Category: Spiritual Adventures

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Eggplant and Mushrooms with Cumin and Fennel
Eggplant and Mushrooms with Cumin and Fennel

Here’s a simple North Indian style dish made with eggplant and mushrooms. It’s very quick to make and can use almost any vegetables you have around. Ingredients 3/4 cup eggplant cut into 3/4″ cubes, skin on 3/4 mushrooms cut into 1/2″ slices 1/2 cup onion, coarsely chopped...

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Carrot and Green Bean Thoran
Carrot and Green Bean Thoran

In Kerala, one of the most common vegetable preparations is thoran. Chopped vegetables are cooked with black mustard seeds and coconut for a light healthy dish that is very quick to prepare – it can be ready in about 15 minutes. Thoran can be made with lots of different vegetables. I like t...

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20 Days of Delicious Indian Recipes
20 Days of Delicious Indian Recipes

We are looking forward to our spiritual and culinary adventure in India that will be taking place this coming February. As part of gearing up for that adventure we will be sharing 20 delicious Indian recipes over 20 week days. So stay tuned for this and you’ll be seeing the first recipe in ...

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Farewell night in Samode Palace
Farewell night in Samode Palace

(Continued coverage of our recent spiritual adventure) Our 16 day spiritual adventure has come to a conclusion. We leave the little town of Pushkar and the colorful camel fair and head northeast to the village of Samode. The last night of our stay is to be at Samode Palace in the village of Samod...

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Pushkar’s Festivities and Parade
Pushkar’s Festivities and Parade

Continuing our coverage of our recent spiritual adventure to northwestern India. It’s our last day in Pushkar. So much going on during the Pushkar camel fair that we feel like we have so much to share. The camel trading is winding down and many of the traders are making the long walk home. ...

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The little holy town of Pushkar, Rajasthan
The little holy town of Pushkar, Rajasthan

It’s our last full day in Pushkar. The town is bustling with people as the full moon approaches. It’s the holiest time of the month for a dip in the lake and at this time of the year it is more important than ever. The group is on their own today having been given the…

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Traders at the Pushkar Camel Fair
Traders at the Pushkar Camel Fair

This is our last coverage of the Camel Fair at Pushkar and the camel traders with their colorful turbans. Tomorrow, we’ll look at Pushkar town, made holy by the sacred lake that it is built around and a rare temple to Brahma. It’s our final day at Pushkar before we move on to Samode, ...

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A spiritual adventure of festivals and ancient temples.
A spiritual adventure of festivals and ancient temples.

Join our next exciting spiritual adventure to South India and Malaysia in Jan/Feb 2012.   The journey is very much focused on visiting temples, exploring deeply the mysticism of Hinduism, meeting the priests and monks, participating in mystical ceremonies in the sanctums of 1000 year old tem...

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