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Indo-Caribbean Eggplant (Baingan) Choka

bee — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:22:37 +0000

There’s chokha and there’s choka. Chokha is a rustic vegetable dish (usually featuring either potatoes, tomatoes or eggplant) cooked and coarsely mashed, topped with enough fresh green chillies, raw garlic and pungent mustard oil to warrant a hazmat suit. It’s a rustic staple in Bihar and Jharkhand where it is traditionally served with litti – [read on ... ]

Why do we need to exercise?

bee — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:11:25 +0000

It depends on who you ask. And what you define as “exercise”. If you posed the question to our distant ancestors, they would look bewildered. Why would anyone need to go out of their way to exert themselves or burn calories for recreational reasons? And why the heck would one need to “lose weight”? They [read on ... ]

Sunflower Seeds and Sunflower Seed Butter.

bee — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:11:22 +0000

What does one say in one’s inaugural post? I wasn’t quite sure. How about some virtual sunshine on a dreary winter day? J loves to munch on sunflower seeds. Last summer, he grew a large batch of his own using varieties with large seedheads. It’s ridiculously simple. Scatter a few around in your vegetable or [read on ... ]

Welcome Aboard.

bee — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:30:10 +0000

We’re Jai and Bee. If you’ve come over from Jugalbandi, you’ve met us already. If you’re new here, let’s cut to the chase. We are Americans who grew up in India. We’re deeply interested in nutrition – not as a fat loss manoeuver, but as a means to optimize functional fitness. For several years, we [read on ... ]