Ingredients: A small butternut or half if large – peeled and diced 1 tablespoon oil 1/3 cup white cabbage ¾ cup red lentils 1/3 cup parsley 1 teaspoon thyme 1 teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper pinch of cayenne (optional) 5 cups water 4 bay leaves Directions: Heat a heavy...
Happy Diwali!! Diwali is a special festival when Lakshmi or wealth is invoked into homes and special rituals are performed to welcome prosperity into one’s life. Despite any ritual or efforts we all understand and realize that this physical wealth and richness is only transient and ever fluctuating. It can...
Ingredients: Dry Ingredients: 2 ½ cups flour (whole wheat flour or all purpose flour) 1 ½ teaspoon salt 1 ¼ teaspoon baking soda Wet Ingredients: ½ cup oil ¾ cup brown sugar 2 cups mashed bananas (over ripe bananas preferred) 1 teaspoon vanilla extract Optional ingredients: ½ cup chocolate chips...
We are living in a world where anything is possible. A very close relative can kill their relative for wealth, an earthquake can eradicate an entire city, or a deadly disease can kill thousands of people. Day in and out we hear these kind of horrific real stories, and it...
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:...
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...
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...