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Simple Subji (Sauteed Veggie Delight) nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Simple Subji (Sauteed Veggie Delight)

Ingredients:

  • 2 Tbs ghee

  • 1 Tbs cumin seeds

  • 1 tsp turmeric powder

  • 1 tsp coriander powder

  • 1 tsp salt

  • 4 cups chopped vegetables of choice

  • 1 tsp garam masala (optional)

  • 1 handful of chopped cilantro leaves for garnish after it stops steaming

  • Juice of 1/2 lime for garnish squeezed over after it stops steaming

 

Directions:

  • Chop veges

  • ...
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Ayurveda Mumra Chidwa Recipe (Puffed Rice Snack) nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Ayurveda Mumra Chidwa Recipe

(Puffed Rice Snack)

Puffed Rice Chidwa is a popular snack which is light, spicy, easy to digest and so delicious. It's perfect for a a light meal or snack.

Ingredients (Makes about 12 cups)

  • 1/4 cup ghee

  • 1 cup whole pecans or walnuts, or combo or nuts of choice

  • 1/4 cup maple syrup

  • 2 Tbs chopped fresh ginger

  • 20-40 fresh curry leaves chopped small (or omit...

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Kheer (Sweet Rice Pudding) Dessert Recipe nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Kheer (Sweet Rice Pudding) Dessert Recipe

Ayurvedic and Indian sweets are some of the most elaborate and decadent dishes on the planet. They often contain expensive, rare and aromatic spices such as saffron, rose, silver and more. In Ayurveda, the sweet taste is considered a most important taste for building strong, healthy tissues and immunity. It offers an often lacking emotion in our...

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Green Herb Sauce nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Green Herb Sauce

  • 1 cup dried apricots (I use Turkish apricots)

  • 1 cup boiling water

  • 1 cup shelled walnuts

  • 1 - 2 garlic cloves (to taste), halved

  • 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

  • 1 cups cilantro leaves, coarsely chopped

  • 1 cups parsley leaves (1 1/2 bunches), coarsely chopped 

  • 1 cup basil, coarsely chopped

  • 2 tablespoons walnut oil (or more, to taste)

  • 1 cup soaking...

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Coconut Vegetable Curry nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Coconut Vegetable Curry

A satisfying sweet potato and chickpea stew chock-full of seasonal veggies and healing spices

Ingredients:

  • Chickpeas

  • 1 cup dried chickpeas (garbanzo)

  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric

  • 1 teaspoon sliced ginger

or

  • 1 can organic chickpeas (garbanzo) (rinsed at least a couple of times and drained)

  • 2 cups sliced sweet potatoes/yams

  • 1 cup chopped green beans

  • 1 cup...

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Ghee nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Ghee

The Devas (gods) say: “We shower downward and mortals shower upward: we with rain and mortals with ghee!”

(Markendeya Purana 16:41)

Ghee is butter from which the milk-fat solids and water have been removed. It is good for Vata b/c it is unctuous and nourishes the nervous system and heals the gut lining, good for Pitta b/c it is cooling and nourishes the liver and bhutagnis...

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Vegetable Biryani nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

 Vegetable Biryani Recipe

INGREDIENTS

  • 1.5 cups white basmati rice

  • 6 Tbs ghee

  • 1/2 yellow onion, chopped

  • 1/4 red bell pepper, thinly sliced (optional)

  • 1 carrot (grated)

  • 1 cup of veggies of choice such as zucchini (sliced into half-moon pieces), &/or green cabbage (shredded) &/or broccoli flowerets, &/or a combo of your favorites

  • 2 handfuls of spinach

  • 1/4 cup green...

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Bitter Melon Chips nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Bitter Melon Chips

Ingredients

  • 2 large Bitter Melon Squashes (aka – Karela) from Indian grocery

  • 1 teaspoon Salt

  • ½ teaspoon Turmeric Powder

  • ½ tablespoon Tamarind paste (from health food store – should have organic) or can make your own

For Batter

  • ¼ cup Besan Flour (black chickpea flour) or plain chickpea is fine if that’s what you have

  • 1.5...

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Spiced Carrots nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Spiced Carrots

Try this versatile carrot/veggie recipe that you can make this recipe with any vegetable – cauliflower, cabbage, green beans, the choice is yours!

Servings - 4

  • 3- 4 cups sliced carrots (rounds) - use heirloom carrots when in season

  • 2 tbs. sunflower oil / coconut oil

  • tsp. turmeric

  • tsp. asafoetida (optional)

  • 2 tsps. Whole fennel seeds (or whole cumin seeds)

  • Salt...

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Ayurveda Spiced Barley Rice Recipe nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Ayurveda Spiced Barley Rice Recipe 

Perfect for spring season or anytime weather, body, or heart feels damp, heavy and cloudy. Barley is a great diuretic grain to help with excess fluids while being simultaneously 

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup pearled barley

  • ½ c white basmati rice (rinsed)

  • 3 cups water

  • 2 tsp ghee

  • 2 tsp black mustard seeds

  • 2 tsp cumin seeds

  • 1 tsp garam...

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“Jaljeera” - Rehydrating Elixir Drink Ayurveda Recipe nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

“Jaljeera” - Rehydrating Elixir Drink

  • 2 cups room temp spring water

  • ¼ tsp ground roasted cumin seeds

  • 4 leaves fresh mint leaves

  • 4 pinches salt

  • 1 Tbs brown sugar or 1-2 pitted dates or more to taste

  • Juice of ½ lime

Blend all together.

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Hydrating Elixir Recipe - Ayurveda nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Hydrating Elixir

Blend Following Ingredients in a Blender:

• 1 Quart (4 cups) warm water (or warm if fighting of defending flu)

Juice of 1-2 limes (to taste)

• 1-2 Tbs sweetener (raw honey, jaggery, maple syrup, sucanat)

• 1/8 tsp salt (we suggest “soma salt” from Chandika.com)

 

With one of the following options:

• Vata: 1 pinch sunthi powder...

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Oatmeal Upma Ayurveda Recipe nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Oatmeal Upma

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups rolled oats (or 1 cup each of oats and spelt, kamut or other favorite rolled grain)

  • Handful of nuts such as cashews, almond slivers, sunflower seeds, pecans

  • 1-2 tbs ghee

  • 1 tsp fennel seeds

  • 1 tsp cumin seeds

  • 1 tsp cumin powder

  • Few pinches hing (asafetida)

  • ½ tsp turmeric powder

  • 1 tsp garam masala

  • 5 curries leaves chopped finely

  • 1-1.5...

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Ayurveda Almond Chutney Recipe nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Almond Chutney

(Badam Chutney)

 Ingredients

  • 1 cup Almonds

  • 1 thai Green Chili

  • 1 thumb of peeled Ginger

  • Salt to taste

For Tempering “Chaunk”

  • 1 tsp sesame oil

  • 1/2 tsp Mustard seeds

  • ½ tsp Urad Dal

  • 8 curry leaves chopped

  • 1 pinch hing (Asafoetida)

 

Directions

Blanch almonds in water 5-10 minutes and remove skins

1. blend almonds, chili, salt,...

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Ayurveda Chapatis Recipe - Wheat, Barley, Arrowroot Flat Breads nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

Chapatis

Wheat-Barley-Arrowroot

Chapatis are deeply satisfying “tortillas” which can be made homemade 1-2 times per week and set in fridge ready to cook fresh with your meals. You can use one flour or a combination of flours made from common grains and dhals such as: barley, oats, millet, quinoa, rice, spelt, amaranth, tapioca, garbanzo, mung, etc).

Ingredients:

  • 1.5 cup wheat...

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Ayurveda Amrapan Mango Drink Recipe nutrition recipes Oct 23, 2023

“Amrapan” Ayurveda Mango Drink

Perfect for summer hydration and nourishment!

Ingredients:

  • 1 ripe raw mango, skin and pit removed

  • 2 cups water

  • ½ tsp. crushed roasted cumin seeds or Mum’s super spice

  • 6 black pepper corns

  • 6 mint leaves

  • 1/8 tsp soma salt

  • 1 Tbs sugar

  • Juice of ½ lime

 Blend all together.

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