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cardamom

Cardamon – A powerful spice for lung health

Cardamom also known as elaichi is a culinary spice used in almost every Indian household. While this spice helps impart an amazing flavour and aroma to dishes, what’s lesser know about cardamom is its ability to boost lung health. With pollution reaching toxic levels in certain parts of the country today, we have two choices....

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No Bake Bites

Dates bites   Ingredients: Roasted and powdered oats groats plus roasted poha powder - 1 cup Sattu -1 tbsp (roasted) Dates - ½ cup Peanut butter - ½ cup (homemade) Walnuts - 2 to 3 tbsp Almonds - 2 to 3 tbsp Watermelon seeds - 2 tbsp Chia seeds - 1 tbsp Cold pressed coconut...

Sweet potato halwa

Sweet Potato Halwa

Ingredients: 1 large or 1 cup sweet potatoes boiled, peeled and mashed. 2 tablespoon A2 cow ghee. ½ cup almond milk/coconut milk. 2-3 tablespoons of powdered jaggery (depends on the sweetness of the sweet potato) ¼ teaspoon green cardamom seeds powder pinch of freshly grated nutmeg. 1-2 tablespoons almonds or cashews, chopped   Method:  Boil the...

Makki and methi bhakri

Methi Bhakri

Ingredients:   Sattu flour - 1 cup Raw banana flour- 2 tbsp Fenugreek (methi) leaves - 1/2 cup (finely chopped) Green chilli – 1 (optional) Ajwain - 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Luke warm water to bind the dough as per needs Coconut Oil /A2 ghee as required Salt (pink salt) –...

One Pot Immunity Soup

One-Pot Immunity Boosting Soup

One pot Immunity boosting soup is made with red lentils, sweet potatoes and chickpeas for a filling meal! Ingredients: 1 tablespoon coconut oil /A2 cow ghee 1 yellow onion, diced 6 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated ginger 1 teaspoon turmeric ½ teaspoon Luke's immunity powder  1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 large sweet...

healthy snacks

Kid – Friendly Junk Food Alternatives

We need to start having a very holistic approach towards the health of our children. Now, it’s not just middle-aged people or elderly people who come to us, it’s children with juvenile diabetes, heart problems, obesity issues, young girls with PCOS, children with attention deficit disorders too. Yes, there are certain health conditions children...

healthy dips

5 Healthy Dips for 5pm Hunger Pangs

Time to replace those cheesy and sugary dips with healthy and easy varieties. Here are our top 5 recipes to satiate those evening hunger pangs (if you are genuinely hungry that is!) Mango Salsa Ingredients: 1 ripe mango, diced ½ medium red bell pepper, chopped ¼ cup chopped onion ¼ cup packed fresh cilantro OR parsley leaves, chopped 1 jalapeño,...

Sprouts Salad

A wholesome and protein rich salad option that is easy to make and ranks high on satiety index. Ingredients : 2 cups of sprouted moong beans 1 small or medium sized cucumber chopped 1 medium sized tomato, finely chopped 1 green chilli (optional) 1/4 tsp red chilli powder 1/2 tsp chaat masala (optional) 1...

summer

Summer Drinks to Beat the Heat

1.    Ragi Ambil Ingredients: Nachani Flour (Ragi / Finger Millet Flour) ¼ cup Jeera/Cumin powder - 1tsp Buttermilk as required Salt / Rock Salt to taste Method: Add ¼ cup water to Nachani Flour and make a smooth paste. Heat about ½ ltr water in a pan. Add to the water. Add Salt. When water starts...

raw mango

Go the Raw Mango Way

Mango is one of the most loved fruits of the tropics and we like it in all forms. Its journey from green tangy sour raw mango to the sweet succulent yellow mangoes is something we all love to devour. It's the right time when green mangoes are available in plenty and we can take maximum...

drumstick rasam

Drumstick Rasam

A super nutritious and traditional lentil-based preparation. Its a perfect balance of protein, zinc, manganese, folic acid, fibre and iron, vitamin A, B3, zinc, copper, magnesium, selenium, iron and calcium. Besides lentils, it contains a variety of ingredients like turmeric, black pepper, curry leaves, tomatoes, tamarind and drumsticks - making it a powerful immunity...

kokum coolant

Kokum Coolant

Sol Kadhi, along the costal lines and Brinda in the southern parts of the country, Kokum or Garcina indica is a super food when it comes to tackling body heat and acidity. Ayurveda too has its mention as kokum is instrumental in controlling pitta levels in our body, which is body heat/acidity. This special...