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.
Himalayan pink salt
Tandoori Seared Chicken Legs
This is an incredibly easy recipe that boasts such great flavor you’ll be making it a lot! The chicken is seared in a cast iron skillet in hot ghee to brown on both sides, then transferred to the oven to continue cooking. We used whole chicken legs (thigh with drumstick) but you can use the breast with skin, if desired, although the roasting time will likely be a bit longer. You can easily make as much chicken as your skillet can hold.
Indian Rice with Saffron, Spices and Cashews
This is a classic take on an Indian favorite, made with our precious long-grain, aged basmati rice, aromatic spices, Kashmiri saffron, Indian bay and roasted cashew nuts. It’s delicious with a legume or meat dish, a green vegetable and/or a seasonal green salad.
Healing Carrot Ginger Soup with Ashwagandha Ghee
This Ayurveda-inspired soup is simple, nourishing, warming and mighty delicious. We used a medium-large white carrot from a local farm for this soup, but any color carrots you have on hand will do. Feel free to use any herbal, spiced, cultured or original GHEE you choose. This recipe will serve 1-2 people.
Organic Cardamom-Scented Maple Mukhwas
Kabuli Chana Salad
This simple salad makes a wonderful, refreshing lunch or a light dinner. Try it over a bed of leafy greens or with some crusty hot sourdough bread spread with ghee.
Kala Chana Curry
This delicious curry is simple and nourishing. Feel free to experiment with additional, seasonal vegetables. We love the ghee, cilantro and lemon wedges for garnish, but don’t hesitate to add some sliced avocado if you have it on hand.
Broccoli with Radicchio
Balti Curry adds such good flavors to simple, healthy dishes! For this recipe, we started with a cast iron skillet rubbed with ghee to help sear in the flavors of the sweet broccoli and slightly bitter radicchio. The addition of Malabar ground black pepper adds a mildly peppery flavor that won’t compete with the various flavors of the Balti curry, However, any black pepper you have on hand will do quite nicely.
Wild-Blueberry Spelt Pancakes
These pancakes are made with 100% organic spelt flour. The recipe serves one person but can easily to doubled, tripled, etc. We used organic, wild frozen, blueberries that were thawed, but you can use them straight from the freezer. As a garnish, we’ve added frozen, thawed organic sweet, pitted cherries along with a spreading of sesame tahini and some maple syrup. To make your own tahini, check out our recipe at https://blog.pureindianfoods.com/recipe/homemade-sesame-tahini/
Kashmiri Deviled-Egg Appetizers
These easy-to-make little treats are perfect to serve at holidays, parties, picnics and for company. We recommend good quality mayonnaise and either ground Kashmiri red pepper or cayenne to “devil” them up. If desired, replace pimentos with freshly-slivered red bell pepper slices.
Ghee-Roasted Carrots and Brussels Sprouts
This delicious dish is easy and nutritious! If you’re in a pinch, substitute 1/4 tsp each dried rosemary, thyme and oregano in place of fresh. For a super treat, toss with nuts and/or dried fruit just before serving.
Spicy-Nutty Chocolate Treats
These little chocolate treats are so easy to make and they have much less sugar than what you might purchase in the store. Try them with a piece of fruit and a cup of hot tea.
