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SPICED MANGO LASSI serves 2
What You Need 2 ripe mangoes chilled and chopped Here’s How Place the cashews in a blender with 1/2 cup of Soya milk and blend until creamy. Add the mangoes, the rest of the Soya milk, cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg and honey and blend until smooth. Other Ways To Go PEACH: Substitute three ripe peaches for the mangoes. |
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I fell in love with lassis in India where they cool a curry and refresh the palate. I once traveled from the middle of India to Calcutta by car, eating in the truck driver’s stops which are nothing more than pit stops with a fire and a couple of pots and pans. The food was wonderful – absolutely fresh and simple. When at last I reached the city – after pushing the car over bridges too rough to drive over – what I wanted most in the world was a spiced lassi. Lassis are traditionally made with milk or buttermilk, but I prefer to make mine with organic Soya milk which is creamy and rich, or even rice or oat milk. |
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SPIRITUAL FOOD Mangoes have long been called food for the gods. It was Paramahansa Yogananda who wrote in his Autobiography of a Yoga ‘It is impossible for the Hindu to conceive of a heaven without mangoes’. He may have known nothing of the biochemistry of this sensuous fruit, but he certainly got right its uplifting properties. Mangoes are rich in anacardic acid and anacardiol – phytochemicals which bear a strong resemblance to the drugs used to treat depression. This makes them a great way to start a day – especially if you can get them tree-ripened and organic. That once meant a trip to India. Nowadays more and more high quality mangoes are available.
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Wonderful life-giving foods, and information about what some of them can do to help prevent premature aging, protect you from degenerative conditions such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, enhance your mood, intensify your delight in love-making, even encourage sleep inspired me to write Cook Energy, for help for all of these things is to be found in delicious foods. Recipe This Week Archives |
