Cooking class Oct 26th 2013
We had another very successful cooking class last Saturday. Again turmeric took the lime light and the blending of spices with turmeric to reduce its negative side effects and bring up its benefits. We watched 2 short videos of my Ayurvedic teacher, Vaidya Rama Kant Mishra on you tube: "Benefits of Turmeric" and "How to use Turmeric Properly" The main point that stuck out was that if you have a powerful machine you have to know how to drive it safely or you can get into an accident. Similarly we understood that turmeric is a very powerful herb, a sacred herb that is revered in Ayurvedic medicine. The safe and best way to use it is to cook it into your food with an unctuous substance like ghee and blended with other spices like coriander, fennel and cumin. The ratio of 1 part Turmeric to 6 parts Coriander and 6 parts Fennel and 1 part Cumin. That is the best standard recipe for the spice mix that you add to your veggie stir fries, your dhal and your chicken or fish for non-vegetarians. You can also add other spices to change the flavour and health benefits.
Another big hit at the cooking class was our asparagus soup. Asparagus is a wonderful healer and supports kidney function and detox. We made a nourishing healing soup in 5 minutes. Faster than it takes to open a can and warm it up. Using a bullet blender we filled the cup up with chopped up asparagus filled it with water to about 3/4 full and then in a pot brought it to a boil and cooked it for 2-3 minutes. The cooking starts the digestive process. Then we blended it and tasted it. It was good. However when we added some Soma Salt, ghee, lime, and SVA Mum's Super Spice, the flavour just jumped out and everyone agreed that is was an amazing taste that penetrated to their cellular level.
The meal consisted of the basics: a grain, lentils, veggies, paneer, green protein, lassi and cilantro chutney. The reason I choose these basic foods for my cooking classes is they are the foundation of a healthy meal according to Shaka Vansya Ayurved. The lentils and veggies are cooked with ghee and spice mix. The paneer is made fresh from organic milk and yogurt. This pure and high quality protein provide vitamin B12 for the vegetarian and when blended with cooked green supports the immune system preventing autoimmune diseases and build the red blood cells. The lassi provide beneficial bacteria and the cilantro is a heavy metal chelator.
The meal was delicious and nourishing on many levels. It brought me great joy to share this wonderful healing knowledge. I am grateful for my teacher blessing me with this knowledge and also for the people interested in learning.
Another big hit at the cooking class was our asparagus soup. Asparagus is a wonderful healer and supports kidney function and detox. We made a nourishing healing soup in 5 minutes. Faster than it takes to open a can and warm it up. Using a bullet blender we filled the cup up with chopped up asparagus filled it with water to about 3/4 full and then in a pot brought it to a boil and cooked it for 2-3 minutes. The cooking starts the digestive process. Then we blended it and tasted it. It was good. However when we added some Soma Salt, ghee, lime, and SVA Mum's Super Spice, the flavour just jumped out and everyone agreed that is was an amazing taste that penetrated to their cellular level.
The meal consisted of the basics: a grain, lentils, veggies, paneer, green protein, lassi and cilantro chutney. The reason I choose these basic foods for my cooking classes is they are the foundation of a healthy meal according to Shaka Vansya Ayurved. The lentils and veggies are cooked with ghee and spice mix. The paneer is made fresh from organic milk and yogurt. This pure and high quality protein provide vitamin B12 for the vegetarian and when blended with cooked green supports the immune system preventing autoimmune diseases and build the red blood cells. The lassi provide beneficial bacteria and the cilantro is a heavy metal chelator.
The meal was delicious and nourishing on many levels. It brought me great joy to share this wonderful healing knowledge. I am grateful for my teacher blessing me with this knowledge and also for the people interested in learning.
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