I like to feed Nehal healthy desserts made from nutrition rich ingredients than a fat-rich cake or mithai. Sesame seeds Laddu falls under the category of healthy dessert. Nuvvula Unda or Nuvvula Laddu is a classic Andhra style sweet prepared for festivals like Nagula Chavati. At home, we make this calcium rich sweet often.

Katte Pongali is a traditional Andhra style rice and moong dal recipe that is often served in temples as Prasadam (Prashad). Nothing like a creamy, fragrant, warm bowl of Pongali especially during winters. There is something unique about the blending of earthy lentils with starchy creaminess of rice. Its pure comfort food.

Guggillu aka Sundal is nothing but tempering chickpeas (kabuli chana or garbanzo beans). This recipe with chickpeas is made as an offering to Durga Ma as a Navratri special item.

Curd Rice is a comforting South Indian rice recipe that makes for a filling complete meal with pickle. During Navratri, Daddojanam (the name Yogurt rice goes by in Andhra) is prepared as a festival food and offered to Goddess Durga.

Made a simple carrot and date salad for my mid day meal today.

I followed the high raw food diet today which was a fruit based one. Made a mixed fruit salad with chaat masala for my mid day meal. Filling and delicious!

Guest author Claudia Davila writes about different types of sprouts that are beneficial for individual doshas, how to make sprouts and ways in which sprouts could be used to pep up our meals. I like the tip on pureeing the sprouts along with tahini (sesame paste) to make hummus. One of my favorite way to [...]

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 [...]

One of those recipes that I make whenever I run out of vegetables or coconut to prepare a chutney to go with a South Indian breakfast like idly or dosa, is besan (chickpea flour) chutney or senagapindi pachadi. Chickpea flour is my trusted stand by when unexpected guests arrive. A unique recipe with the combined [...]

Wishing all my visitors, readers and friends a Happy Ugadi and Gudi Padwa. In Andhra, we celebrate and usher in the Telugu New Year by savoring our traditional Ugadi Pachadi, a unique combination of fresh ingredients – neem flowers, raw mango pieces, new jaggery, red chilli powder, tamarind juice and salt, symbolizing ‘shadaruchulu’ or ‘six [...]