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Ghee - An Ayurvedic Healing Food

By sailu • May 12th, 2008 • Category: All Recipes, Ayurvedic cooking, Dairy & Milk

Guest blogger, Claudia Davila shares with us the healing properties of the glorious ghee and how to make ghee with organic butter in her second article on Ayurveda and Wellness.
Ghee - An Ayurvedic Healing Food
by Claudia Dávila

“It is promotive of memory, intelligence, vital fire, semen, vital essence (ojas), kapha, and fat. It is curative […]



Vankaya Karam Petti Kura - Stuffed Brinjal Roast

By sailu • May 7th, 2008 • Category: All Recipes, Andhra Recipes, Stir Fries, Vegan recipes, Vegetables, Vegetarian Recipes

Brinjals rule and more so in Andhra. I’d even go on to say that it makes the summer bearable. I find this purple beauty with a glossy skin to be the most good-looking vegetable around at the rythu bazaar (famer’s market). There is something about this versatile summer vegetable that gets me excited whenever I […]



Bellam Maagaya - Sweet Grated Mango Pickle

By sailu • May 5th, 2008 • Category: All Recipes, Andhra Recipes, Pickles, Vegetarian Recipes

Wheat rava upma with teepi maagai
My grandmother’s and mother’s kitchen shelves are lined with an array of cylindrical ceramic jars containing different varieties of mango pickles. Of course, the famed ‘Avakaya’ stands majestic occupying the largest jar (’avakaya jaadi’) of the lot while the lesser known yet delectable pickles stored in the smaller elegant jars. […]