Welcome to Bhavna's Kitchen & Living!
Love for Healthy Living Starts Here
Welcome to Bhavna's Kitchen & Living!
Love for Healthy Living Starts Here
An Ayurvedic diet is an eating plan that provides guidelines for when you eat, what you eat, and how you eat to boost your health, prevent or manage disease, and maintain wellness. If you follow an Ayurvedic diet, you’ll eat primarily whole or minimally processed foods and practice mindful eating rituals.
We all know there are certain things we should and shouldn’t do regarding diet. Ayurvedic diets are based on ancient medicinal practices that promote “holistic” balance in the physical body and mind in order to manage or treat various health problems.
So let’s explore some elements of ayurvedic diet.
An Indian household cannot do without methi or fenugreek seeds and leaves. It is used in almost every Indian preparation be it dal, paratha or curry. But what you might not know is that methi or fenugreek is a rich reservoir of medicinal properties that imparts many health benefits.
You must be thinking, what exactly is a flax egg? A flax egg is a vegan egg substitute, that is made up of ground flax seeds and water. The second question you might have is how to use flax egg? Well, as my title say, flax egg is a heart of a vegan vegetarian baker. So basically, you can use flax eggs in any recipes that calls for real egg.
The avocado is easily one of the most versatile fruits out there and I’m sure we can all agree that it makes a great side to any dish. From salads to sandwiches, I can never say no!
Bring back your old is gold treasure “A jar of Coconut Oil”. There are endless reasons you should have a jar of coconut oil in your home, but rubbing it onto your face and skin, messaging your scalp are probably the best.
Quinoa Lentil (daal) Khichdi is one of my favorite to cook often as I don’t need to cook any other sides to go with it. It’s quick One pot recipe that satisfies your hunger, tastebuds and nutrition. This recipe is vegan and gluten free as well and perfect for many other diet restrictions.
Idra is basically Gujarati white Dhokla which are made from rice and black gram(Urad) are quite healthy and contains right mix of carbohydrate and protein. Idra is soft and fluffy dhoklas that are good for snacks. Now, there are few ways, this delicacy is prepared. Traditionally, rice and black gram(Urad dal) is soaked overnight, grind next day, let it ferment for about 6-8 hours and steam.
Handvo (Gujarati:હાંડવો) is a vegetable cake made with Rice and lentil. It is a part of the Gujarati cuisine. It is often made with a bottle gourd (Hindi: लौकी, Gujarati દુધી), though many other vegetables can be added. Sometimes crushed peanuts are also added. In this post you will learn to make Handvo with Cabbage, carrot, and Zucchini.
Besan is known best for making pakodas…Indian fritters! But it has many beauty benefits as well. Gram Flour or commonly known as besan is been used in Indian beauty recopies since long. … Today I will …
Almond has several beauty benefits and is good for health also. Skin looks flawless and glowing by consumption of almonds. Almond oil had been used extensively for its health benefits and as a beauty aid …
What to say about Turmeric(Haldi). We all know tons of benefits of Turmeric. I prefer to make my own turmeric powder from dry roots and love to use fresh turmeric in my everyday recipes as well. All Indian kitchen must have Spice Box in the kitchen containing exotic basic spices. Turmeric is one of them.
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