Category Archives: Holistic Cooking

Recipes for my granddaughters, grandnephews and grandnieces

Posted on October 16, 2020 by padmum

Food always tastes better when you recollect childhood tastes. That is because food is inextricably linked with love, security and familial feeling. When you look back and remember the dishes cooked by your grandmom or if you have eaten meals … Continue reading →

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Saying it With Sweets at Deepavali/Diwali Time

Posted on November 9, 2015 by padmum

In India no meal starts without a token piece of a sweet served on the plate or banana leaf. On any given occasion—engagements and weddings, birth and birthdays, festivals and religious occasions, house warming and new office opening—the Indian tradition … Continue reading →

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Vegetarianism

Posted on March 18, 2015 by padmum

When I was growing up, I really did not think a great deal about being a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian. I was brought up in a household where everybody was welcome. So we too visited homes of friends from various … Continue reading →

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Velvet Dosai and Kaakaa Chutney

Posted on March 21, 2014 by padmum

This is a trip down memory lanes..literally as my mother used to make the velvet Dosai and chutney and pack it up to be eaten at trilling canals and shady tamarind trees with fresh Nongu (Tadgole/palm fruit) as we meandered … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on November 28, 2012 by padmum

A very old man lay dying in his bed. In death’s doorway, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookie wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against … Continue reading →

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Feeding Time

Posted on September 25, 2011 by padmum

An authoritative study by British researchers reports that children of working mothers are less healthy than those mothers who stay at home. The study also cites data that children of full-time working mothers were driven to school by moms or … Continue reading →

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An Introduction to Holistic Cooking

Posted on September 15, 2011 by padmum

SHADRUCHI—SIX FACETS OF TASTE Two important aspects of life are associated with the tongue—Taste and Speech. Our elders advise us to control both as one can lead to excess and illness and the other can land you in trouble! Ayurveda … Continue reading →

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