Category: 365 Days

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Vazhaipoo Vadai Earlier on, we had illustrated how the Banana flower can be prepared for use as a vegetable. Here is a recipe that incorporates this nutrient rich and delicious ingredient – a crispy banana flower-lentil fritter (Vadai)! This is a wonderful take on the more common Paruppu (Dal) Vadai, making it more nutritious on…

Cooking Millets

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Millets are commonly referred to as “small-seeded grasses”. They are gluten-free & rich in fibre, proteins, minerals and vitamins. In fact, their high fibre content is best known for helping prevent bowel disorders which may well be one of the greatest banes of modern mankind. Millets have been grown and consumed since the dawn of…

Banana Stem

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Vazhaithandu The Banana is botanically a part of the Musa genus and is actually the flower-stalk of a large, herbaceous plant – which means it is actually a grass. All parts of the Banana plant are useful, whether for consumption of the fruit, flower, and stem or for other culinary applications of the leaves and…

Ramphal ice cream/Smoothie

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Eating local produce is directly linked to economic non-exclusivity since it is abundant! Ramphal – grows on its own, a native fruit with a very creamy custard-like texture. , In the peak season, we harvest wheelbarrow loads! We use it to make ice cream, smoothies, chutneys, or simply as a tasty fruit as part of…

Green Mango Pachadi

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Pacha Manga Pachadi This one is bound to be a pleasant surprise if you’ve never tried it before. We have a Mango tree that gives fruit that aren’t particularly sweet nor tasty as fruit in the regular sense. So instead, we pick them before they ripen i.e. when they have grown to size, but are…

Millet Phirni

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Everyone loves to have desserts! When the dessert is wholesome, cruelty free, made from organic ingredients then you can even taste the purity and love radiating from that dessert! Phirni is an Indian sweet pudding which is usually made from rice, milk and sugar. However, at solitude farm, we make phirni using varagu millet, peanut…

Butterfly pea ice cubes

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The title might be intriguing, but the idea is so simple! We all love to share a drink with our friends on occasion, be it an afternoon lemon juice or an evening mocktail, or whatever tasty beverage it is that float’s our social boat. Wouldn’t it be nice if our ice cubes had the potential…

Banana stem recipe

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Here’s a playful video showing Krishna failing to get Mala and Paru’s help with cooking a banana stem poriyal, so he tries it on his own! If he can do it so can you!

Chaya, Mayan Tree Spinach

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