Author: Sagar
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Papaya Peppy Pasta Sauce
Local Name of item/recipe: Papali (in Tamil) Common Name of item/ recipe: Papaya At the Solitude farm, there is a Papaya bonanza and we are literally flooded with Papaya during the summer months. Papaya fruit can be made into a smoothie, one can eat it as is, make a fruit bowl or make jam. However,…
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Ragi Choco Crepe
delectable, nutritious food for children Ragi! What’s that? Well, it’s a millet. And millets are seeds that are grown in large fields like grains, but with much less water. Millets formed the foundation of agriculture in India and were traditionally part of the Indian palate. We make fermented porridge, ragi balls and roti out of…
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Drumstick Leaves
Moringa Oleifera ‘Murungai keerai’ Moringa Leaves have been rapidly earning a global reputation as a ‘super-food’, and one can find articles written about them even in lifestyle magazines these days. Yet, this food has been the very foundation of Tamil nutritional cultural heritage. Ironically though, one can’t find these leaves being cooked in any restaurants.…
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Tamarind Leaf Dal
In Andhra Pradesh this preparation is called Chinta Chiguru Pappu, meaning ‘tender tamarind leaves with lentils’. It is a delicious way to include this abundant, natural, medicinal resource in our diets, and thereby quite literally, and practically apply the ancient wisdom of food being one’s medicine! The preparation: In a pot add ½ cup of…
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Ajwain tomato chutney
The velvety thick green leaves of this unique perennial give off a herbal smell that’s hard to resist. Just like tulsi, this plant can be easily grown in pots and can be seen in almost all homes in India. At Solitude we love growing this plant as one of our chief herbs and we use…
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Pumpkin Tendril
Pumpkins are great! It is seldom that someone dislikes a heart pumpkin soup or a pumpkin leaf salad. But did you know that pumpkin tendrils are edible too?! Pumpkin tendrils are essentially the spiral, thin, coiled structures of the creeper. We have found them to be a flavourful addition to salads. They are high in…
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Soursop Leaf Tisane
The remedies for the overwhelming diseases that we face in this modern age, like cancer, can be found in nature. Take the juice or tisane of the Soursop leaf, for example – it is commonly acknowledged to be 10,000 times more effective than chemotherapy in the treatment of cancer (though precise research is ongoing). And…
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Caprese salad
One of our favourite ways to use tomatoes, is in a Caprese! It truly heroes the beautiful vegetable. It is quite simple – slice your tomatoes, and prepare your basil leaves, and arrange the basil leaves and tomatoes, alternatively in a circle, with the homemade vegan sour cream (made from homemade coconut yogurt, cashews, garlic…
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Butterfly Pea
Clitoria ternatea Clitoria ternatea or Butterfly Pea is a locally growing leguminous plant also named “Radha’s Consciousness” by the Mother. It is a vigorously growing perennial trailing, climbing vine that grows in most soil conditions, can withstand drought and thrives in sunny as well as partially-shaded conditions.in Solitude it grows everywhere, we harvest the flowers,…
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The Hulk – Green Smoothie
If Hulk lived in the Solitude farm, this would be his drink of choice! Our green smoothie is the talk of the town. All our visitors, from children to adults simply love it. With the abundance of locally sourced food, we never run out of this smoothie in the café either. It’s creamy, sweet, flavourful…