Total nutrition, everyday
Anjana Ajit runs Garage Gourmet, a made-to-order service in Bangalore that offers wholesome food. Her funda is that you need complete nutrition every day.
Anjana Ajit runs Garage Gourmet, a made-to-order service in Bangalore that offers wholesome food. Her funda is that you need complete nutrition every day. That means vegetables, carbohydrates, proteins, dairy products, nuts and fruits have to be consumed daily. She prefers to go organic with grains, pulses, spices and oil. Rice is red, and whole — to keep its glycemic index low. Pancakes and rotis have a combination of grains like wheat, ragi, jowar, and besan. For vegetables, she opts for locally produced, seasonal ones. Oil usage is kept to the minimum — one tablespoon per day per person. That comes to about half a litre a month. She mostly uses cold-pressed mustard or peanut oil, and extra virgin olive oil for salads. Frying is frowned upon. Even papads are roasted in the oven. Yes, an occasional indulgence is permitted but everyone in the family, she says, is a well-informed foodie. Here, she shares with us four of her favourite home recipes:
Tabbouleh salad
Malabar fish curry
Anjana says: “Fish curry is a staple at my house. It can be put together in minutes. Teamed with red rice (we use Rajamudi), a poriyal, a dal, dahi and papad, it makes for a wholesome meal.”