Sweet Pumpkin Pooris

“If you have men who will exclude any of

God's creatures from the shelter of
compassion and pity, you will have men who
Baingan/Tomato/Aloo Chokha
serves 3
Black Rice
serves 4
Dry Fruit Ladoos
25 pieces
30 pooris
Veg @ Lent
will deal likewise with their fellow men.”
Ingredients:
2 large baingans or tomatoes or aloos/potatoes
Ingredients:
100 grams each of pistachios,
Ingredients:
2 cups pumpkin, peeled & finely chopped
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─ St. Francis of Assisi 1 cup onions, chopped walnuts, almonds and cashews 3 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon green chillies, chopped 20 grams each of til and khus khus ½ cup jaggery, grated
During a public audience in 1990, 1 teaspoon garlic, chopped ¼ teaspoon methi seeds 4 teaspoons jeera
Pope John Paul II reminded listeners that 3 tablespoons coriander leaves, chopped 2 pinch of elachi powder 2 teaspoons til
2 teaspoons mustard oil 100 grams deseeded dates 1 pinch baking soda
“also the animals possess a soul and men Ingredients:
1 teaspoon lemon juice 40 ml date syrup 2 tablespoons oil
must love and feel solidarity with Salt to taste 1 cup black rice 50 grams almond powder Salt to taste
our smaller brethren,” that they are the 3 cups water Oil for frying www.bwcindia.org
“fruit of the creative action of the 2 cups coconut milk
Holy Spirit and merit respect, and
that they are as near to God as men are”.
2 teaspoons ginger-garlic paste
2 teaspoons oil
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every 2 minutes on the flame, so that they get Rinse black rice well and soak in water for 1 hour. Preparation:
evenly roasted. Immerse them in a bowl of
water till cool. Then peel and chop. Boil 3 cups water. Add drained rice and salt to it. Add 4 cups water to the pumpkin and pressure
Preparation:
Transfer to a mixing bowl. Cook on medium flame till the rice is done.
Roast separately pistachios, walnuts, almonds
cook for 3 whistles. Cool. Beauty Without Cruelty
For tomato chokha: Rinse tomatoes in water. Heat oil. Sauté ginger-garlic paste. Drain and retain water. is happy to present a small selection of
and cashews for 2 minutes on a slow flame.
Hold them directly over the stove and keep turning Add coconut milk and cooked rice. Mix well. Then pound coarsely. Mash pumpkin and jaggery. Add all other tasty and easy to make recipes
Giving up Meat for Lent every 2 minutes on the flame, so that they get ingredients including the drained water if needed for the benefit of
Wait till the rice absorbs all the coconut milk. Roast til and khus khus.
evenly roasted. Once the tomatoes cool, and knead. Cover dough with a muslin cloth for
remove the charred skin and chop them. Mix in between if necessary. Lastly roast methi seeds and grind into 20 minutes.
non-vegetarians who some times
The most observed tradition do not wish to consume flesh
Transfer to a mixing bowl. Serve with fresh fruits or dal. a powder.
during Lent is not eating meat. Divide dough into small balls and roll out into
For aloo chokha: Boil aloos with salt till they Mix all the above ingredients including thick pooris of 2" diameter.
on religious, health or ethical grounds
All meals during this 40-day period are cooked. Peel and mash them. elachi powder. For an assortment of
Heat oil and deep fry or air fry.
are prepared without animal products. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Mash deseeded dates and date syrup and Beauty Without Cruelty’s
Add onions, green chillies, garlic, coriander leaves, add to the mixture. Make ladoos.
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mustard oil, lemon juice and salt for all the three Roll each ladoo in almond powder.
for ethical, environmental, individual chokhas and mix well. and delicious vegan recipes:
nutritional and spiritual reasons. www.bwcindia.org/Web/Recipes/VeganFood.html
Serve with Litti.
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Ingredients:
200 grams urad dal ½ cup moong dal
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, peeled & chopped
½ teaspoon methi seeds 3 cups chopped cabbage Beauty Without Cruelty
500 grams rice ¼ teaspoon haldi Ingredients:
5 cups spring onions, chopped 2 small onions 3 cups water
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1 potato, peeled & chopped 4 green chillies Ingredients: ¼ cup grated coconut
1 teaspoon rai which causes no creature of
¼ teaspoon black pepper powder 20 curry patta 2 tablespoons oil 2 green chilies
1 teaspoon jeera land, sea or air
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1 tablespoon red til terror, torture or death
3 cups water (or veg stock) 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
Salt as required ½ teaspoon hing 3 tablespoons water
½ teaspoon soy sauce (optional) 4 teaspoons refined oil 2 green chilli, minced Salt
½ teaspoon methi seeds BWC believes
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¼ teaspoon oregano ½ teaspoon rai Pinch of haldi 1 tablespoon oil 6 dried red chillies
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1 teaspoon ginger, finely chopped ½ teaspoon urad dal ½ teaspoon haldi in the name of
Preparation: ½ teaspoon mango powder/amchoor 1 pinch hing
4 tablespoons water 10 curry patta
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2 tablespoons coriander leaves, chopped coriander leaves for garnish 1 sprig curry patta or for any other reason:
Soak in water and leave overnight to ferment. reverence for all life
Next morning drain the excess water and grind well. must be considered fundamentally right.
Preparation: Add a teaspoon of water to form a smooth batter Preparation: Preparation: Preparation: No killing, exploiting, abusing, harming,
Heat oil. Add garlic and sauté. Add spring onions and transfer to a bowl. Heat oil. In a thick bottomed pot mix moong dal, cabbage, Heat oil. Add rai and let it splutter followed by using, adorning, or eating any creature.
and sauté for 5 minutes. Heat oil and add finely chopped curry patta, Add jeera then add hing, green chilli and haldi. haldi and water, cover and cook on a low flame jeera, red til, coriander seeds, methi seeds,
Add potatoes and stir. Season with salt and pepper. onions, green chillies; also add jeera and rai till dal is fully cooked. Mash throughly. hing and dried red chillies Our aims and history
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and sauté. Pour into bowl and mix. Add ground coconut, chilies, jeera and water In another pan heat oil and tomatoes till mushy. of success are worth exploring.
Add water, cover and heat on low flame till Add bananas, ginger, mango powder and water.
potatoes are cooked. Grease the holes of a paniyaram/appam pan with paste and salt. Add haldi. Cool. Do visit our
oil over a medium flame. Stir gently and cook for 1 minute only. Beauty Without Cruelty - India website
Cool. Blend to a smooth thick consistency. Cook for another 5 minutes stirring in between Blend the two along with chopped coriander
Pour the batter into the holes and drizzle oil over (Don't overcook otherwise banana will become and if needed add some water. leaves. Add salt. www.bwcindia.org
Add soy sauce and oregano and simmer for the edges. mushy and watery.)
For tadka fry rai, urad dal, hing and curry patta Temper with rai, urad and chana dal, hing
5 minutes. Add water if desired.
Cover with lid and allow to cook for 5-7 minutes. Turn off the heat and add salt. in oil. and curry patta. If you wish to receive
Garnish will 2 tablespoons of spring onion greens.
Garnish with coriander leaves. a free immunity boosting
When the balls have risen and have turned fluffy, Pour over the cabbage kootu and cover for Note: The red variety of til and jeera makes the
turn off the flame. Scoop out the balls and transfer 5 minutes. chutney high in iron and tomato aids in its food chart, please write to
them to a serving dish. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with absorption. admin@bwcindia.org
Serve with coconut or mint chutney. steamed rice.