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Spice up your kitchen and your day-to-day ayurvedic life! Sapna offers a refreshing perspective on cooking that is rooted in the seasons and tuning inside ourselves. 


Summer Watermelon Cooler
Summer Watermelon Cooler

Watermelons are great summertime fruit. According to Ayurveda, its cooling potency makes it an ideal choice to calm the PITTA (heat) of the summer months.



According to Ayurveda, holistic medicine from India, all melons need to be enjoyed appropriately and with the correct food combinations for optimal digestive health. Watch this video and learn how to enjoy watermelon during Summer Season and more!


SUMMERTIME WATERMELON COOLER:

  • watermelon

  • rock salt

  • lime juice

  • basil

  • roasted cumin seed powder

Combine ingredients in blender, blend and serve! Garnish with fresh basil leaves and a pinch of roasted cumin seed powder. See video above for steps and quantities!


Want to learn how to make your own roasted cumin seed powder? Watch below!



Needing a last minute crowd-pleaser dessert for Summer festivities? Got mangoes on hand? Then I have the dessert for you! An egg-less, easy and aromatic Deep-Dish Mango Cobbler!



Mango is the king of all fruits in my world and they inspire me every season to experiment with their unique, divine flavors. I wait all year to relish this amazing fruit during summertime and there is no doubt why... I am sure others agree! If you are a mango fanatic, check out the video for an easy recipe modified using whole wheat flours and baked in the comfort of our own ovens to control the ingredients going in without compromising flavor.


This easy and yummy 6 ingredient cobbler may just be your life-saving dessert this Summer! You can also substitute mangoes for any other seasonal fruit and watch your summer party guests be thrilled with how effortless and yummy the experience was for them!


DEEP DISH MANGO COBBLER

  • 1 stick butter

  • 2 cups mangoes, chopped

  • 3/4 cup multi-grain flour

  • 3/4 cup coconut sugar

  • 1 cup milk or milk substitute

  • 1 tablespoon baking powder

Melt butter in deep dish in 350 F degree pre-heated oven. In a separate dish, combine dry ingredients and whisk. Slowly add milk and whisk batter. Once butter is melted, take dish out of oven and cautiously add mangoes to baking dish. Spread batter over mangoes and your dessert prep is done! Bake for 20-25 minutes or insert toothpick until the dessert's batter is well cooked.


Makes 6 servings.


I hope you'll enjoy the divine flavors of mangoes in this Texas Deep Dish as much as I did!

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