Cooking Class: Lesson 21 by Yamuna Devi

Nov 1, 1995 | Lord Krsna's Cuisine, Volume-29 Number-06, Yamuna Devi Dasi

Fresh and Cooked Chutneys For almost thirty years I have made chutneys almost daily. Chutneys, both fresh and cooked, are piquant palate-teasing relishes that serve to accent other dishes. Readers familiar with homemade Indian chutneys know they bear little... read more

Cooking Class: Lesson 20 by Yamuna Devi

Sep 1, 1995 | Lord Krsna's Cuisine, Volume-29 Number-05, Yamuna Devi Dasi

Cooking at the Vaisnava Academy Talk about cooking up a storm! If you think preparing meals for your family is a job, imagine feeding up to twenty hungry teenagers every day. That requires the dedication and commitment of a special person. So along with a glance at... read more

Cooking Class: Lesson 19 by Yamuna Devi

Jul 1, 1995 | Lord Krsna's Cuisine, Volume-29 Number-04, Yamuna Devi Dasi

Yogurt and Panir Cheese Dishes THIS COOKING CLASS, the last in a series on milk and its products, focuses on yogurt gravy (karhi) and dishes made with panir cheese. In a previous column, I mentioned that the dairy products most widely used in a Vaisnava... read more

Cooking Class: Lesson 18 by Yamuna Devi

May 1, 1995 | Lord Krsna's Cuisine, Volume-29 Number-03, Yamuna Devi Dasi

Indian-Style Salads MOST NEWCOMERS to a Vedic diet are quick to get a taste for two prominent categories of classic salads raita and kachamber. Both are fresh and light, the former yogurt-based and the latter made with many types of vegetables. Indian... read more

Cooking Class: Lesson 17 by Yamuna Devi

Mar 1, 1995 | Lord Krsna's Cuisine, Volume-29 Number-02, Yamuna Devi Dasi

Milk The Miracle Food LIKE THOSE WHO become lifetime gardeners from a first harvest, I fell in love with cows and milk some twenty years ago, when I got my first chance to take care of a cow. Fresh from a four-year stay in India, I ended up with a small group of... read more

Cooking Class: Lesson 16 by Yamuna Devi

Jan 1, 1995 | Lord Krsna's Cuisine, Volume-29 Number-01, Yamuna Devi Dasi

GHEE fully clarified butter is an amazing substance. At room temperature ghee is semisoft and creamy. Melted, it pours like liquid gold. In fragrance ghee is sweet like caramel and more intense than butter. Because of its extraordinary taste, a little ghee goes a long... read more