Sunday, November 15, 2009

Delicious Gluten-Free Bread Recipe - dairy-free and rice-free, too

Delicious Gluten-Free Bread Recipe - dairy-free and rice-free, too
My best gluten-free bread recipe. With no rice flour.


Man shall not live by bread alone, so the famous saying goes. In other words, we need ideas to feed us, too. We need awareness. Conscious action. An expression and celebration of the spirit.

And yet (here's the sticky part, folks) almost every spiritual tradition includes the bread we shall not solely live by, whether it be a hand-torn loaf, a paper thin wafer, a piece of matzoh, a curve of naan, or a sprinkle of cornmeal. Breaking bread and sharing grain is a cherished and beloved symbol for community, celebration and tribal nourishment. From Holy Communion to the Super Bowl gatherings around an elevating principle or a family milestone (from birth to marriage to funerals) include the simple but connecting gesture of sharing food.

Because cooking makes us human.

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Sweet Potato Pie

Gluten free sweet potato pie that is dairy free and vegan
Gluten-free sweet potato pie- and vegan, too.

The afternoon sun is spinning the seaside air that particular autumn gold, burnished and warm and chilly all at once. Delicious. And gone too soon. The sun will officially set tonight at 4:50. I feel as if I am running out of time. There is so much I want to do- and never get done. I surrender my expectations day after day. The pile of choices snipped free by my dwindling energy is gathering a bulk and momentum akin to the dirty laundry (I’m still waiting for the post-menopausal zest promised by Margaret Mead).

But Santa Monica does not fade after dark. Her charms only deepen. So we walk after dinner to the Third Street Promenade and listen to the brave souls who risk their ego and their artistry (the unkind among us might quip, questionable talent) crooning songs or plucking violins or juggling. Palm readers and skateboarding bulldogs aside, it takes guts to stand in public and offer up a tune or a dance.

I come home inspired.

I am thinking a lot about my life these days. And what I want to do with the rest of it. Moving here is a new beginning (well, yeah, obviously). I am reinventing the woman I used to be. Spinning my own autumn magic from bits of bone and history.

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Sunday, November 8, 2009

MOtivational Story ,Amba-Haldar (Fresh Turmeric Pickle)

Excellence Is A Drive From "Inside"
A gentleman was once visiting a temple under construction. In the temple premises, he saw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he saw, just a few meters away, another identical idol was lying.
Surprised he asked the sculptor, “Do you need two statutes of the same idol”. “No” said the sculptor. “We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage”.
The gentleman examined the sculptor. No apparent damage was visible.
“Where is the damage” asked the gentleman.
“There is a scratch on the nose of the idol. Where are you going to keep the idol”.
“The sculptor replied that it will be installed on a pillar 20 feet high. When the idol will be 20 feet away from the eyes of the beholder, who is going to know that there is scratch on the nose?”
The gentleman asked.“The sculptor looked at the gentleman, smiled and said "God knows it and I know it ".
The desire to excel should be exclusive of the fact whether someone appreciates it or not. Excellence is a drive from “Inside” not “Outside".- Jasmine

Amba-Haldar (Fresh Turmeric Pickle)

Ingredients
250 gm Amba-Haldar (Yellow- orange fresh turmeric)
2 big piece of ginger
2 big size lemons
Salt to taste Method:
Step 1: Take ginger and orange fresh turmeric and peel it. Use plastic gloves when peel and cut the orange turmeric. Step 2: Peel the yellow turmeric.
Step 3: Cut into long pieces.
Step 4: Mix both and sprinkle the salt and lemon juice over it.
Step 5: Lemon juice and salt mix properly with turmeric. You can also your ginger juice or ginger small piece for nice flavor. Step 6: Place it in cool area. It is very easy to make pickle of fresh turmeric.

Benefit of Turmeric:
It has antiseptic properties. It helps in reducing flatulence and aids digestion.
I t is helps in reducing flatulence, cough and cold.
Benefit of Ginger:
Ginger is known as a digestive medicine, so include it in your daily diet so you will not face many problems of indigestion, gas, flatulence and other stomach ailments.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Date Pickle

Happy Halloween day to my all blog friend
Date Pickle

Ingredients
200gm date
1 cup sugar powder
11/2 cup lemon juice
50 gm ready made pickle masala

Method:
Step 1: Wash the whole date in water.
Step 2: Place in clean plate or white moist cloth.Step 3: When they become dry then remove the seeds and cut into long piece.

Step 4: Take dry clean vessel and add sugar and lemon juice in it.
Step 5: Mix all sugar powder in lemon juice properly.
Step 6: Add dates pieces in this mixer.
Step 7: See that all dates pieces is cover with this lemon juice otherwise add more lemon juice.Step 8: Add ready made aachar (pickle) masala in it.Step 9: Mix all this properly and closed the vessel with cover.Step 10: It is ready to eat it within two hours.
When U Face Choices…

Just toss a coin...

not just because it settles the question,

but while the coin is in d air,

u will know what ur heart is hoping for !!!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Vada



We made this vada before one day of Diwali festival this is our gujarati tradition to make vadas on that day and day is called “ Kali Chaudas”.
In our Gujarat every one makes the vadas on Kali chaudas for dinner. Kali Chaudas falls on Narak Chaturdasi or Choti Diwali day. This festival is observed as Roop Chaudas in Rajasthan.

VADA (Tradtional recipe of Gujarat)


Ingredients for vada
2 cup yellow corn flour Or Makki ka atta (available at any store or click here)
1 cup Bajra flour (Millet)
1 cup Gram flour
1\2 cup Semolina
1\4 cup wheat flour
1\4 tbsp Turmeric powder (optional)
1\2 cup sesame seeds
3-tbsp oil
5-6 tbsp lemon juice
1\2 cup yogurt to make dough
Sugar and salt to taste

Ingredients for the paste
9-10 fresh long green chillies
20 pieces of garlic
One big piece is Ginger
* Crush all this ingredient in mixer.
* Blend till smooth pasteMethod for making Vada:
Step 1: Mix all the flours together.Step 2: Add sugar, salt, turmeric powder and lemon juice.
Step 3: Heat the oil in a small vessel.

Step 4: Add sesame seeds and fry for while.Step 5: Add green chillies past and turn off the flame.Step 6: Pour this mixture over the prepared flour.Step 7: Mix with flour very nicely.Step 8: Add yogurt as require in it.Step 9: Knead the stiff dough.Step 10: Take small portion of dough and make round shape with help of plam or otherwise divided the dough into big portions and Roll into big round shape and then cut into small round shape with help of round shape.Step 11: Take all the vadas with help of knife.
Step 12: Deep Fry in hot oil on medium flame.Step 13: when all vadas if puffy then turn into another side and fry on low flame until they become light golden yellow.Step 14: Drain excess oil and place in another plate.
Step 15: Serve hot with tomato ketchup or fresh green chutney or it is batter tasty with yogurt chutney. Step 16: Store in an air-tight container after letting them cool thoroughly. They will keep well for a few days.
For other variations with this: Add Methi (Fenugreek) leaves for a nice change.
Enjoy these on another day with hot or cold a cup of masala tea. Make a perfect snack or breakfast.
Method of making yogurt chutney:
Step 1: Heat the 2-tbsp little oil in vessel.
Step 2: Add the cumin seeds and curry leaves.
Step 3: Turn of the flame and add into yogurt and add salt, sugar, red chilli powder and coriander seeds powder as your taste.
Farsi Puri or Salted Sakarpara (gujarati name)
Masala Puri with Methi leaves: Amrat Paak / Rava Paak/ Suji ladoo: Dark chocolate with peanuts
I made this with ready material of amul dark chocolate only double boiling the material and peanuts. Place in cool and ready to it in 15 minutes.
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Diwali Message
Always believe in YOU,
Listen to your Heart,
Trust your instincts,
know you CAN,
see your own strengths,
Dream it- Dare to Do What you are afraid of
Keep the faith.
Follow your vision
Remember...
ANYTHING is possible if only you believe.