 It is customary for many families not to consume onions, garlic and eggplant during the Chaturmas.Following the festival, the consumption of these foods resumes with ritual preparation of "vangyache bharit" ("baingan bharta") with "rodga".The traditional wedding menu among Maharashtrian Hindu communities used to be a lacto-vegetarian fare with mainly multiple courses of rice dishes with different vegetables and "dal"s. Some menus also included a course with "puri"s. In some communities, the first course was plain rice and the second was "dal" with masala rice.