Recipes

SWEET POTATO HALVA Sweet Potato Halwa: Ingredients:O Sweet Potatoes: 3 medium sizedO Milk – 2 TablespoonsO Saffron – A Few StrandsO Milk – 1 CupO Brown Sugar – 1/2 CupO Cardamom – 1 TeaspoonO Ghee – 2 TablespoonsO Nuts – OptionalO Water to cook with to adjust consistency Instruction:O Boil the sweet potatoes in water until cooked and soft.O Remove the skin, mash the sweet potatoes and keep aside O Heat up 2 tablespoon milkO Add the saffron strands to hot milk and keep aside to soak (milk goes saffron coloured). O Heat the Ghee in a panO Add the mashed sweet potatoes and saute in Ghee for 5-10 minutesO Add 1 cup milk and cook...

Ayurvedic Carrot and Lettuce Salad: X 2-3 medium sized carrots – peeled and then gratedX Lettuce one medium sized – choppedX 2 tablespoons boiled cooked rice X Ghee  – 2 to 3 teaspoonsX Cumin seeds ¼ teaspoonX Mustard seeds – ¼ teaspoonX One green chilli as a whole– just as it is. If you want the salad to have slight bit spice, cut green chilli in two piecesX 1 teaspoon fresh chopped gingerX 1 pod garlic chopped – optionalX ½ inch turmeric root choppedX Salt to tasteX Black pepper to tasteX Lemon juice ½ teaspoonX Jaggery/brown sugar Instructions: X In a mixing bowl add grated carrots and chopped lettuce.X Add boiled water to it and leave...

Ayurvedic Stir Fry Okra Ingredients:O Okra – 350 gms chopped keep aside. Make sure it’s been properly dried before chopping. If there is water then the okra stir-fry will be slimy consistency.O Oil 3- 4 tablespoonO Onions – medium sized – 3 peeled and finely choppedO Cumin seeds – 1/4 teaspoonO Mustard seeds – 1/4 teaspoonO Turmeric – 1 to 2 teaspoonsO Red chilli powder – 1/2 to 1 teaspoonO Ginger paste – 2 teaspoonO Garlic paste – 1 teaspoonO Garam masala – 1/2 teaspoonO Cumin powder – 1/2  teaspoonO Salt – to taste Instructions:O Heat up the oil to hotO Heat should be moderate to highO Add cumin seeds and mustard seeds so that...

Ayurvedic Carrot and Red Lentil Soup Ingredients:O Two medium to big sized carrots choppedO 2 cups red lentilsO 3 table spoon oil or gheeO Cumin seeds ½ teaspoonO Mustard seed ½ teaspoonO Fresh ginger ½ inchO 2 pods garlic choppedO 1 – 2 teaspoon turmericO ½ teaspoon red chilli powderO 1 – 2 teaspoon cumin powderO Chopped corianderO Salt to tasteO ¼ teaspoon brown sugar or jaggery Boil the carrots in water for 10 – 15 minutes, set asideSoak red lentils in hot water and set aside Instructions: O Heat a panO Cook oil or ghee until hotO Add cumin seeds, mustard seeds, ginger, garlic and stir for 2 minutes until they golden brownO Add carrotsO Add turmeric and...

Ayurvedic or Indian Way of Making Coffee We all need a coffee boost once in a while. But what if the coffee you have made has more Sattvic qualities rather than the usual dry and heating effect? And it tastes great too! Prep time 5 minutes approximately Ingredients:O Coffee 1 teaspoonO Hot MilkO Hot WaterO Nutmeg 1/5th teaspoonO Cardamom a pinchO Sugar to taste Instructions:O Add 1 teaspoon of instant coffee to a mug.O Add 1/5th cup of hot water.O Whisk the hot water and coffee with a spoon together as if you were beating an egg.O Add 1/5th cup hot semi skimmed milk.O Whisk them all together until it starts going frothy.O Add...