Tag: Recipe
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Sirupasalai Keerai
“Pasalai keerai or siru pasalai” is known as chicken weed in English. This almost-forgotten spinach has many medicinal benefits, including curing intestinal ulcers. The Spinach has a delicious flavor and strong aroma; it can be used to make all sorts of vegetable dishes and curries. What’s interesting about this spinach is that you won’t find…
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Ridge Gourd Skin Chutney
A rich, tangy peerkangai thol chutney, or ridge gourd skin chutney, is the ultimate example of best out of ‘waste’. The “Thol” in Tamil refers to the skin. A traditional delicacy locally, it might sound absurd to use the skin of a gourd vegetable to make a chutney. But trust us, it is lip-smacking. At…
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Banana Flower Party
Discover the delightful world of raw banana flower salad – a nutritious and refreshing dish that will tantalize your taste buds and nourish your body. Follow these simple steps to create this unique and healthy dish. – Choose a fresh banana flower with tightly closed bracts, avoiding any brown or discolored ones. – Remove the…
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Idly Podi
There are innumerable varieties of Idli podi /chutney powders that accompany the most popular dish across India ( mind you, not just the South anymore! ), IDLI! There is this one that can be made with three greens: drumstick leaves, tender tamarind leaves & curry leaves. You can take a handful of each of these…
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Kombucha
Just putting some steps of kombucha. ( 1 litre) – (fundamentals rather than measurements) 1. Boil nicely 1 litre of water. Just 2 min before switching off the stove, add tea powder. ( Need not be too strong or too litre. Just enough) 2. Add sugar in such a way that it is decently sweet.…
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Chocolate Banana Cake
Another beautiful creation of our dear friend Sarah Kundig, whose YouTube channel “My Foodforest” is full of vegan recipes that are made from ingredients freshly harvested from her food forest. This recipe is raw vegan cacao-chip iced pie. Super tasty, almost too tasty! And surprisingly easy to make. Check out her video and try it…
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Vegan Raw Carrot Cake
Solitude Farm Cafe is the creation of many hearts and hands; this amazing raw vegan carrot cake is a creation of Sarah Kundig. It is very tasty and easy to make; we’d like to share Sarah’s video from her YouTube channel “My Foodforest”- best let her explain. Click the link to watch the full recipe:…
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Breadfruit Kara kuzhambu
I think we have become quite fixed in our ways about what ingredients go in what dish, but if we look at the evolution of recipes, they emerged probably more out of what was available than specific ingredients. Take Kara Kuzhambu; this spicy, tangy curry has as its base tamarind and tomatoes, and most people…
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Breadfruit Fry
Breadfruit is a big find! I discovered it when I was 11 years old, traveling to Trinidad with my family. I remember it with such a fondness that when I saw it growing on a friend’s farm not too far from Auroville, it was always on my radar to find saplings. One day, I was…
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How to Make Peanut Cake Chikki: A Delectable Indian Specialty
Peanut cake chikki is a delightful and crunchy sweet treat that holds a special place in Indian cuisine. Made with just a few simple ingredients, it’s a beloved specialty enjoyed across the country. Here’s a quick guide on how to make this delicious Indian peanut cake chikki in under 200 words. Ingredients: 1 cup raw…