Pea Pod Soup

This is the season to relish fresh green peas. But do you throw away the tender pods of green peas? If you manage to get organic green peas, try making this green pea pod soup. You need to steam tender pods for few minutes. You can add a few fresh green peas too. Blend in blender and strain. Now add salt, black pepper, jaggery, 1 table spoon of thick coconut milk ( Optional) and some chopped onions for crunchy taste. Warm only a little. For winter time, this is super. Also, here, we are making use of every good gift of nature.

Peanut and Rice Milk Combo Curd

Peanut and Rice Milk combo curd Click on the link to view the video.
By Dr. Rupa Shah

Happy Vegan Diwali...Shreekhand Recipe

Dairy Free Vegan Shreekhand Recipe: By Dr. Rupa Shah

Ingredients:
1/2 cup almonds soaked for 8 hours
1/2 cup cashews soaked for 8 hours
1/2 cup whole rice soaked for 8 hours
Raw sugar or palm sugar or any other healthy sweetener
Cardamom 1/4 tsp powdered
Kesar strands a few
Method:
Throw away the water that is used for soaking almonds. Peel almonds. Now take 1 cup water and blend almonds in blender and make raw milk.
Repeat the same process with cashews and rice. Make each of these milks separately. Now mix almond and cashew milk and start boiling it on low flam, stirring it often. Slowly add raw rice milk, one big spoonful at a time and stir often. After about 15 minutes, thick milk will be ready. Let it cool for some time till it is just warm. Add vegan yogurt as starter and curd will be ready in 8 hours out of this milk.
This curd is now tied in a muslin cloth for a few hours till all the water gets drained and we get thick pulp for Shreekhand.
To this pulp, add raw sugar as per your taste. Add Elaichi/cardamom powder and Saffron as per your taste.
Will yield just about 1 cup Shreekhand.

For the first time, instead of talking about just healthy foods, we will be sharing our knowledge on selecting the right kitchen aids to assist healthy cooking and eating! There will be yummy, quick healthy recipes there as well to see, learn and eat! Register soon!

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Healthy breads & Spreads Workshop 2013

Healthy Breads & Spreads workshop was indeed a full house event...with many varieties of breads to learn form including gluten free bread, participants were super happy!
Here is the response of some of the participants...
A very well organised workshop. Kudos to the resourceful trio, Rupa Shah, Kajal and Jinal. A very well-timed and masterfully planned Show-&-tell. It introduced me to a whole new world of awareness and health. Brilliant recipes, some of them were ingenious in their simplicity...Making break without soda and yeast was great, also the pressure cooker bread recipe alternative was super! ...Nandita Kapadia

Had a super great time. Thanks Rupa Shah, Jinal Rathod and Kajal Bhatia... coleslaw, nutty choco spread, and focaccia! Gosh, you guys spoil me Got the yeast from a baker, I sounded all professional and he didn't even bat an eyelid. MIL and husband already very impressed, wait till I make the jam, and the hala bread! ......Ahalya Naidu

Diwali Delights in Mumbai!