
Egyptian Bissara-Free Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup (Shorbet Ads bil Silq)
This is Egyptian comfort in a bowl — red lentils cooked down to a creamy, golden soup, then loaded with ribbons of Sw...
General
Xerophagy
Overnight Soaked Buckwheat Bowl with Apple, Walnut, and Cinnamon
Raw buckwheat groats turn soft and pleasantly chewy after a night in cold water — no cooking, no oil, no heat. By mor...
Other
Fast With Oil
Farinata Genovese — Ligurian Chickpea Pancake with Rosemary
Farinata is the genius of Liguria reduced to four ingredients: chickpea flour, water, olive oil, and salt, baked scre...
Other
Fast With Oil
Indian Palak Tofu (Spinach and Tofu Curry)
Palak paneer is one of the most beloved dishes in North Indian cuisine — cubes of fresh cheese suspended in a vibrant...
Other
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Japanese Soba Noodles in Dashi Broth with Vegetables
Soba — buckwheat noodles in hot dashi broth — is one of the most elegant simple meals in Japanese cuisine and one of ...
Other
Fast With Fish
Shrimp Scampi with Pasta
Shrimp scampi is one of the fastest luxury meals you can make — large shrimp sautéed in a flood of garlic, white wine...
Russian
Fast Without Oil
Buckwheat Porridge with Mushrooms
Buckwheat kasha with mushrooms is the weeknight staple of Russian Lenten cooking — cheap, filling, deeply savory, and...
Russian
Fast With Oil
Солянка Постная — Fasting Solyanka
Solyanka is the soup that proves fasting food can be bold, complex, and deeply savory all at once. This version build...
Other
Fast With Oil
Tinga de Setas — Smoky Chipotle Mushroom and Bean Tacos
Tinga is one of the great street foods of Puebla — strands of meat braised in a smoky, sweet-sour sauce of tomato, on...
Romanian
Fast With Oil
Salată de Vinete (Roasted Eggplant Salad)
In Romania, summer means vinete. Eggplants are roasted over open flames until the skin chars black and the flesh turn...
Georgian
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Лобио с грецкими орехами (Lobio Salad with Walnuts)
If hot lobio is winter comfort, this cold version is the dish you want on a warm spring fasting day. Cooked kidney be...
Serbian
Fast With Oil
Podvarak Posni — Fasting Sauerkraut Bake
Podvarak is Serbia's baked sauerkraut dish, traditionally made with pork. The fasting version leans into the sauerkra...
Other
Fast With Fish
Spaghetti alle Vongole (Clam Pasta)
Spaghetti with clams is one of the great pasta dishes of the world — briny, garlicky, and elegant in its simplicity. ...
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