AMRUT AAHAR

From the book titled “AMRUT AAHAR”. A cook book of uncooked food by Shehnaz A.Thanawala.

Guruji Shri Rishi Prabhakar, is the insiration benind this book. He deleloped the Siddha Samadhi Yoga (SSY), Programmes, which teach pranayama, meditation and the science of non-doing. Guruji is a keen advocate of raw food and juices and has deleloped recipe Himself. He can be rightly be called the father of Amrut Aahar.

Beetroot Halwa

3 large beetroots
1 grated coconut
2 big apples
1 cup chopped nuts and raisins
100 Gms honey
1 teaspoon finely powdered elaichi

Grate beetroot and core/cut apple into small cubes. Mix together beetroot, grated coconut, half of the nuts and raisins, honey, elaichi and apple. Decorate with remaining dry fruits/nuts

Fruit Beetroot Salad

1 beetroot
1 apple
2 mangoes
15-0 black seedless grapes
1 banana
2 chickoos
Lime to taste

Grate beetroot, Dice apple, mangoes and chickoos. Cut grapes into half and slice bananas. Mix all the ingredients together, add lime and enjoy.

Ribbon Salad

3 carrots
3 turnips
2 beetroots
6 small red radish
4 cup curd
2 tablespoon chopped coriander leaves
1 tablespoon chopped mint leaves
½ teaspoon powdered mustard
Salt, lime and sugar to taste

Grate carrots, turnips and beetroots separately and place in 3 different bowls. Squeeze lime and add sugar, salt to each bowl and keep aside. Add this to the curd along with lime, salt and mustard. Place red radish in the center of the platter and arrange the beetroot, carrot, and turnip salad around the radish. Serve with curd dressing.

Beetroot Salad

2 big beetroots
½ grated coconut
1 big capsicum
½ tea-spoon jeera powder
Salt, lime and sugar to taste

Peel and grate the beetroot, Chop capsicum, Combine beetroot, coconut, capsicum, jeera powder, salt lime and sugar.

Cabbage Appetiser

1 small shredded cabbage
3 tablespoons dices cucumber
3 tablespoons diced capsicum
2 boiled beetroots, sliced thin
2 cups fresh curd
¼ teaspoon freshly powdered pepper
¼ tablespoon freshly powdered mustard
1 tablespoon sunflower seed sprouts
Salt, lime and sugar to taste

Except for beetroot, mix all the ingredients together. Arrange a salad bowl with beetroot slices on the sides. Fill the center with the prepared salad. Garnish with finely chopped coriander leaves.

Ruby Wine

2 beetroots
1 pineapple
1/ glass of water
Honey to taste

Cut beetroots and pineapple into cubes. Blend beetroot and pineapple cubes separately in a juicer and strain the juice. Mix equal proportions of beetroot and pineapple juice add water and honey and serve.

P.S. Beetroot juice is potent and hence needs to be diluted with equal proportion of some other juice or with water


Ruby Refresher

1 beetroot
2 apples
2 carrots
Few mint leaves
Lime, honey and salt to taste

Put beetroot and carrots in a mixer and strain out the juice. Blend apple juice in the mixer and do not remove its pulp. Mix beetroot, carrot and apple juice. Add honey, lime, salt and serve with mint leaves.