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Moong/Pachai Payaru (Green Gram/ Mung Bean) Sundal (South Indian Recipe)

Moong/Pachai Payaru (Green Gram/ Mung Bean) Sundal (South Indian Recipe

Servings: 3-4 Soaking Time: 4-6 hours. Boiling Time; 10-12 minutes. Cooking Time: 6-7 minutes. Total Time: 19 minutes. When we were in Tamil Nadu, I witnessed the grand celebrations of the Golu festival during Navratri. What surprised and fascinated me most was the beautiful arrangement of countless dolls, each telling a story and adding charm […]

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Mung Sprout/Ankurit

How to prepare Mung Sprout/Ankurit

Servings: Rinse time: 1 minutes. soaking time: 6-8 hours. sprout time : 24 hours or more. Decades ago, when I joined the Siddha Samadhi Yoga (SSY) program, I was introduced to the wonders of mung sprouts. This program focused attention on complete approach to health, which included integrating highly nutritious and easily digestible foods into

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Spicy Cucumber salad(Roasted Sesame Seed Dressing)

Spicy Cucumber salad(variation of Japanese Cuisine)

Servings: 1-2 Preparation time: 3-4 minutes. Mixing time: 2-3 minutes. Total time: 7 minutes.  Salad: Packing in tons of flavour & dressing  around the world cuisine. Roasted sesame seed dressing is one of those; it gives extra flavour to whole dish. It is widely used in Japanese cuisine. Salad has substantial place in world cuisine.

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Singhara (water Chestnuts) Stir fry /Dry

Singhara (water Chestnuts) Stir fry /Dry

Servings: 2 Preparation time: 4-5 minutes. Frying time: 9-10 minutes. Total time: 15 minutes. “Singhara (water Chestnuts) Stir fry /Dry” is low in calorie and has very negligible amount of fat which makes it the super food, good to consume when you feel hungry. A crispy delicious and flavourful, teatime snacks or even as light

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Kachche Singhara (Fresh Water Chestnuts) ka Salad

Servings: 3-4 Preparation time: 10 minutes. Mixing time:1 minutes. Total time: 11 minutes.  I jumped in joy when my husband brought Singhara (Fresh Water Chestnuts) from the vegetable market (where farmers brings their stuff to sell from near by village farms). I ate raw and finished almost half of them as they were super fresh,

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