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Diabetic friendly, gluten free, Glutenfree, Meals in Bowls, Nutrition, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Soups, Superfood, Winter

Simple Mushroom Soup with Spinach

March 2, 2018

Recipe for a simple mushroom soup that is ready in less than 20 minutes and makes an easy weeknight dinner | Mushroom Spinach Soup | Vegetarian Mushroom Spinach Soup | Instant Pot or Pressure Cooker… [Continue Reading]

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vegan creamy cauliflower soup
Curry, Diabetic friendly, Glutenfree, Lentils, Soups, Vegan, Vegetables, Winter

Vegan Creamy Cauliflower Soup | Cauliflower and Potato Mulligatawny Soup

January 8, 2018

This vegan creamy cauliflower soup has flavours of an Indian curry. This spiced soup is thick and hearty– pairs well with crusty bread. It is cauliflower season in India. Winters give us a bountiful harvest… [Continue Reading]

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vegan-pumpkin-soup
easy, Food Writing, Glutenfree, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Soups, Vegan, Vegetables, Winter

Recipe Inspirations | Vegan Pumpkin Soup with Pear and Jalapenos

November 5, 2017

Vegan Pumpkin Soup with Pear and Jalapeños made using just 4 ingredients | My Recipe Inspirations Last week, a journalist was talking to me to get my inputs for a food story she was writing. She… [Continue Reading]

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chilled corn soup
Appetizers, easy, Glutenfree, Healthy, Party dishes, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Soups, Summer, Vegan

Chilled Corn Soup with Apple

July 4, 2017

I have a MUST try summer recipe for you – Chilled corn soup! Corn finds itself in every summer barbecue in the United States and contrastingly a much loved street food in India in the… [Continue Reading]

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Diabetic friendly, easy, Glutenfree, Healthy, Indian, Lentils, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Soups, Tamil Brahmin Recipes, vegetarian

Mint Rasam

March 14, 2016

Recipe for Mint Rasam / Pudina Rasam / Pudina Shorba – a uniquely flavoured rasam, with a refreshing flavour. A summer special!

by Nandita Iyer 
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easy, Fast Day recipes, Soups, Vegan, vegetarian

Fast Day Recipe – Spinach Lentil Carrot Soup

December 28, 2015

The post carries the recipe for a Spinach Lentil Carrot soup that is 5-2 diet friendly for a a fast day. At just 113 calories per serving, this is a fast day saviour!

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easy, Easy Cooking, Glutenfree, Indian, Soups, Vegan, Vegetables

Pumpkin Chaaru – A sweet sour spicy soup

October 7, 2015

This rasam variant from Telugu Cuisine, with pumpkin, is a perfect match with rice or even a soup to whet your appetite. Do give it a try!

by Nandita Iyer 
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easy, Soups

Spring Onion, Pumpkin and Lentil Soup

September 24, 2015

A simple, warm and comforting soup for the cooler evenings – made using spring onions, pumpkin and lentils

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Diabetic friendly, easy, gluten free, Healthy, Nutrition, Soups, Vegan, vegetarian

Recipe for Lemon Coriander Soup | Indo-Chinese Recipes

February 14, 2015

A simple recipe for a restaurant-like Lemon Coriander Soup, light and full of flavour! Get the recipe here.

by Nandita Iyer 
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easy, Gadgets, Nutrition, Review, Soups

Review of the Philips Soup maker + Giveaway + Recipe for Tomato-Red Bell Pepper Soup

February 8, 2015

If you’re thinking of whether to buy the Soup Maker, hopefully this review will help you make that decision. Read on to find out more.

by Nandita Iyer 
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Healthy, how to, Nutrition, Pressure Cooker Recipes, Soups

How To Make Vegetable Stock in Under 30 Mins – Vegetarian Stock Recipe

February 7, 2015

A quick and easy method to make flavourful vegetable stock in a pressure cooker in 30 minutes! Now you have the power to make delicious soups.

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Dinner, Soups, Vegetables, vegetarian

Roasted Pumpkin Soup with flavours of Lemongrass and Ginger

November 13, 2011

We’re not yet fully into winter and yet early morning temperatures are hitting lows of 15C. Bangalore, how I love thee for this. With this soup I made for my son and me a couple of nights ago, I have hit upon another perfectly warming soup recipe for the winter evenings. The lemongrass keeps it fres

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  • Every Valentine's Day, my red lilies don't fail to bloom😍 
Wishing you all a very happy Valentine's Day ✨✨✨
  • It’s my friend’s birthday today so I called her over for lunch and I promised her a light lunch because of her dining out plans for dinner. My fridge was nearly empty with a little bit of this and that. I had fresh greens from the garden, fresh paneer, one strawberry and a bit of purple cabbage. The butternut squash was made into a Thai coconut soup. Salads were a kale purple cabbage and double beans salad (kale and beans from garden) and a mixed greens salad with paneer.
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In my opinion, the best thing you can do for someone you love is give them your time and attention :) everything else comes second. Happy Valentine’s Day 💕💕💕
  • Going with my impromptu Instagram posts, I’m sharing this song that I’ve been humming all day. I haven’t learnt this Raag yet but just picked up some lines by listening to a few versions. I can’t rest until I’ve perfected it but I want you to listen to my current version nevertheless :)
It’s in two parts to overcome the one minute video length limitation - but the whole video is on my IGTV too. This is Raag Puriya Dhanashree, a much loved evening raaga sung between 3-6pm, more suited to dusk if you ask me :) #saffrontrail
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Double tap so I know you're liking what I post and I can share more of my music with you 💕 #saffrontrailmusic
  • All dressed up for the annual concert day of our Hindustani classical music class. Got my son to click a photo of me before leaving home 💕 Our group had decided to wear red sarees :)
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I edited this to get a black and white version and quite liked the effect🤗
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Which one do you like better?
  • Just done licking this bowl clean 😋😋😋
Breakfast: Full fat yogurt + homemade strawberry jam (linking in stories)+ crunchy toasty seed nut mix to top.
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That's a hearty dose of protein, calcium, B12, healthy fats in a bowl. If you are vegan, then use coconut yogurt or any other plant based yogurt.
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You'll find me making the seed mix last evening in my stories.
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For more such no sweat healthy eating ideas, follow @saffrontrail
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💡💡💡Tip: Create a HEALTHY FOOD IDEAS folder in your Instagram and save this pic to your folder. I have one such folder too where I save all the good food ideas to try out when I'm wondering what to cook / eat.
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Shopping:
Coconut shell bowl bought from @essentialtraditionsbykayal
Copper spoon from @shein_in
Cast iron pan @lodgecastiron bought from Amazon.in
  • If anything, gardening teaches you patience. Been waiting over 6 years for this lemon bush to bear fruit. Last year we had 1 or 2 lemons every 3-4 months. Whether it was just time that played its magic or the care we have given the plant, it is fruiting rather well this year. Not to the level of several hundred lemons that people talk about their lemon plants, but a couple of dozens is a good start and I'm very happy about it.
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I wrote a post to compile all the research and learnings on things to do to make your lemon plant fruit well, sometime last year. I'll link it up in my stories if you want to have a read :)
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These lemons were gathered / plucked over last two days. Swipe to see a close up ..
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Meanwhile, basking in citrus aromas and gratitude 🤗🤗🤗
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Anyone know what variety these are? Thick skin, fairly juicy, has seeds but not a huge number, spherical in shape, fragrant skin too. @geekgardener @yougrowgirl
@a_madteaparty @sangeetaamkhanna
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For more such garden updates, follow @saffrontrail
  • Remember that kindergarten rhyme/game?
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Totally loving the Kinnow oranges in season these days. Made an orange yogurt poppyseed cake today using the @epicurious grapefruit poppyseed cake recipe and it turned out so moist and flavoursome. The lemons are from my kitchen garden. Citrus season is indeed a happy season 😍
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Don't miss my kitchen garden tour video - Feb updates. It's 10 minutes long, covers my entire garden and you'll find it on IGTV.
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What's your favorite way to use Kinnow Oranges?

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