Category: 365 Days
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Wild Passion Fruit & leaves
Wild Passion fruit grows abundantly in and around Pondicherry and has been part of the traditional diet here. It derives its local name ‘Mukuseri’ from its fruit that tends to be very gelatinous inside. The leaves are velvety and extremely delicious. They can be thrown in salad adding a very unique flavour to the food…
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Golden milk
The golden milk is a magic potion! It’s beautiful and yellow, while having amazing calming and healing benefits. It’s anti-inflammatory, contains powerful antioxidants,immunity booster etc…. It is basically a turmeric milk and very tasty. Trust us, your kid will gulp this down in a second! Boil water, with fresh grated turmeric, fresh grated ginger, ground…
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Grilled Stuffed Pumpkin Flowers
Culinarily speaking, one of the most beautiful characteristics of a pumpkin plant is that there is no waste and the entire plant can be consumed. The leaves are a substitute for spinach, its tendrils and tender shoots can be used in stir fries, the immature fruit can be cooked as a vegetable, the seeds can…
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Coconut Milk Latte – The Ultimate Kick of Goodness
Why bother a cow when you can get milk from a tree? That’s right; we are talking about coconuts. In Solitude, we are crazy about our coconut milk and the coffee that we make with it. It’s absolutely delicious, healthy and refreshing. A King’s coffee is what we call it! Making it is damn simple.…
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Centella and Asiatic pennywort
Thuthuvalai Thuvaiyal Thuthuvalai is used here traditionally in the treatment of fever, common colds and respiratory problems such as tuberculosis, bronchial asthma, sinus and chest congestion. It is essentially anti-inflammatory and also effective against microbes. Often a chutney is prepared from the leaves, and this is known as Thuthuvalai Thuvaiyal. More than just remedial, it…
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Local food celebration with Green Papaya
A reclamation of our cultural identity can happen through eating local foods. There’s a lot of talk about organic farming but it is essential to understand that our cultures have emerged because of a relationship with local foods which include many foods that are not even found in shops. Masanobu Fukuoka says, “A society that…
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Papaya Leaves
One of the ladies who works at the Solitude kitchen has a grandson who had contracted dengue fever, and the doctors were very concerned about his health. We packed her off with a sack of papaya leaves and she went to Chennai to the hospital where her grandson was admitted. There she made him a…
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Nannari Root
Hemidesmus indicus / Indian Sarsaparilla Recently I saw a man digging around in the soil on the farm and I asked him, “what are you doing?” He said he was a doctor, and was researching the effects of Nannari on blood purification and reversal of diabetes. He then went ahead and pointed out to me…
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Growing Pineapples
Planting cutting is a really easy way to start growing your own food. The pineapple is great example to start with. When you are eating a pineapple, just take a moment to keep the head that you will cut off the top of it, because this is potentially a seed for a new Pineapple plant!…
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Coconut yogurt
Yogurt or curd is pretty commonly eaten in Tamil Nadu, and all over India. Our friend Sarah, makes a vegan coconut yogurt that is absolutely delicious. You will not miss dairy for a minute! The coconut yogurt is made with the tender coconut malai, and a little bit of coconut water, to blend it into…