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Festive Foods & Sweet Truths: Reclaiming Health During Celebrations

Wishing everyone a joyful and spiritually enriching Teej!May this festival of devotion and love bring strength, wisdom—and sweetness that truly nourishes. As Teej swings sway and Janmashtami decor lights up surroundings, our homes fill with laughter, lamps—and laddoos.Last evening, as my daughters lovingly prepared their little pooja thalis for a celebration at school, we opened…

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Love Your Liver: Beyond Detox Myths & Trendy Juices

A Story We All Know, But Ignore It’s 9:15 PM. A young techie finishes her last meeting, too tired to cook. She skips dinner, then devours leftover sweets at midnight. A retired teacher takes 3 antacids weekly, has been prescribed B12 shots, and blames her fatigue on “just aging.” A 14-year-old boy, visibly thin, fails…

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sweet potato parantha

Rajgira Paratha- no potato amaranth roti vrat recipe

Rajgira paratha, made from the seeds of the amaranth plant, is a nourishing flatbread ideal for Hindu fasting days. This gluten-free paratha is typically prepared with potato, but today, we’re making a delicious and healthier version—rajgira paratha without potato—using boiled sweet potatoes instead. This variant not only adheres to vrat (religious fasting) norms but also…

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jowar upma recipe

Jowar Rava Upma | Sorghum upma |jonna rava upma

Jowar Rava Upma, also known as Jonna Rava Upma, is a nutritious twist on the traditional rava upma. It is also known as Jolada uppittu in Karnataka region. Made from broken sorghum (cream of sorghum), this dish offers a much healthier alternative to the large quantity of the refined semolina typically used in upma. Rich…

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