Best to cook as normal & put in thermos (pre-heated with hot water). If you don’t want to cook first, put all ingredients (veggies & grain) in thermos & add corresponding boiling...
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Ghee is clarified butter. Although it is prepared completely from butter, its properties, according to Ayurveda, are very different from butter itself. In many cases, ghee is...
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According to the time-tested principles of Ayurvedic medicine eating heavy hard to digest foods at night is the seed for all disorders – from fatigue, excess weight through to...
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This is a great little recipe for having on dry biscuits, or dipping celery or carrot sticks etc. into. Great as an afternoon snack, or for serving at lunch/dinner parties for your...
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Kids and adults alike love these. This recipe is based on the Indian Pakora, which is a fried vegetable fritter dish made with besan (chickpea) flour. When the fritters are cooked...
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INGREDIENTS:
rolled oats/oatmeal or ground semolina – both available at health food shops and some supermarkets)...
turmeric, cardamom, cinnamon, ground ginger, saffron (optional)...
fresh dates and/or raisins...
raw or preferably unprocessed sugar (Rapadura or Muscovado)...
HOW TO MAKE:
In a saucepan, before turning on any heat…...
add about 1/2 a cup per person of oats or semolina...
add milk according to the consistency you like (usually about double the quantity of oats or semolina* If trying to lose weight, instead of using skim milk, use 1/2 milk and 1/2...
Stir the mixture to an even consistency before adding heat (this will reduce lumps)...
Put on low/medium heat and while regularly stirring…...
Add cardamom, cinnamon, turmeric & ground ginger – 1-2 pinches per person...
Saffron – 4-5 hairs (optional)...
1-2 dates cut into small pieces or 15- 20 raisins...
Sugar to taste...
Continue stirring (and adding more milk or hot water if needed) until cooked....
To assist your body’s natural ‘elimination cycle’, take one of the following, first thing each morning....
One Glass of ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER (even better if boiled for 5+ minutes first & then cooled)...
One Glass of BOILED WATER with 10-20 drops of FRESH LEMON JUICE and 2 teaspoons of ALOE VERA JUICE...
* Females – Do NOT take the Aloe Vera if menstruating!...
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Having trouble getting to sleep or would just like a more settled sleep? From Western science, we know that an essential amino acid called ‘tryptophan’, helps promote sleep. In the...
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ALTERNATIVE BREAKFAST TO ‘PROCESSED’ CEREALS
INGREDIENTS:
1-2 green apples (some varieties cook more easily than others) or pears...
2-3 cloves...
2 pinches ginger powder...
Optional – Rapadura sugar (or other unrefined sugar or Stevia), cardamom, cinnamon, liquorice (to taste), raisins...
Quantities: based on 1 person – increase accordingly....
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INGREDIENTS
fresh ginger (fruit & vegie shop)...
turmeric, coriander, cumin seeds, others you like (supermarket)...
black mustard seeds, asoefitida/hing (Indian/ Asian market/grocers)...
semolina (coarse best) or cous cous (both in supermarket/health shop)...
INGREDIENTS:
fresh ginger (fruit & vegie shop)...
turmeric, coriander, cumin seeds, others you like ( supermarket )...
black mustard seeds, asoefitida/hing (Indian/ Asian market/grocers)...
Quantities: based on 2 people...
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People often ask what I have for breakfast. I have a variety of things, depending on the season, my appetite, and what ‘I feel like’. but here is one of my all-time favourites –...
MY SUPER GREEN HEALTHY BREAKFAST JUICE RECIPE (VARY TO SUIT OF COURSE):
Put the following in a blender;...
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