Saffron Trail

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  • My beautiful avocado plant grown solely from keeping the seed floating in water...this must be 4 months old, I think. . Don't throw away any avocado seeds without trying this - remove the outer papery cover from the skin. Poke 3-4 toothpicks into the seed around it, so that the toothpicks can rest on the rim of a glass such that the bottom of the seed touches the water. Keep changing water every week. First the root will grow then shoots will come out, then leaves. Truly beautiful. . Save this post, try it out and tag me with your avocado plant progress. . 🌿🌿🌿FOLLOW @saffrontrail 🌿🌿🌿
  • The beauty of homemade butter.... . I used the paneer making box to shape the butter like this :) used some of the fresh butter to go with today's Adai and the rest has been made into ghee. . Rough process-- Buy full cream milk. Boil the milk and refrigerate overnight. Collect each day's cream in a box and keep in freezer. Once box is full, thaw, remove into a bowl, mix in some yogurt and allow cream to turn into sour cream. For around 500 ml of collected cream, I use 2-3 tbsp of yogurt. This process takes 4-10 hours depending on how hot the weather is. Add water to the bowl and using electric or balloon whisk, keep whipping until the butter separates out and floats. Collect butter in a box with holes to allow excess buttermilk to drip. Freeze it to retain shape or simmer this to make ghee.
  • Whether you believe in Nonbu festival or not, there's no denying the deliciousness of these sweet and savoury Nonbu adai. Rice flour made into a thick porridge with spices / jaggery + coconut, shaped into rounds and steamed. The sweet ones are eaten with fresh white butter.
  • Yogurt based recipes are the best in summers. Don’t you think so? Don’t forget to save this recipe in one of your Insta folders and try it this summer. . Here’s a super simple recipe for Mor Keerai or yogurt spinach stew that can be had with plain rice or any other cooked grains. . 🌱Mor Keerai🌱 whisk: 2 cups yogurt+ 1 cup cooked mashed spinach spice paste: 2 tbsp chana dal, 1 tbsp rice (soaked for 1 hour, 10 curry leaves, handful of coriander, 2 gr chillies, 1/3 cup coconut tempering: coconut oil, mustard seeds, urad dal, gr chilli, curry leaves Get the full recipe at bit.ly/morkeerai or swipe up from stories. . Follow @saffrontrail for easy cooking ideas.
  • This was the Women's Day special flower box-- shades of red in the carnations, chrysanthemums, pom pom dahlias and wispy limonium. The colours made me so happy! . #shadesofspring #sosflowerbox
  • Filed under what I’m cooking / eating this summer—save it to your recipes folder :) . 🌿Bell pepper salad🌿 -Thinly slice 2 bell peppers, 1 v small onion. -Slice and cut cucumbers into matchsticks -2-3 tbsp pomegranate arils -1 tbsp coconut -Micro greens or herbs (in this case Sango radish and kohl rabi micro greens from @livingfood.co ) -Toss, season w salt, pepper, lemon juice. . I don’t feel the need to add oil to every salad. In this case the coconut adds a small dose of healthy fats to the salad. . Double tap if you want more such summer friendly recipe ideas. . Follow @saffrontrail for healthy eating ideas.
  • Long time no thali :) . Made Chettinad style baby potatoes, bhindi subzi and roti for lunch today. Served with dahi and cucumber slices to balance out the spice. . For more such vegetarian lunch inspirations, follow @saffrontrail
  • I’m asking myself today what this day means to me apart from cringing through the Women’s Day whatsapp forwards and full page ads in papers announcing 5% discount if you buy 3 items (nice try). . I guess it’s a good day to remind ourselves... 🌻to be kinder to self 🌻to feel less guilty about prioritizing ourself 🌻to let go of self doubt 🌻to stop pushing our needs to the back of the queue 🌻to pursue with abandon whatever makes us happy . We don’t need a women’s day to tell ourselves what seems like the absolute basics for a happy life but since we are programmed this way to put ourselves last, this is a good day to reorganize our lives with our happiness as the goal! . Sending all my women folk good vibes and the power to pursue your happiness 💕💕💕

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