I can never imagine a meal without curd.Sometimes I can even use it as a side dish for breakfast/ dinner dishes if there is nothing else available.And as for the cooling raitas prepared with the curds, I can eat it as a meal. My love for curd is so much that I have a separate…
This month the chosen dish for Indian Cooking Challenge is Gujarati Dal from the the Ayurvedic cookbook –Sukham Ayu.This book is authored by Jigyasa & Pratibha ,and it is the Winner of Best Health and Nutrition Book in the World 2009 – second place.You can find healthy recipes and food-tips , Ayurvedic insights. I am…
Years ago when I was in school,mom had to visit my aunt and left me in-charge of the kitchen.After she reached her sisters home she reminded me that there was butter on the shelf and it needed to be melted.[We lived in a hill station and there was no need for refrigerators].I has seen her…
We are experiencing heavy rains for the past one week and all types of fevers,flu and cold are spreading rapidly.Not to be left out,MIL and me fell prey to the ‘deadly cold and cough’.Yea,deadly coz I feel I can even withstand a fever but stuffy nose,watery eyes, sore throat,headaches,sneezes and coughs are surely not my…
Ayurveda talks about the tri doshas – Vata ,Pitta and kapha.Each dosha contain the aspects of the 5 elements of space.Though we are made of a combination of doshas one of them is predominent.Each dosha is a seperate topic by itself so here I am just going to share a few things about ‘Vata’ only.Vata…
