Spice is Life

Welcome to the Vegan Indian, where all things vegan come with a kick.  Did you know that the Indian culture is the oldest vegan culture of the world with it's roots going back two millennia?

Spices add aroma and flavour to food.  Spices also have healing properties, and many are use as preventive medicine in the ancient Indian science of ayurveda. 

Spicy isn't always hot...

Hot and spicy are two different things – seriously.

Pepper makes food hot and pepper is only one type of the many hundreds of spices.  So if you just left out pepper you could make spicy food that wasn’t hot at all.  In fact, many spices are actually used in the preparation of deserts, best known being cinnamon.

The most wonderful thing about cooking with spices is that you don’t have to follow the recipe to the dot.  Spices and pepper are a matter of taste.  And taste is an individual thing.  You can spice it up or tone it down, either way it will still taste good.

The most important ingredient

The most important ingredient in cooking is “joy”.  Enjoy the process of creating a delicious meal for yourself or to share with others.  Your joy is a vibration that flavors the food that you touch.  Appreciate your food, the ingredients that will go into making it, the people who brought it for you, the work that gave you the means to afford it, the time that you have to enjoy making it, the people who will derive enjoyment and sustenance from the having of it, and then start your cooking.  Put yourself in a good mood with music, candles and whatever else makes you feel good, then begin…

The law of attraction and food

The law of attraction affects everything - even food.  For more information on the law of attraction and how it works click here.

Curry is not a spice!

Many times I hear people say that they add "curry" to their food, as if curry were a type of spice.  Curry powder is a quick mix pack of anywhere between 5 to 10 different spices.  Together these spices form the base of the curry and you can make your own curry powder - it's easy and very yummy.  Click here