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Korra Pulihara

In Recipes on 3 July 2014 at 7:55 pm

Korra PuliharaWe are certainly not the first to post a recipe for కొర్ర పులిహార, but we just may be the most popular – that depends on you 😉  Fortunately we have millet champion Sunitha from Seattle who has a direct link to the Millets Initiative in Ananthapur and brought home a variety of millets last time she went to visit the farmers there.  Foxtail Millet is a small grain that cooks easily.  Just as we eat different vegetables every day, why not different grains? asks Dinesh of village Kadri.  Dinesh coordinates the Millets Initiative in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh.   As someone who eats rice every day, all I can say is, “what a concept!”

Sunitha makes it look so easy and we lose no time getting the good news to you. Read the rest of this entry »

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Chocolate-Date Muffins

In Recipes on 21 June 2014 at 1:10 am

Made with whole wheat, sprouted ragi and dates, these chocolate muffins are wholesome enough to have for breakfast!  Or any time of day – not to mention they are so easy to pack for travel.  Stun your friends at the next potluck.  When we saw Chef Disha proudly display her creation, we asked her Amma to share the recipe.

Basic Vegan Chocolate Muffins (recipe adapted from Veganosaurus)

Disha shows us how it's done.

Disha shows us how it’s done.

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Baking bread at home

In Recipes on 17 June 2014 at 11:46 am
Today's loaf of bread

Today’s loaf of bread

When I first baked bread I used the recipe in Laurel’s Kitchen.  For years I followed this and usually baked one loaf every weekend.  It would be an afternoon’s undertaking, with all the mixing and kneading, waiting, kneading again and rising and baking.  It tended to be crumbly but we inhaled it all the same. Read the rest of this entry »

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Party Treats

In Recipes, What on 15 January 2014 at 2:30 pm

I’d have called this post “Healthy Party Treats” but in present company that goes without saying, doesn’t it?  When I was little, people used the word “healthy” pronounced hell-thee as a synonym for “fat.”  I would say “euphemism” except that it was actually kind of a compliment.  Pleasantly plump, with pleasantly understood.  Ah how times change.

Tender Coconut - fun for all ages

Tender Coconut – fun for all ages

What makes a food a party food …?  Is it merely something you don’t eat every day, eaten in the company of people you don’t meet every day?  Which if you think about it, means almost anything counts!  A plate of carrot sticks will disappear in no time amidst a lively crowd and yet who would think of carrots as party food? Read the rest of this entry »

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Pizza – Vegetarian and Vegan

In Recipes on 29 December 2013 at 4:11 am
Baked Pizza

Home-Baked Pizza

Recently I overheard a mother talk about having her children have one turn a week to plan the meals, as long as they were healthy.  As an example of what would not do, she stated,”It can’t be pizza!” Pizza is however, one of the healthiest dinners I know.    Using whole wheat dough to make the crust, and plenty of vegetables for the topping, I don’t see where you can go wrong! Read the rest of this entry »

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Vegan Delights

In Recipes on 29 December 2013 at 4:00 am

Ever since Sejal posted her recipe for Coconut-fig ice-cream, there has been a flurry of interest in vegan food.  With the new year coming, one of the resolutions some of us toy with is to try to reduce our dependence on animal products, or eliminate them from our diet altogether.  Cause we’re cool like that.

Whether for health, ethical or environmental reasons, or just to spruce up our foodie stripes, most of us could diversify our diets by bringing in some vegan items onto our menus.   Here are some fun ones to get the ball rolling.

Banana Delight
Colourful fruit sticks
Slice of vegan pizza

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Rainbow Fruit Sticks – Almost

In Recipes on 29 December 2013 at 3:56 am

Look up “rainbow fruit sticks” and you will find hundreds of photos of neatly arranged sticks of fruit impaled upon long toothpicks in exactly rainbow coloured order, perhaps even arranged in a nice semicircle, representing the rainbow.

Certainly that is what I intended when I planned to serve rainbow colored fruit sticks at my daughter’s birthday party.  I got a watermelon, papaya, pineapple, and grapes –  green and purple.  The purple would have to do for blue, indigo and violet.   Read the rest of this entry »


Vegan whole wheat chocolate muffins (easy)

In Recipes on 20 November 2013 at 8:00 pm

You can call them cupcakes if you want but they are whole wheat and made with brown sugar so they won’t be as light and fluffy as a cupcake.  On the other hand they are very sweet, more than you might expect from something called a muffin.  Best of all they are quick and easy.  Great for surprise guests or impromptu picnics.  The other thing they are great for is kids in the kitchen …

Muffins in the oven!

Muffins in the oven!

So here you go:
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Delicious drinks

In Recipes on 24 October 2013 at 8:14 pm

Drinks that are delicious and nutritious.

Two spoons of molasses dissolved in warm water.
Blend mango, banana, cornmeal (leftover from breakfast) and a dash of whole raw milk. Sonika S, Arlington.
Blend ripe bananas, walnuts, peanut butter and cocoa. Top with pomegranate. Chetana K, Bangalore.
Smoothie! Spinach, beetroot, carrots, and tomatoes.

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Coconut-fig ice-cream

In Recipes on 19 September 2013 at 3:59 pm
coconut fig ice cream

coconut fig ice cream

Ever imagine that ice cream could be good for you? In your dreams? … well your dreams are about to come true. Sejal Amma from Bangalore sends a recipe for a vegan delight that is raw and sugar-free as well!

Raw, sugar-free coconut-fig ice-cream

Ever heard of an ice cream that contains no harmful ingredients such as dairy products, added sugar & preservatives, emulsifiers or other artificial additives, and yet is sweet, creamy & super simple to make? Read the rest of this entry »