Showing posts with label asparagus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asparagus. Show all posts

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Raw shopping at Russel market


How colorful can it get? Imagine you are going to get all those colors along with their vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants into you! Your life will get as colorful & radiant as these vegetables & fruits!

How true .. food is your medicine & medicine your food.

Where did I buy all this ? I went to Russel market in Shivajinagar one early Sunday morning. This was my first visit and I should say it is a heaven for raw foodists. You need to go very early like before 8am to get  Lettuce, Asparagus, Bok-choy, Brussel sprouts, Zucchini etc. All these are sold to the restaurants in bulk so by 8am these veggies go out of stock. I was the only retail buyer here.

Coming to fruits there is a shop solely for butterfruits (Avocados)! You also get seasonal fruits like mangoes, pears, grapes and some exotic ones like Mangostean, Figs, cherries, plums, Kiwi. There are lot of fruits I still need to discover here.

The more local veggies that can be eaten raw like Beetroot, Carrots, Bell peppers(Capsicum), Kohlrabi are also available. While selecting vegetables and fruits include a lot of variety and color. Include green, red and yellow Bell-peppers. Green and Yellow Zucchinis.

You also get a wide variety of local greens but I restricted from buying them because I don't eat non vegetarian food and there is a meat market close to this. However, I could not resist from buying fresh Lettuce, Chinese cabbage as I don't get it easily else where in Bangalore.

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Asparagus soup

Chop the Asparagus tips finely. I boil the remaining shoots so that is smooth. You could keep it raw. Make a smooth paste out of it by adding a little salt. Add freshly ground pepper. Add some lemon juice or a little curd. Add the finely chopped asparagus tips. It tastes yummy!

Raw carrot and asparagus soup

This is a simple and tasty soup.

Ingredients
  • 2 carrots
  • 5-6 asparagus
  • 2 cloves of garlic and a small piece of giner
  • sea salt
  • pepper
  • milk (optional)
I chop the tender tops of asparagus and keep them separate.Boil the harder shoots below separately (if you want you can use them raw too). Clean and chop the carrots.

Grind Carrots, asparagus, garlic, ginger and salt in a food processor by adding water as required.

Add freshly ground pepper and a little milk.  You can warm it a bit if required. Serve!