Dessert Turned Balanced Dinner

It’s been awhile since I posted any recipes. My diet is pretty simple most days and consists out of one-pot lentil and quinoa with veggies stews, salads, and soups. I’m more about functionality and digestibility when it comes to my foods rather than gourmet dishes. If it’s easy to make, simple, and easy to digest, it gets my approval.

The recipe that I about to share was inspired by a recent visit to one of my favorite vegetarian Indian restaurants in Murray Hill. I kept thinking about this dish for a few days after and tried to create my own version at home. It came out so good that I think it deserves sharing. It is an unusual combination of tastes for a Western palate – lentils, raisins, coconut, cardamom, and dates. It might sound too weird but surprisingly it tastes pretty damn good!

Healthy Substitutions for Gluten, Eggs, Sugar, and Butter.

Food allergies and sensitivities are on the rise. Gluten, sugar, and dairy are on top of the list of forbidden foods. More people are also becoming conscious of consuming animal products whether due to animal rights movement or due to the unhealthy diet that farm animals are being fed. As a result, I get a lot of questions on how to substitute old time kitchen staples like butter, sugar, flour, cream, milk, eggs, and margarine.

15 Delicious Vata-Balancing Winter Desserts

In general winter has a bad reputation – flu season, cold weather, weakened immune system, dry skin, and on top of that the inevitable cold season weight gain. Sounds pretty horrible! But according to Ayurveda, winter is one of the best times to strengthen immune system and lose or maintain weight. (Isn’t it a pleasant surprise?)