Hermit in the City

Hello dear all, The best thing to go with your Indian snacks - Idli (Steamed rice cakes) or Dosa (savoury pan cakes) is CHUTNEY. Traditionally there are a zillion types of chutneys that are made in Indian households & every house has its signature chutney...Im sharing a video tutorial of the simplest one, any beginner can try. Its loaded with good protein, all the goodness of fresh desiccated coconut & fibre. STEP 1: Materials & Proportion STEP 2: Blending & Consistency STEP 3: Preparing the INDIAN SEASONING : "Chaunk" STEP 4: Putting it all together :) Happy Viewing & do share how it turned out, feel free to ask queries if any. Love Shilpa

Hello dear ones, When food meets good intentions its a gathering, when the heart meets authentic flavours its celebration... Some basic questions that I do ask myself while making food choices: is it relevant to my lifestyle? is it replicable & sustainable? do i feel happy when I eat it?  most importantly is it nutritious & easily digestible 😃 While not all food may fall in this category, basic meals must, so I've turned to Idli's and sharing my version using black gram with skin and brow rice instead of the traditional de-skinned black gram & white rice. Here go the videos, happy viewing & making: STEP 1 :  STEP 2: STEP 3: Few points to remember: - 1 cup of black gram and 3 cups of brown rice must be soaked overnight . -to the black gram add 1 tea spoon of fenugreek seeds + cumin seeds - They need to be grind in a blender, to the blended thick paste add half a tea spoon of fresh ginger juice and leave it for 3hours 

Our Body is a precious gift from nature and when we take care & nurture it, it shows... We look good, feel happy, our mind & emotions feel sorted, there is enthusiasm & joy to name a few. and eating is one of the most basic, important function to nourish our body. We have extensive research that now clearly points out that good health is maintained to a great deal by what you eat, 70% depends on your diet and only 30% on exercise. Many times with the best of our intentions, exercise, supplements we don't feel our digestion is good enough, since we are not just what we eat but what we absorb. This is no rocket science but it needs attention, so sharing a few basic tips that you can start adapting to improve digestion and absorption : Keep your morning diet as alkaline as possible :  STEP 1: Take a Litre of Water+ 2 slices cucumber + 1/4 piece fresh lime, leave it overnight & consume a glass full 1st thing in the morning. You will feel so light & go

A warm hello 😇 The last few recipes I've shared and will continue, are very safe for children, while mummy and daddy can indulge in them too.Its free of refined sugar and preservatives and loaded with antioxidants. (You can give this as the first thing in the morning too, if your kid has issues letting go :) A Juice that Darsh loves... THE RED JUICE Sharing the benefits of the ingredients: Apples are extremely rich in important antioxidants, flavanoids, and dietary fiber. So not only are they good for your skin, they cleanse your gut... Grapes are packed with Vitamins C & K and high on antioxidants too. Lemon : Rich in Vitamin C it has immense health benefits & helps maintain the alkaline content in food Fresh Ginger: Contains Gingerol, a Substance With Powerful Medicinal Properties. Ingredients: Apple - 1 red apple deseeded & cut into small cubes Red or Black Grapes - a bowl full Ginger - Half an inch grated Lemon - half limes freshly sque

Hello Dear ones, There is something about festive seasons, irrespective of the country... The streets come to life, there is so much excitement in air, the wind blows with a certain rhythm, the music from the shops is infectious... A beautiful wisdom quote thats explains this further : "Every celebration is followed by tiredness, as the 5 senses have had an overdose, hence meditation before and after celebrations, refreshes us, rejuvenates us and keeps us centred". Sharing a Yummy Salad that my son loves and apart form being high on health its very tasty, you can use this for detoxing or just for general well being and its very easy to make: Ingredients: Green Moong Carrots Onions Any salad veggies that you like Fresh lime Coriander leaves freshly cut Preparation : -Soak one cup green Moong overnight -To the boiling water add a cup full of soaked moong, leave it in the boiling water for 7-10mins - drain the water into anot

Dear Ones, "Opposite values are complimentary" said an enlightened MASTER & it took me many years to appreciate this knowledge. As much, as it is exciting to come up with that yummy recipe & click the perfect shot to post, knowing fully well that there were those disasters in the making, gives me confidence and strength to keep moving... So here is to all those burnt cakes, uncooked pan cakes, extremely healthy but largely rejected cookies...its these failures that are the stepping stones to wow moments in my cooking. Sharing some instances, enjoy & don't let a "not yet well made dish", define you... BURNT CAKE.. Nothing could beat this one...even the ants didn't bother to touch it, when left overnight... Lesson : Don't over Preheat the oven 120Degrees is just good for vegetarian & Vegan Cakes a the protein and binding agents cook faster :) GOOEY COOKIES... Well no one likes these & the only place they see

An enlightened Master said "see a mistake as a mistake, neither yours nor mine...yours means blame & mine means guilt..." I could definitely do without either, for my own peace of mind.😇 Well I'm sharing this as its the most appropriate theme for what happened yesterday. As my dear friend and I set out, with the most noble intention to make healthy energy bars. Somewhere between 3 kids, packing for a trip, feeding them dinner & supervising the , extremely curious & creative 3yr olds, we were battling for our commitment to make" healthy energy bars" 💖. What happened after was like a beautiful mistake... Presenting : Yummy is my middle name ENERGY BALLS 💪 Ingredients : 1 cup Cashews 1 cup Almonds 1/3 cup Melon Seeds 1/4 cup flax seeds 2 table spoons Chia seeds 2/3 Cup dates 4 Figs : washed & cut into small pieces Preparation: STEP 1: Roast the nuts 😆 in medium flame - first add the almonds after a min add in cash

Hello dear ones, Here is presenting a dessert that can put every non vegan dessert to shame... loaded with the sweetness of organic Jaggery (which is rich in Iron BTW) It teases you with the coconut crunch inside every bite and bound together with the goodness of chia seeds & coconut oil topped gracefully with roasted melon seeds (also v healthy) Without further ado, please give it up for : "Vegan Wholemeal Coconut Fantasy Cake" Yes you got it right, no butter, no milk, no eggs, no refined flour, no sugar of any sort...& yet it has smashed the expectations of dessert lovers... Ingredients 1cup whole meal flour 1.25 table spoon Chia seeds soaked n made Into paste 1 spoon baking powder 3/4 cup organic jaggery 3/4 cup freshly desiccated coconut (since ur not using milk, the fresh coconut milk makes it moist n yummy) 1/2cup cold pressed virgin coconut oil Cardamom & cinnamon powder 1/2 tea spoon together (i haven’t used van