Ayurveda really knows how to do almonds! The nuts are soaked and the skins removed for easier digestion. For added sweetness without added sugar, try a chopped date or a dried fig. The spices are suggestions – please feel free to add any that you love. Enjoy this delicious, nutritious almond milk warmed or chilled.
Comfort Custard
This egg custard is simple and nourishing comfort food. It’s ideal for anyone with a sensitive stomach or compromised digestion. It can be enjoyed warm or chilled. For Ayurveda enthusiasts, when taken warm, it’s calming to Vata. When chilled or cool, it eases Pitta, and when a teaspoon of ghee along with a bit of ginger and cardamom are added, it becomes more balancing to Kapha. For a delicious twist, turn this into maple custard by using maple sugar, or into caramel-style custard by using jaggery in place of raw sugar.
Quinoa Kitchari
Kitchari is India’s most beloved comfort food; it’s also an important food for healing and supporting good digestion. While traditionally made with basmati rice, it can also be made with other grains. This hearty, delicious kitchari is made with sprouted quinoa, but regular quinoa will do fine.
Tropical Kokum Fruit
India is home to a stunning array of gorgeous culinary and medicinal plants! One such plant is the Kokum Tree (aka the Goa Butter Tree). Known in science as Garcinia indica, it’s a fruit-bearing tree that belongs to the mangosteen family. It is native to India and mainly grows in the states of Maharashtra, Goa, […]
Food Additives and The Human Gut
Recently, Sandeep came across an article written by the University of Chicago. It was published under the Molecular & Computational Biology section at Phys.org. The title of article is: Common Food Preservative has Unexpected Effect on the Gut Microbiome. After reading the article, Sandeep remarked to all of us about how happy he is that […]
Ghee Scrambled Eggs with Black Seed, Cumin and Curry Leaves
These delicious, nutritious eggs are great at any meal. Try them with ham, bacon or sausage, or with sprouted whole grain toast, biscuits or muffins. The recipe is enough for one person, and can easily be doubled, tripled, etc.
Mung Dal Buckwheat Kitchari
This simple, nourishing recipe is a different take on an old classic. We made it in our pressure cooker, however you can easily make it on a stove top. Despite the name, buckwheat is not related to wheat. It’s a gluten-free starchy seed that is used like a grain. According to Ayurveda, buckwheat can be enjoyed by each dosha, however, its light, nourishing qualities make it especially good for kapha dosha. This recipe serves 2 people. Be sure to add any additions desired, and remember – kitchari is supposed to be porridge-like in consistency, however you can add less water if you would like it to be thicker.
Indian-Spiced Chicken with Cashew Nuts
Here’s a simple, aromatic and delicious recipe you’ll return to often. Feel free to experiment with different kinds of protein, including shrimp, tofu and legumes such as garbanzo beans or lentils.
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins with Ghee and Spices
These delicious muffins are a seasonal favorite, perfect to warm the cool fall days, the holidays and the cold winter days. Feel free to add as much spice as you like. We call for brown sugar, but coconut palm sugar, and organic cane sugar will also work. This recipe will yield anywhere from 8-12 muffins, depending on size.
Wise-Woman Moon Milk with Shatavari Ghee and Fennel
Moon Milk is a soothing, delicious milk-based hot beverage that has its roots in the healing tradition of Ayurveda. It’s useful for deep relaxation and sound rest, and is often taken at bed-time to calm stress and anxiety. Adding medicinal ghee increases the effectiveness and potency of the herb, carrying it deeper into the body. Feel free to adjust the spices as desired.
Growing Up with Worcestershire Sauce
I grew up in a family of Southern cooks. Specifically, Louisiana where food wasn’t really “food” unless it came out of the kitchen with at least some degree of Cajun herbs or spices. Sauces were big… delicious barbecue, remoulade, tarter and shrimp-cocktail, but my dad’s all-time favorite, Worcestershire, wasn’t Cajun at all. In fact, it […]
Heart-Warming Arjuna Moon Milk with Rose Petal Jam
Moon Milk is a soothing, delicious milk-based hot beverage that has its roots in the healing tradition of Ayurveda. It’s useful for deep relaxation and sound rest, and is often taken at bed-time to calm stress and anxiety. Adding medicinal ghee increases the effectiveness and potency of the herb, carrying it deeper into the body. Feel free to adjust the spices as desired.
