Foods Restricted During Ekadasi:

• Tomatoes
• Eggplants
• Cauliflower
• Broccoli
• Bellpepper
• Peas
• Chickpeas
• All Types of Beans

Including products made from beans

Papadams, Tofu, Tempeh, Grain Beverages, etc.

• Honey

All Leafy Vegetables:

• Spinach
• Salads
• Cabbages
• Leafy Herbs

Like Parsley

Curry Leaves

Neem Leaves, etc.

Indian Vegetables:

• Karela (Bitter Lemon)
• Loki
• Parmal
• Toroi
• Kunli
• Drumsticks
• Okra (Lady Fingers)
• Banana Flower

Spices NOT Used on Ekadasi:

• Sesame Seeds
• Cumin Seeds
• Hing
• Fenugreek
• Mustard Seeds
• Tamarind
• Fennel
• Celery
• Poppy Seeds
• Kalonji Seeds
• Ajwain Seeds
• Cardamom
• Nutmeg
• Cloves
  
  

Grains:

• Millet
• Barley
• Farina
• Dalia
• Pasta
• Rice
• Corn
• All Types of Dahl
• All types of flour made from grains and beans

Like Rice Flour, Chickpea Flour, Urad Dahl Flour, etc.

• Starches from Corn

Products made from and mixed with these starches

Like Baking Soda

Baking Powder

Certain Soft Drinks

Custard

Certain Yogurts

Puddings

Cream Cheese

Sweets

Candies

Tapioca

Oils made from Grains:

• Corn Oil
• Mustard Oil
• Sesame Oil etc.

Products fried in these Oils like:

• Nuts
• Potato Chips
• Certain Snack Foods

Never Eat:

• Onions
• Garlic
• Meat
• Fish
• Eggs
• Carrots or products thereof

For brahmacaris: Shaving Head and Cutting Nails is done on Full Moon Days

Breaking an Ekadasi Fast

If you have observed a complete fast (without even water), you do not need to break it with grains. You can break it with caranamrita or fruit.

If you have observed Ekadasi by eating fruit and vegetables etc., then it should be broken the following day by taking grains at the time specified in the Vaisnava Calendar.

Mahadvadasi is observed like Ekadasi.