- Crowder or black eye peas curry is very quick to make and 1 of my favourite. I use frozen peas.
- Heat oil and crack few mustard seeds, curry leaves. Now add some chopped tomatoes, peas ,ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chilli powder, cumin-coriandor powder and salt. Add some water. Presser cook 1 whilstle since peas are frozen and so almost cooked.
- For dosa, i have been adding kasoori methi little bit lately and am really liking it. Today i made oat dosa with just salt and kasoori methi. If you like kasoori methi, then do try.
- Few avocado chunks with little salt sprinkled. Avocado helps reduce cholesterol according to all i have read online.
- You really don’t need to spend hrs in the kitchen to have fresh food.
- Good things thrown here and there is what makes a difference in my opinion.
Month: September 2013
Dabeli sandwich
- Dabeli is very popular in some part of Gujarat and it is very very spicy. Well, i never liked when i was in india. Away from india, it’s a different story.
- Traditionally it’s made with buns with layers of garlic, sweet, green chutneys, potato mixture and topped with some spicy mixture or spicy peanuts.
- I tried easy sandwich. Yeah, call me lazy.
- Added Badhshah dabeli masala to boiled poatoes. Add some cilantro, lemon juice, salt and whatever you want to add. Dabeli masala is the key. It has a distinct flavour.
- You can do seasoning with mustard or cumin seeds, add potatoes mixture and cook it for few mins too.
- Put a layer of potato mix on a whole wheat bread.Top it with spicy mixture from indian store or mix mixture in potato mix.
- Roast in sanwich roaster.
- Have it with any chutney of your choice or ketchup.
- Yum !
Pear a day in fall
- Fall is the time when air is dry, days are warm and nights are cooler. According to chinese medicine, fall is a season associated with lungs.
- And pear is good for lungs. Pear clears heat, moistening and clears phlegm from the Lungs.
- Last fall when i got sick and had dry cough, my acupuncturist recommended me pears and it did work.
- Found a good article here abt pears : http://robvenaacupuncture.com/2011/10/15/fall-is-the-season-for-pears/
- There are lot of different kinda pears so find a kind you like or like me, try it all.
- There are always recipes but i like to just eat them raw. Keep them on the counter few days after you buy them. So it will be nicely ripe.
- Stay healthy with pears in Fall and don’t fall sick.
Gayatri mantra mudras
- Gayatri mantra is praised in 3 vedas and very popular among indians. But very few know that there are mudras for gayatri mantra.
- Gayatri mantra has 24 syllables and each syllable has mudra to go with it. And then there are 8 closing mudras. I learned it all from my yoga teacher.
- Have practiced gayatri mantra mudras and have enjoyed it very much. So wanna share with my readers. My teacher published i-book last year so now everyone can learn it, practice and have your own experience.
- Few pictures of mudras to give some idea.
- Book has everything you will need to know with videos so it’s easy to learn.
- You will need i-device like i-phone , i-pad or i-touch to buy book. Search by book name “Gayatri mantra with mudras” or search for author name “Pradip B. Bulsara”
- Enjoy and experience transformation !
Pigeon peas curry
- A simple yet very very tasty gujarati curry. Pigeon peas are available at indian store in frozen section in USA.
- Heat oil, crack few mustard seeds. Add chopped onion and saute until they turn little brown. Don’t burn it.
- Now add chopped tomatoes and cook until they are mushy.
- Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, red chili powder, coriandor-cumin powder, salt and saute for few seconds.
- Add some chopped potatoes, mix well and then add water. Add your pigeon peas and pressure cook for 3 whistles.
- Garnish with cilantro. We generally serve with little garam masala sprinkled over it. That’s optional though.
- Also if you like your gravy little thicker, then add little canned tomato sauce or tomato puree when you add water.
- You can replace pigeon peas with green peas too.
- Don’t blame me if you end up eating extra rotis with this curry. 🙂