Green Tomato Pakora with Cornmeal
Mar16

Green Tomato Pakora with Cornmeal

  If you have a trouble patch or even one plant on the patio, harvest 3 or 4 tomatoes when they are green and try this delicious dish. Alternatively, you can purchase green or firm red tomatoes, but if they are soft and ripe, they will exude too much moisture when heated. Though cornmeal makes the most flavorful coating, a mixture of half semolina and half chickpea flour is also pleasant. Semolina flour is sold at Indian grocery...

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Apricot Chutney with Currants
Mar11

Apricot Chutney with Currants

  This is outstanding chutney, especially when the apricots are tree-ripened, sweet and fragrant. For those of us resorting to fruits sold at supermarkets or corner grocers, look for barely ripened fruit with a fragrant smell. If they are absolutely without smell, use dried apricots which require an overnight soaking in lime juice and water and a slight increase in cooking time. American dried apricots little resemble their...

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Moist Oatmeal Breakfast Cake Served with Homemade Roselle (Jamaica) Jam
Mar10

Moist Oatmeal Breakfast Cake Served with Homemade Roselle (Jamaica) Jam

Ingredients • 2 cups oat flour • 1 cup whole wheat flour • 1 cup cane sugar • 1/2 cup chopped nuts (I used pecans) • 1/2 cup dried fruit (I used dried cranberries) • 1/2 cup coconut oil • 1 tsp cinnamon • 1 tsp baking soda • 1 tsp baking powder • pinch of salt • 3-4 cups water Method 1) First I made my own oat flour by adding 2 cups of rolled oats into a blender and blended until...

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Magical Pink Tulsi Infused Lemonade
Mar09

Magical Pink Tulsi Infused Lemonade

Ingredients 1.handful of offered tulasi manjaris 2.fresh water 3.1 lemon or lime sugar to taste Preparation 1. First you will need a handful of offered tulasi manjaris that Lord Kṛṣṇa has already enjoyed. 2. Place the manjaris in a large glass pitcher or jar. 3. Next fill the glass jar with fresh water until you see half the jar is floating manjaris and half the jar is water. Cover the jar with a lid and allow the manjaris to infuse...

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White Sweet Potato with Fresh Corn Chutney
Mar04

White Sweet Potato with Fresh Corn Chutney

  Ingredients • Cooked fresh corn kernels, or 2 cups frozen corn kernels, thawed – 2 cups  • Firmly packed coriander leaves, coarsely chopped – 1½ cups  • Packed fresh mint – ¼ cup  • Hot green chili, coarsely chopped – 1 small  • Coarsely chopped fresh ginger – 2 tbsp • Sugar – 1 tsp • Salt...

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