There is a small ritual that precedes many Indian meals, a sliver of ginger, a wedge of lime, a pinch of salt, taken before the first bite. It looks like nothing. A garnish, easy to overlook on a crowded thali. But in Ayurveda, this small bite is doing real work: waking the digestive fire, agni, …
“That which is hidden in the earth reveals itself slowly, and only to those willing to wait.” There is a table my family returns to again and again, at Regency, an Indian-Kenyan restaurant tucked into Queensbury, London. It is the kind of place that holds a particular memory in trust for you, the same booth, …
‘Sharing food together is a way of saying, you matter to me’ I first had this oatmeal at OKU Andalusia, on a morning I shared with my brother, the two of us at a table overlooking the coast, in no hurry to be anywhere else. There was something about that bowl that stayed with me …
‘What the hands remember, the heart never forgets.‘ Some recipes arrive through instruction. Others arrive through watching, through a kitchen that smells a certain way on a certain afternoon, through hands that measure by feel rather than by cup. Sattu laddu belongs to the second kind. It is the sort of sweet that gets passed …
This bread, dense, earthy, faintly sweet from the almond flour, is the kind of bread that rewards slowness. It asks you to let it cool overnight before you cut into it. It is, in its own way, a lesson before it is a meal. In Ayurveda, flax is considered heavy and oily, the very qualities …
Summer Digestion Explained (and 6 ways to help it) By midsummer, many of us notice it without naming it. The appetite grows lighter. A meal that would have settled easily in February now sits heavy, or asks to be smaller, simpler, later. It can feel like something has gone wrong — as though the body …
‘The great thing about Ayurveda is that its treatment always yield side benefits, not side effects’ This classic Indian dish transforms black-eyed peas into a grounding, tri-doshic friendly curry that is easy to digest and deeply comforting. In Ayurveda, black-eyed peas are prized for their plant based protein, but can be naturally aggravating to Vata …
Some breakfasts do more than fill us up. They settle the nervous system, warm the digestive tract, and quietly help the body do what it is always trying to do: digest, assimilate and eliminate well. A bowl of oatmeal cooked with apples, ghee, cinnamon and cardamom is one of those meals. It may look simple, …
There’s something about stone fruit season that feels fleeting in the best possible way. Peaches soften overnight on the counter, plums stain your fingertips, nectarines perfume the kitchen before they’re even sliced. A stone fruit crisp is one of the gentlest ways to honor that abundance, simple enough for a weekday afternoon, beautiful enough to …
‘Life is combination of magic and pasta’ While preparing for tonight’s adult pasta class, I had the joy of practising at home, teaching my four-year-old and recreating pasta shapes from my husband’s childhood in Italy. Here are all the steps from what I have learned so you can try it for yourself. Enjoy! Egg Pasta …
