Author: Sagar
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Thippili powder
As well as using it in rasam and in our salad, a nice way to value thippili is to dry it and powder it.Dry powders are easy to store and easy to administer as a medication. A nice way to use the powder is to mix a spoonful of the powder with some honey. This…
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The black velvet bean
The black velvet bean is a vigorously growing Creeper. It fixes nitrogen and is thus a good ground cover, it can be used in a no-tillage method for rice cultivation, it can be used as cow fodder, the beans when they are immature can be used in curry and they taste a bit like boiled…
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Yard long beans stir fry
Yard long beans, from the cowpea family, is a bean that grows up to a yard in length as the name implies. In this bio region the yard long bean can grow all year around. It’s very fast growing and can be used in salads, curries and stir fries. The creeper needs a simple structure…
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Thippili
Thipili or pepper longam is an ancient Indian plant. It is good for respiratory diseases, digestion and even a cancer cure. As well as high medicinal value, it can use in cooking such as Thippili rasam. This plant also grows in shade and has a good economic value. The first step to revaluing the plant,…
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Seeds of unity festival
Seeds of unity festival was created with the aim of food and music to bring our community together. Auroville has been created by hands and hearts and the strength of our community lies in the people. A lot of people came together to help create the festival where we offered an annadana(food offering) to a…
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Emergence at the seeds of unity festival
365 wouldn’t be 365 without lots of music. This video is a mashup of songs performed by Emergence at the seeds of unity festival with guest artist Mahesh Vinayagam, Aman Mahajan. As Krishna says music is an adhesive that brings people together, music is food- food for the soul. These songs that have been written…
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Chop and drop
Soil is everything! How do you make a healthy soil. Return organic matter. In nature you can observe this process of organic matter such as leaves, weeds, sticks, logs etc falling to the ground, decomposing and becoming available nutrients for the soil. In permaculture we plant various plants that are grown simply to cut back…
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Butterfly Pea powder
Clitoria ternatea This most wonderful flower, butterfly pea, has so many medicinal benefits. It boosts memory, lowers blood pressure, aids digestion, improves eyesight, good for uterus health and keeps your skin looking young. Dry the flowers and grind them into a powder. This powder is easy to store, can be used in teas and even…
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REVALUING LOCAL WEEDS IN THE SALAD
Edible weeds grow all around us. They are the fabric of our cultural nutritional heritage. This video gives you an insight into the amazing world of edible weeds.
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How to make your urban edible weed garden
Many people live in apartments. They do not have access to land. Urban gardening is becoming more and more popular and in Solitude we have been introducing the idea of an urban edible weed garden. These weeds are often well-known in our local culture. They are high in medicinal and nutritional value, and most importantly,…