Tag: vegetable
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Make Your Own Booklet Series.
The Amazing Uses of Banana Stem – 1 Over the years, Solitude Farm Café has created many projects to help educate people on the benefits of local foods. One such effort was this collection of pamphlets made by Sarah Kundig (youtube.com/myfoodforest) These simple pamphlets give people who come to the café a chance to take…
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Potatoes
In Auroville, Many people want to grow plants like potatoes in Auroville. I say to them it won’t work. If it would work, then surely farmers would be growing them already. I have worked extensively with our community in Auroville, helping to set up gardens and encouraging people to eat local foods. Claudine, from the…
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Black Chilli
There are hundreds of varieties of chillies with different tastes, shapes, heat, and colors. This amazing black chilli is stunning to look at. Tiny purple-black fruits nestled among greenish-black leaves. The intensity of the color makes it a wonderful ornamental plant as well as a spicy addition to your kitchen. The pods start green, turn…
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Winged Bean
The winged bean, also known as cigarillos, four-angled bean, four-cornered bean, dragon bean, etc, is a tropical herbaceous legume. The winged beans are an excellent source of calcium, and interestingly, they also contain phosphorus, which helps the body to build strong bones; it is also claimed that it lowers blood pressure, prevents diabetes, boosts haemoglobin…
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Pumpkin sabji
Pumpkin is an all-season vegetable that can be kept in the storeroom for a while. It can be used in many ways, from soups to curries, sweets to powder! A really simple way to use it is to cut it into cubes without removing the skin; the skin is both nutritious and tasty, then sautee…
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Sambhar
Sambhar is the most generic of all Tamil dishes. Its basically, a dal curry cooked with vegetables and tamarind. At solitude, as we have so much sundakai and banana stem, we always add them along with the traditional ingredients of drumstick and green mango. Sambhar can have so many variations of taste depending on the…
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Plantain flour
Plantain is an amazing food source. At Solitude, especially in the summer when it is really hot, and we have a glut of plantain, we make flour. Plantain is a great wheat substitute if you want to go gluten-free. This is truly something that anyone can do! First, peel the plantains. Slice them into thin…
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Veggie burger
Solitude farm cafe veggie burger is an awesome way to utilise excess vegetable into a delicious and healthy kid friendly meal. First soak some dal, at solitude we have been using Mysore dal and green gram. After soaking, grind them in a mixie and leave aside. Saute ginger, garlic, onion, chilli, plantain, spinach and any…