Recipe - Aloo Soa - Potatoes with Dill

Recipe - Aloo Soa - Potatoes with Dill




In the beginning of winter we get a lot of herbs and leafy vegetables here in India. Dill is one of those herbs and apart from being used in small amounts for example in salad, it is also the main ingredient for a very delicious main vegetable dish: aloo soa, potatoes with dill. Great in taste, this dish is also good for your health. Here is the recipe for this great combination!
Aloo Soa - Ayurvedic Potatoes with Dill

Use dill not only as a herb in salad but enjoy its full taste in cooked form in this delicious and healthy dish with potatoes!
How long does it take to make Aloo Soa?

Preparation time: 10 min
cooking Time: 20 min
Total Time: 30 min
Ingredients

300 g Dill
500 g Potatoes
2 tbsp Olive Oil
½ tsp Cumin Seeds
½ tsp Garam Masala
½ tsp Coriander
1/4 tsp Turmeric
1 tsp Fresh Ginger in small Pieces
1/4 tsp Turmeric
Salt according to taste
How to make Aloo Soa

First of all you wash your dill. Depending on where you bought your dill, you may have to still spend some time on preparing it properly. If you got the complete leaves with the stem, you need to remove the thick, lower part of it. After that you cut the remaining dill into small pieces of about a centimeter’s length. Wash and peel the potatoes.

Heat up the oil in a deep pan or wok. When it is hot, you add cumin, garam masala, coriander, turmeric and finally the freshly cut ginger pieces into the oil and roast them for a little while. When the spices have developed their aroma nicely, you can add the potatoes and some salt. You will need to fry them with the spices for about five minutes. You can put a lid in the beginning but take care to stir regularly so that the potatoes don’t stick to your pan.

After five minutes, your potatoes will already be a little bit soft and you can add the dill into the pan. Mix it nicely. Stirring from time to time, it will take the dish only another ten minutes until the potatoes are completely soft. Then it is ready and you can serve it – deliciously juicy from the dill and very healthy on top of it!
Ayurvedic Benefits

Dill is known to be rich in calcium, magnesium and iron and thus a very valuable source of minerals that keeps bones, nails and hair healthy and the blood strong. Apart from that, it also pacifies all three doshas Vata, Pitta and Kapha.

While potatoes increase Vata in the body, we have added ginger into the dish, which reduces that dosha and thus creates a fully balanced and balancing dish. Enjoy!


Thanks for this recipe to Jaisiyaram, India
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THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER

THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER

A large part of the human body is water. The body needs daily water to cleanse it by flushing toxins out, and ideally, by sweating out of the pores also. Take some vigorous activity like sport, dancing, sex or take a sauna.

We don’t wash our sinks out with coffee. We use water. The body is the same. If you drink more than three cups of coffee a day, replace every second one with a glass of water. Coffee and alcohol are diuretics – increasing urination and leaving us thirsty.

It is not sufficient to say that all the water you need is contained in, for example, beer, wine, coffee, soft drinks and tea. You need water – say a minimum of one litre a day, some experts recommend much more than that.

Drink a glass of water before each meal, rather than during or after. Add a slice of lemon for taste, or a dash of apple cider vinegar for health. Drink water between room temperature and body temperature for the body to be able to absorb it efficiently. Avoid ice in drinks.

Tap water is required by law to be safe. To achieve this the water company will add chlorine. It is like a sliced loaf of bread having a plastic bag to keep it fresh and clean. You don’t eat the bag. Don’t drink the chlorine either. A carbon filter and separate drinking tap are ideal. Chlorine and other particulate matter are filtered out.

If the water tastes really bad, even after filtering, then fit a reverse osmosis system. The downside is that it removes all the good minerals. The positive is that there will not be the “sand” which can result in “stones” forming in the body, which can be very painful to release.

Drinking water keeps us young. Don’t repeatedly boil the same water. It can become “heavy water” – H2O2 instead of H2O.

Bottled water is an uneconomic, but safe option, but beware leaving the plastic bottle in the sun, or freezing water in plastic bottles. Chemicals in the plastic can seep into the water, with potential harmful risks including breast cancer.

As a general guide, plastics are best avoided for cooking, microwaving and storage of water and foodstuffs, if there is a glass or ceramic option.

Ideally freeze water, not in plastic, and drink within five hours as it loses the good structure, or refreeze, to kill harmful elements. Add mint for taste before freezing if you like that.

Sit water, and other fluids on magnets, to improve the water quality. Vitaflow brand – contact earthenergies@gmail.com for details.

The best water is contained in organic fruits and vegetables.


Copyright David Millner
December 2010
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Some Cooked foods are better than RAW

Sweet Potato in Salad

Sweet Potato (Yam)

Try eating Sweet Potato raw by grating and adding to salad.

Raw gives greatest health and energy benefits.

Sweet Potato Salad Example: Grated sweet potato, diced tomato, diced cucumber, chopped parsley, sprouting mung beans with dressing of extra virgin olive oil and vinegar (Balsamic is good).

Or cooked, for example:

Can be parboiled, then roast in the oven (as roast potato).

Or boiled, eaten that way or mashed with butter. Consider mixed mashed potato with sweet potato.

Some Benefits: Rich in beta carotene, a major anti oxidant, contain vitamins -C and B-complex, iron and phosphorous. Sweet potatoes are excellent immunity boosters.
The fibre / roughage helps water retention so the body can maintain water balance. Sweet potato protects arteries from hardening.