Many people are aware of the tremendous benefits of natto, a Japanese staple that, for many Westerners, can be a bit off-putting. That’s where the Pure Indian Foods Freeze-Dried Natto comes in so beautifully. It’s easily reconstituted, and best of all, the taste is mild and pleasant, blending well with other flavorful ingredients. These cookie bites are a coconut-free version of the recipe available at https://www.pureindianfoods.com/blogs/recipes/coco-natto-cookie-bites. If you want to consume some natto every day and don’t know where to begin, these chocolatey cookie bites are a great place to start.
Himalayan pink salt
Natto Lunch Bowl with Sesame Dressing
This is more or less a DIY lunch bowl, simple and ideal for one person. It’s prepared with re-constituted natto and a delicious Japanese-style sauce. Choose any cooked grain or potato you like, along with favorite veggies, and your choice of protein. We’ve used curry-spiced tofu teriyaki (recipe below).
Curry-Roasted Root Vegetables with Marinara and Ghee
This colorful, delicious recipe uses a variety of naturally sweet root vegetables seasoned with ghee, curry, cayenne and a favorite marinara sauce. The vegetables are roasted in a hot oven to golden perfection and topped off with a sprinkle of parsley for the final touch. Vegetables we used include onions, carrots, rutabaga, golden beets and daikon radish. Add spices and parsley to personal taste.
Ayurveda-Style Almond Milk with Spices
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.
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/
