Ingredients: 1 lb. or 29 oz. can chickpeas (boiled) 1 tablespoon ground cumin seeds 1 table spoon dried coriander powder 1 tablespoon chili powder Salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander leaves 1 tablespoon chopped curly parsley 2 tablespoon all purpose flour Directions:...

Traditionally Raksha Bandhan is a festival to commemorate purity and protection in human relationships, especially focusing on the brother-sister relationship. The tying of a beautiful decorated sacred thread to a brother’s wrist by his sister is a symbol of her faith and trust in him.  And brothers see it as...

Before coming into spiritual knowledge I always used to remember God as my Father and these days I practice God as my Mother and as the Almighty Authority as well. I tend to use the Master Almighty Authority when I’m at work in school to help me remain powerful. I...

Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour or whole wheat flour ½ cup oil 1 cup sugar 1 ½ cup chopped mangoes 1 cup pureed mangoes ½ teaspoon cardamom 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon salt Cardamom sugar topping:  2-3 tablespoons sugar ½ teaspoon cardamom 1 tablespoon...

How does the ego convince us that it is real? Emotions sustain the ego because emotions feel real. Emotions come from the ‘my’ value we project onto things or people but that value is not a part of the object or person we call ‘mine’. My car has value for...

Dough Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat flour (or all-purpose flour) Salt to taste Less than ½ cup of water (to knead dough) 1 tablespoon oil For the stuffing:  ¼ cup shredded French beans ½ cup finely chopped or grated cabbage (green or purple) ¼ cup grated Zucchini ¼ cup grated...

  Whom the world remember as Aadi Devi (first deity) or Eve, as written in many texts. In Vedas, Saraswati is described as the goddess of Knowledge. We now understand that Saraswati is the spiritual daughter of Prajapita Brahma and also is the World mother (Jagat Amba) through whom God fulfills everyone's...

Ingredients: • 1 block of firm tofu (drain all the water) • olive oil • soy sauce (to taste) • 2 tablespoon of white miso • 2 tablespoon almond butter • ½ teaspoon brown rice syrup (or can use honey for sweetness) • 1 sheet seaweed (slice them above 1-inch...

Imbibe is a funny word. It usually relates to drinking and if you don’t make it too obvious what kind of drink, people are likely to assume it is alcohol. Yet the word imbibe is often used by many in the context of virtues. We might say that we are...

Water, as we all know, is essential for life both as an individual and also collectively for life on earth.  It is the unique feature of the earth that makes it habitable for life. At an individual level, water constitutes about an average of 60% (ranging from 50-75%) of our...