Author: Sagar
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Community Garden
In Auroville, nearly everyone has access to a bit of land to grow some basic foods like papaya, banana, pineapple, Thulsai, Teepali, ladies finger, tomato etc For many years and especially during the lockdown, we have been making gardens in Auroville in different communities. With the basic concept of a circle garden, we engaged people…
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Pirindai Kuthu song
Pirindai, Or Devil’s backbone is a weed that grows in the hedges on the side of the road. It helps with healing and strengthening bones. In Tamil Nadu, we make a chutney from it which is very moreish! This video has been made by combining music and education, and a little drama! Hope it inspires…
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THALI OF THE DAY / PLAT DU JOUR
The thali of the day is a snap shot of the nutritional bounty of our Mother Nature. Harvested as the name suggest on a daily basis. Fruits, vegetables, roots, leaves, seeds, flowers, the colors of our nutritional cultural heritage. This food is delicious, heathy and truly expresses, the ancient proverb ” food is medicine “.…
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Pani Kirai
12_Pani_Kirai(720p).mp4 Pani Kirai ia wild amarant. It’s a forgotten spinach remembered only by the village’s old ladies. Eating the spinach is like a time machine. It is one of the many colours of this ancient Tamil culture. Check out the video.
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Chithirai Masam Ragi
027_Chithirain_Ragi___HD_720p(720p).mp4 Traditionally Tamil culture followed a Lunar calendar. The month of May corresponds to the Tamil month of Chitirai. It is in this season that we can harvest Ragi. Understanding the seasonal variations, the changes in weather patterns when to plant and harvest is obviously integral to preserving crop diversity and, thus, a healthy society…
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BASKET OF THE DAY
Permaculture and natural farming offer a vast diversity of nutritional gifts. The commercialization and industrialisation of agriculture have diminished the varieties of food available to us. The CSA, or community supported agriculture is a project that can be found all around the world. Farmers offer weekly baskets of seasonal produce; fruits, vegetables, flowers, roots, spinach,…
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The Indian Almond
The Indian almond is a delicious and nutritious nut that grows on trees that grow everywhere. People have forgotten how to harvest them. Forgotten how to open them and forgotten how to appreciate this beautiful color of our nutritional cultural heritage. The Indian almond is part of Ayurveda, is part of permaculture, part of Indian…
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Butterfly pea juice
https://youtu.be/tiLWBL9swso This amazing blue flower is great for your memory. It grows quickly, and it’s a beautiful ornamental plant.This video is a Tamil comedy we made at Solitude to inspire people to use in their daily life. Hope it inspires you too. Check out the video to learn how to make blue juice.
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Banana flower poriyal
Why is it that banana flower as a vegetable dish is more and more forgotten in this bio region? Life is too fast, people are busy working and the banana flower takes time to open! Sitting down with few friends and family or family offers us, not only a delicious vegetable, highly nutritious and valued…
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Radish Salad
RADISH SALAD Radish grows in abundance in the winter season. One of the challenges we face on our road back to nature, integrating local foods into our diets, is to create diverse recipes, so as to not get bored with a certain vegetable when there is a glut. At Solitude farm cafe we use radish…