Vegetarianism & Beyond
Sacred Vegetarian Recipes - Prasadam
Xmas
Survivaledition
Ho
ho ho
Christmas Dinners with Dignity
(heaps of recipes)
Some guidelines to get through
Xmas season when visiting non-devotees
Mother cow gives us her excess milk - the hen loses her family - pigs
don't have a leg to stand on............what to speak of the Turkey
World Vegetarian Day 1st October
each year
World Vegetarian Awareness Month
- October
For Vegetarian Awareness
First Step of Spiritual Path:
Vegetarianism
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5ah_zpdHys&feature=channel
Vegan Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05zhL1YUd8Q
Famous Vegetarians and Vegans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkhNN-SSlgs&feature=related
Elite Vegetarians of the world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCMFNEPzeTo&feature=related
Vegetarian or Non Vegetarian
who is more cruel?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nIaeo3uleI&feature=related
Why be a vegetarian?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K20mIbc3PV4
Why Be a Vegetarian, by Stephan
Knapp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7T-CS1TJf8&feature=related
Be Vegetarian part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KNJh1GxQ3A&feature=channel
Be Vegetarian part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICJcyeCYnPE&feature=channel
Be Vegetarian part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cHA2ZnGBQg&feature=channel
Jesus was a Vegetarian ~ MUST
SEE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv3uU2YY6pM&feature=player_embedded
http://www.hknet.org.nz/VegeWVD.html
see what's already happened last year http://www.hknet.org.nz/VegeWVD2004.html
see what we hear is to be happening this year
See our previous World Vegetarian
Day issue of the newsletter for a wide range of Vegetarian issues
2005 World Vegetarian Day newsletter
Shaligram
Tirtha Pradarshini newsletter October 2005 - Theme Prasadam
Vege update:
Social scientists and law enforcement officials
have identified animal abuse as a symptom of emotional illness and a precursor
to violent crimes against human beings. To allow individuals guilty of
perpetrating such cruel acts to go unpunished or not sufficiently punished
would be to sanction these horrific crimes and would permit them to go
on to possibly commit violent crimes against humans.
The Animal Spirit Newsletter - Issue #2 -
4/21/03-4/27/03
Chaturmasya four month fasting period:
These recipes are specifically used in the Brahma-Madhwa Vaishnava community
for shaaka haara vrata - first month of Chaturmasya where one fasts from
Greem leafy vegetables - spinach: http://www.hknet.org.nz/Chaturmasya-vrata.html
& http://www.hknet.org.nz/Calendar-glossary.htm#Chaturmasya
Vegan
and Vegetarian recipes
Meatless recipes
These recipes have no meat, poultry or fish - some have eggs.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/meatless-recipes/RE00104
Higher Taste: Online Vegetarian Cookbook!
http://www.webcom.com/ara/col/books/VEG/ht/
Dharma Vegetarian Cooking Crafts:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dharma-kitchen
SEITAN--THE VEGETARIAN WHEAT MEAT
http://www.vrg.org/recipes/vjseitan.htm
FESTIVAL SWEETS - Ladhoos
The "Recipes" section of http://www.HareKrsna.com
contains nearly 2,000 wonderful vegetarian recipes from across the Indian
subcontinent. In each of the following categories you will find a unique
selection of recipes, including multiple recipes for some well known preparations,
as they're prepared in different regional cuisines. While the culinary
and geographic interpretations of these dishes may vary greatly, many old
favorites will be recognized and appreciated anew. This collection of recipes
has been selected and adapted to contain only those ingredients acceptable
for the Gaudiya Vaisnava diet, as instructed by Srila Prabhupada.
The index below includes only main categories of recipes. On many of
the recipe pages, you’ll find an index at the top with sub-categories,
and another index at the bottom of the page with the main categories. Be
sure to click the top index links to find your way to the many great recipes
contained in this section of the site!
If you have questions about ingredients called for in the recipes, please
visit our Ingredients section, where you'll also find a helpful Dictionary
of Ingredient Terms, cross-listing the various names of ingredients from
different regional languages.
Many nice Indian vegetarian recipes
http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/
Vegetarian Recipes - All recipes
http://vegetarian.allrecipes.com/
Vegetarian Kitchen Crafts:
This list is about vegetarian kitchen crafts. This list is created for
postings regarding back to basics vegetarian kitchen crafts. When we say
vegetarian we mean no meat, fish or eggs. When we say back to basics, we
mean tips on making yeast, bread, gluten, tofu, sprouts and so forth. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vkcrafts
Post a Message: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vkcrafts/post
LUCHI - pooris (Bengali puris - pooris)
Ingredients:
500gms Flour
2 tbl spoon refined oil
salt according to taste
warm water to knead the flour oil to fry the
pooris in.
Method:
- knead 500gms of flour, 4 tbl spoon of oil & salt according to
taste with warm water.
- make small balls (like a 10 cent coin NZ cents).
- flatten them into round chappatis - pooris - about 3-4 inches
in diametre.
- deep fry them in ghee so they are cooked but still white to
light brown
serve hot
Shyam Rice
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Ingredients:
Basmati Rice, 3 Cups
Black Currants, fresh crushed, 1 Cup
Blue (or Black) Poppy Seeds, 3 Tablespoons
Black Pepper, 1 Teaspoon
Nutmeg, fresh ground, To Taste
Make rice as usual, with approximately 2 parts water to one part rice.
Crush the currants, and add to the pot along with poppy seeds. Cook as
usual. During the last five minutes, add black pepper and nutmeg, stir
in and finish.
Lotus Bud Butterballs
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Ingredients:
Butter, unsalted (white as possible), 1/2 Pound
Raspberries, fresh, 1/8 Cup
Make the lotus bud butterballs in two steps. Divide the butter in two,
and tinge half the butter to a pink color with the juice from crushed,
strained raspberries. It’s fine if the butter takes color on unevenly.
Use that portion to make the pink lotus petals. Use the un-tinted white
butter to shape a small pointed lotus bud.
Roll the tinted butter flat on a piece of wax papper cut into a 5” circle.
Make a template to cut-out the pink shape or cut by free-hand with a sharp
knife. Remove the excess pieces from the cut-out shape. Pick-up the cut-out
with the wax paper, and gently mold it onto the bottom of the white bud
shape. Fold the petals up over the bud, with a few curling outwards. Once
the pieces are joined, place on a tray in the refrigerator to harden. Keep
cool until ready to offer, then place on a serving dish next to a hot prep
(but not on it, or it will melt and lose its shape).
Toor Dal Dhokali
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Ingredients:
Toor Dal, 1 Cup
Tomatoes, 2 Medium
Tamarind, 2 Teaspoons
Coconut, unsweetened, 1/4 Cup
Ginger, fresh, 1 Inch
Ghee, 6 Tablespoons
Kalonji Seeds, 1 Tablespoon
Asofoetida, 1/2 Teaspoon
Coriander, powdered, 1 Teaspoon
Cumin, ground, 2 Teaspoons
Garam Masala, 1 Teaspoon
Cayenne, 1/4 Teaspoon
Salt, To Taste
Molasses or Jaggery, 2 Teaspoons
Chapati Flour, 1/2 Cup
Turmeric, 1/4 Teaspoon
Cayenne, 1/4 Teaspoon
Mix the tamarind with a little water to form a paste. Add toor dal,
tomatoes, coconut, ginger and tamarind paste to a pot, with six cups water.
Cook at a slow boil on medium heat, uncovered, until the dal is soft (about
2 hours). Add more water as necessary. Make a chaunce with 4 Tablespoons
of ghee, kalonji, asofoetida, coriander, cumin and masala. When spices
are browned, add to the pot, along with sweetener, cayenne and salt.
Next, make the dhokali by mixing together chapatti flour, turmeric,
and ¼ teaspoon cayenne. Mix in the ghee and a scant amount of water
until it forms a soft dough. Knead well and let rest for 30 minutes. Roll
out a thin dough and cut into 1” triangles, diamonds, etc. Add the dough
pieces to the boiling toor dal for the last hour of cooking.
Bakasura Bread
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Ingredients:
Flour, white, 2 Cups
Salt, 1 Teaspoon
Sugar, 1/4 Teaspoon
Ghee, 4 Tablespoons
Ice Water, 7 to 9 Teaspoons
Chenna, 1/2 Pound
Milk for Chenna, 2 Quarts
Lemon juice for Chenna, 1/4 Cup
Ghee , For Frying
Make the dough by mixing sifted flour, salt and sugar. Rub in 4 Tablespoons
of ghee with fingers, adding scant ice water, as needed. Work quickly into
a soft dough, kneading for 5 to 8 minutes until pliant. If too sticky,
add a little more flour; if too dry, add scant ghee or water. Cover with
plastic wrap and let sit in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes. Meanwhile,
make the chenna, the usual way. Heat the ghee in a wok or deep pot. Press
the chenna (which you can season with herbs or spices, as you wish) into
¾” balls, and fry to a golden brown in the ghee. Remove and let
drain. Next, roll out a fairly thick dough (about ¼”), and cut into
long, narrow, pointed shapes reminiscent of the Baka demon’s bill. Dough
shapes need to be sized so they hold their shape in the ghee fairly well.
Fry a few at a time and remove carefully with a tongs or slotted spoon
without smashing. Set aside until cool. Assemble by placing a chenna ball
between two dough spears at one end, like Baka’s open mouth. Skewer with
a toothpick to hold the three pieces together.
Brussel Sprout, Chenna & Boondi Sabji
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Ingredients:
Brussel Sprouts, 20
Coriander leaves, fresh, 2 Tablespoons
Peas, frozen or fresh, 2 Cups
Parsley, fresh, 2 Tablespoons
Sour Cream, 3 Cups
Curry Leaves, fresh or dried, 8 to 10
Chenna, 1-1/2 Pound
Milk for Chenna, 1 Gallon
Lemon Juice for Chenna, 1/2 Cup
Asofoetida, 1/2 Teaspoon
Black Pepper, 2 Teaspoons
Ginger, 1 Teaspoon
Turmeric, 1 Teaspoon
Cayenne, 1/4 Teaspoon
Sugar, 1/2 Teaspoon
Salt, To Taste
Chickpea Flour for Boondis, 1 Cup
Asofoetida, 1/2 Teaspoon
Coriander, ground, 1/2 Teaspoon
Ginger, 1/4 Teaspoon
Turmeric, 1/4 Teaspoon
Cardamom, ground, 1/4 Teaspoon
Ghee, for frying
Make the chenna, and press with medium weight for about 30 minutes.
Clean the brussel sprouts, cut an ‘x’ in the bottom, and steam until about
½ cooked. Meanwhile, make the boondis by mixing together the Chickpea
flour, Asofoetida, Coriander, Ginger, Turmeric, and Cardamom. Add enough
water (or water/yoghurt) to make a loose batter. Heat the ghee, and push
the batter through a colander or utensil with holes so that raisin-sized
drops of batter hit the ghee. Fry until crispy brown, and set aside. Next,
cut the chenna into 1” square cubes, and fry until golden brown.
Mix together the Sour Cream, chopped Coriander leaves, Parsley, Asofoetida,
Black Pepper, Ginger, Turmeric, Cayenne, Sugar, and Salt. If using fresh
Curry Leaves, chaunce in a little ghee until crisp, or add dried leaves.
If using frozen peas, thaw first; if using fresh, just toss into mixture.
Add the Brussel Sprouts, fried chenna and boondis. Stir gently to mix.
Add a scant bit of water to bottom of pot during cooking, as necessary
to keep from sticking. Cook the sabji on low heat, covered, for about 1-1/2
hours, until the sour cream is bubbling and everything is nicely done.
Gobhi Sabji
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Ingredients:
Cauliflower, 1 Large
Ginger, fresh, 2 Inches
Ghee, 2 Tablespoons
Asofoetida, 1/4 Teaspoon
Cumin, ground, 1/4 Teaspoon
Cayenne, 1/2 Teaspoon
Coriander, ground, 4 Teaspoons
Turmeric, 1 Teaspoon
Garam Masala, 1/2 Teaspoon
Amchoor (or 1 Tsp. Lemon Juice), 1 Teaspoon
Finely dice the ginger. Make a chaunce with asofoetida and cumin, then
add ginger until it browns. Add cayenne, coriander and turmeric. When spices
have browned, add the cauliflower florets and salt. Add 4 Tablespoons of
water, cover the pan and reduce to low heat. Cook for 10 to 15 minutes,
just until cauliflower is tender. Stir gently once or twice during cooking,
and add scant water if necessary. When cauliflower is soft, remove the
lid and let any remaining liquid evaporate to dry the prep out. Add the
gararm masala and amchoor/lemon juice, and offer.
Urd dal Bada
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Ingredients:
Urad dal, skins removed, 3/4 Cup
Black pepper, coarse ground, 1 Teaspoon
Asofoetida, 1/2 Teaspoon
Cayenne, 1/2 Teaspoon
Salt, To taste
Sour Cream or Yoghurt, 2 Cups Ghee, For frying
Clean the dal and rinse repeatedly until the water pours off clear.
Cover with fresh water and soak the dal for about six hours. Top off with
more water as it’s absorbed. Afterwards, drain the dal well and put in
food processor or blender to grind. Do in two batches so you won’t overwhelm
the grinder. Add scant water, about 6 Tablespoons, and grind until a smoothly
fluffy paste is produced, but the dal still has a bit of its shape left
(i.e., don’t liquefy it). You’ll want to turn off the grinder and stir
several times, to mix the unground dal down into the blades.
Put dal paste in a bowl and mix in all the other ingredients. Heat the
ghee in a frying pan. Shape six dal patties from the mixture, about ½”
thick by 2 to 3” in diameter. Slide them carefully into the ghee and let
fry for about 5 minutes, not touching one another. Turn over and fry until
both sides are reddish-brown and crisp. Gently fold the fried badas into
a bowl of sour cream or yoghurt, and offer at room temperature.
Dwarka Khandvi
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Ingredients:
Buttermilk, 5 Ounces
Bengal Gram flour, 1/4 Pound
Jalapenos, 2
Ginger, fresh, 1 Inch
Turmeric, 1/2 Teaspoon
Salt, 1-1/2 Teaspoon
Coconut, grated, 1 Tablespoon
Coriander leaves, fresh, 1/2 Cup
Red Chilis, flakes, 1/2 Teaspoon
Mustard Seeds, black, 3/4 Teaspoon
Asofoetida, 1/4 Teaspoon
Grind together the jalapenos and ginger with a little water to form
a paste. Set aside. Finely chop the coriander leaves, mix with coconut
and set aside. Mix together the buttermilk, gram flour and one cup of water.
Now mix all these ingredients together (everything except for the chaunce)
into a smooth solution. Cook over a medium flame until all the water has
been absorbed and a soft dough like consistency has been obtained. It should
be pliable enough to spread.
Grease the reverse side of 2-3 steel thalis (or a cookie sheet) with
a little ghee and spread the mixture as thinly as possible over it. The
number of thalis you will require will depend upon the thickness of the
dough you spread. Spread the dough while it is still hot. Once you have
finished spreading, use a knife to cut the dough into 1 1/2" to 2" wide
strips. Roll the dough up like a jellyroll or swiss roll.
Heat ghee for the chaunce, and add the mustard seeds until they splutter,
then the red chilies and asafoetida. Pour the chaunce over the prepared
Khandvi. Garnish with coconut and coriander, and offer warm or at room
temperature.
Eggplant Brahmastra
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Ingredients:
Eggplant, 4 Medium
Ghee (or olive oil), For frying
Kosher Salt, To taste
Cream Cheese, 12 Ounces
Ginger, fresh, 2-1/2 Inches
Red Chilis, roasted and diced, 3
Black pepper, coarse ground, To taste
Choose medium-sized eggplants that are relatively uniform in diameter.
Cut them into sliced rounds, about ¼” thick. Pour ghee or olive
oil into a bowl, and thoroughly coat the eggplant slices in oil. Lay out
on a baking sheet and sprinkle kosher salt on top. Bake at 425 degrees
Fahrenheit for 45 minutes, or until the rounds are crispy and brown. Flip
over once during baking. When done, remove and let cool slightly. Meanwhile,
cream together the cream cheese, finely diced ginger, diced roasted red
chilis, and black pepper. Make a ‘brahmastra sandwich’ by spreading some
of the cheese mixture onto one slice, then putting a second slice on top.
Once all are assembled, re-heat in the oven for just a few moments before
offering.
Bitter Melon Chips
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Ingredients:
Bitter Melons (Kerala), 4 Large
Salt, 1/4 Cup
Ghee, For frying
Cut the melons in half length-wise. Use a spoon to scoop out all the
spongy center and seeds. These can be set aside for later use (e.g., fry
and add to sabjis). Cut the melon halves into thin-sliced chips and place
in a large bowl. Thoroughly coat the chips in salt, put a weight on top
of them, and let sit for about an hour. Thoroughly rinse off the salt and
gently squeeze/pat the chips dry. This will remove some of the bitterness
from the melon. Fry in ghee until they’re crispy. Drain and set aside until
ready to offer, warm or at room temperature.
Banana Raita
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Ingredients:
Bananas, just ripe, 3 Large
Yoghurt, whole milk, 2 Cups
Sour Cream, 1/2 Cup
Cayenne, 1/4 Teaspoon
Nutmeg, 1/4 Teaspoon
Honey, 2 Tablespoons
Lemon juice, 1 Teaspoon
Coriander, 1 Teaspoon
Chat Masala, 1/2 Teaspoon
Blend all the ingredients together, then mix the thin sliced bananas
into the raita base. Chill and offer.
Radha Red Plum Chutney
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Ingredients:
Red Plums, ripe, 3 Pounds
Butter, 4 Tablespoons
Coconut, shredded, 3 Tablespoons
Sugar, 1-1/2 Cups
Coriander, 1-1/2 Teaspoons
Cardamom, powdered, 1/4 Teaspoon
Camphor crystals, A Pinch
Melt the butter in a heavy bottom pot. Add the coriander and cardamom
and coconut and sauté for a minute or two. Remove the stems and
pits from the plums and cut into quarters. Add to the butter/spice mixture
and heat to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium low and simmer covered
for 20 to 30 minutes, until the plums lose their shape. (The riper the
plums, the less you’ll need to cook them down.) Stir often to keep from
sticking. Once cooked down, add the sugar, and continue to simmer uncovered
for another 45 minutes, until the chutney gets a nice, thick glaze. Remove
from heat and stir in the camphor crystals. Mix well, and offer at room
temperature or chilled.
Mother Yasoda's Sweet Rice
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Ingredients:
Basmati Rice, 1 Cup
Ghee, 2 Tablespoons
Yoghurt, 2 Cups
Fresh Fruits (berries, melon, mango, papaya),
1 Cup
Chenna, ½ to ¾ Pound
Milk for Chenna, 2 Quarts
Lemon juice for Chenna, ¼ Cup
Coconut, fresh ground, 3 Tablespoons
Jaggery, 1/8 Cup
Cardamom, powder, 1/2 Teaspoon
Black Pepper, fine, To taste
Saute the basmati rice gains in a little ghee until they brown a shade
or two, then steam the rice in the usual way. Spread out to cool, separating
the grains so moisture will evaporate. Make the chenna in the usual way,
pressing for 20 minutes with medium weight. Break the chenna down with
a rolling pin to remove the threads, then mix the coconut, jaggery and
cardamom into the chenna. Roll into small balls, about ½”, and fry
in ghee until golden brown. Add the black pepper to the yoghurt, then gently
fold in the rice, fruits and sweetmeats. Chill and offer.
Lugdoo
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Ingredients:
Chickpea Flour (Besan), 1 Pound
Sugar, 2 Pounds
Raisins, 1 Pound
Figs, dried, chopped, 1/2 Pound
Walnuts, chopped, 1/2 Pound
Dried cherries or cranberries, 1/4 Pound
Camphor, 2 Pinches
Ghee, For frying
Stir water into the flour to make a thick but liquid batter. Heat a
few inches of ghee in a wok or deep pan. Put the batter in a colander or
utensil with holes, and force through so it drips into the ghee in ‘noodles’.
Fry until golden brown, then set aside. Make a heavy sugar syrup by boiling
the sugar in the water until it’s fully dissolved. Add the dried fruit
and nuts to the sugar mixture, stir well, then add the camphor. From the
circa 1972 devotee recipe book in our Recipes/Cookbooks section:
“Plenty of camphor should be used (the first lugdoo I tasted was made
under Srila Prabhupada’s personal supervision. When I bit into it the small
of camphor shot up my nose very distinctly. The experience was vivid and
ecstatic….. When properly made this (along with kachories) is one of Srila
Prabhupada’s top favourites.”
Next, put the noodles in a colander, and set it above another pan to
catch the liquid (for later use). Pour the sugar/fruit mixture over the
noodles. The noodles should become soft and sticky on the outside, but
should remain a bit crisp in the middle. Now squeeze the sticky noodle
mixture in big balls, making 2 inch lugdoos.
Thandhai Anise Cooler
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Ingredients:
Cardamom, green pods, 20
Black peppercorns, 30
Fennel seeds, 12 Teaspoons
Khas Khas (white poppy), 1 Cup
Cashew pieces, 12 Teaspoons
Almonds, raw blanched, 35
Raisins, 35
Rosewater, 2 Teaspoons
Sugar, 10 Tablespoons
Milk, 3 Cups
Water, 5 Cups
Grind the cardamom, pepper and fennel and set aside. Grind the khas
khas and set aside. In a food processor, grind the nuts and raisins to
a fine paste, using scant water as necessary. In a blender, add 1 cup of
water and the ground nut and spice mixtures and blend for several minutes,
until smooth and creamy. Ad the remaining water and blend for another two
minutes. Pour the liquid from the blender through a few layers of cheesecloth
to remove the particles. (Keep for use in another preparation.) Add the
strained liquid to the milk, mix in sugar and rosewater, chill and offer.
DISCLAIMER: (it's Kali yuga, there has to be a disclaimer on most everything
eh)
I do not claim that the recipes are mine. If they are, I will tell
you. I have gathered many recipes over the years and I have adapted more
than a few to suit my personal taste and requirements. Please feel free
to pass them on to friends. They are for the Lord's pleasure and sharing
with His devotees. JTCd =>:-))
Making Food Sacred - Offering
our food to Krishna:
....excerpt from lecture by HDG Srila A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.1-3 -- San Francisco,
March 28, 1968
The Vedic literature says like this, that God
has no leg, no hand. Therefore the impersonalists take advantage of it.
"Oh, here it is stated God has no legs, no hands." But the next line is,
javana grhita: "He can accept everything which you offer Him in devotion."
Now how He can accept? If He has no hand, how
He can accept things from us? That means He hasn't got a hand like us.
His hand is different. Therefore even though He is situated in the spiritual
world, which is far, far away from us, still, He says in the Bhagavad-gita,
it is said,
patram puspam phalam toyam
yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam
asnami prayatatmanah
Krsna says that "A little flower or little
water or a little leaf, whatever My devotee offers Me in love and devotion,
I accept it." And tad aham bhakty-upahrtam. "And because he has brought
it with great devotion, therefore I eat." Tad aham bhakty-upahrtam asnami.
Asnami means "I eat." Now you can say, "All right, I'll offer these fruits
and flower to God, but it is the same. It is remaining. How He is eating?"
But His eating is not like my eating, because He hasn't got a body like
this. This body is material. If you bring me a plate of fruits, this body
immediately swallows it. But He has got spiritual body. He eats... Simply
as soon as He knows that you have offered it in devotion, He eats immediately.
Go here to follow the simple system for offering
foodstuffs to the Lord
... and always
with the Magic ingredient - Offer it to Krishna.....
... with L'n D (love and devotion)
http://www.hknet.org.nz/How2offer.htm
How To Offer Your Food To The Lord
http://www.harekrishnatemple.com/bhakta/prepareoffer.html
Cooking for Krishna
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Cookin.html
Why do we offer our food to God before eating?
http://www.bhojan.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=11
Everything you ever wanted to know about Hare
Krishna food:
http://www.iskcon.net.au/food/
When Does Food Become Prasadam?
http://www.gopala.org/node/49
This article was sourced from His Holiness Sivarama Swami's website.
http://www.sivaramaswami.com/?p=1308
or at http://hknet.org.nz/vegesBECOME-prasadam.html
Pure Vegetarianism - booklet from Food For
Life Global FREE
http://www.ffl.org/Pure_Vegetarianism.pdf
Protein: Myth vs. Fact
http://www.naturesbestnews.com/protein.htm
Slaying the Great Protein Myth
http://food.consumercide.com/proteinmyth.html
The number one question most vegetarians are
asked is "How do you get enough protein?",
and the first question from people considering
a vegetarian diet is "How will I get enough protein?"
http://www.savvyvegetarian.com/articles/protein-veg-diet.php
PROTEIN AND VEGETARIAN DIETS
http://www.vnv.org.au/Nutrition/Protein.htm
MYTH: Vegetarians Get Little Protein
Fact: Protein Combining is a Craze
http://www.all-creatures.org/mfz/myths-vegprotein-craze.html
Note: In mail servers such as Yahoo mail these links listed above
would be highlighted and you could simply click on the link and that would
open in a new window. If your mail server does not highlight these
links then you may need to drag to highlight and then copy to paste into
a new window.
http://www.quitmeat.org.nz/
Why Eating Meat is Bad For You
http://www.vaishnavaculture.com/video/video/show?id=2070598%3AVideo%3A125
Picture book with short text - FREE
download - 28 mega bytes
http://the-stargroup.com/in_love_with_all.pdf
152 photos of cute animals
loving animals is the first step for entering
the state of universal love
Shahin
Download
your FREE EGGLESS Cake Recipe Cookbook
- with 100 EGGLESS recipes
http://www.hknet.org.nz/great100.zip
EgglessDotCom - A site for vegetarian baking
without eggs.
http://www.eggless.com/
NEW EKADASI RECIPES:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/ekadasi-page.htm
Ekadasi Book Cooking - new book coming:
http://www.webcom.com/~ara/iwr/14.1/books/ekadasi.shtml
Ekadasi Recipes - preps without grains or beans
etc:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/8761/f15.htm
Vrata ka khaana - Fast Foods cook book 4 sale
(all ekadasi preps - some samples here):
http://www.niruskitchen.com/books/book_vrat.htm
Fast Food of a Different Kind:
http://www.lifepositive.com/body/holistic-recipes/recipes/food-fast.asp
Non-vegetarian aditives and non-ekadasi food
aditives list:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/naractl/Non-Vegetarian_Food_Additives_for_Australia.htm
Non-Vegetarian Food Additives (Listed by E
Numbers)
http://www.veggieglobal.com/nutrition/non-vegetarian-food-additives.htm
Meat Free Zone:
http://www.all-creatures.org/mfz/mfz-free.html
A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a
Karma-Free Diet:
http://www.mediarama.it/sanga/html/recipes.htm
A Quizz - What does a Vegetarian
Eat???
http://www.hknet.org.nz/vege-quizz.html
FIRST~CLASS PRASADAM - A COLLECTION OF RECIPES
& INSTRUCTIONS
http://www.harekrsna.com/science/taste/prasadam/recipes.htm
Meat The Truth
http://news.iskcon.com/node/2429
Earthlings - Video that reveals the fact how
the human species exploits other species on Earth
http://www.earthlings.com/earthlings/video-full.php
Free Download of the FULL MOVIE
Param Satya mataji’s “Healthy Eating” talk
On Saturday (12.04.2008) night at the recent Springbrook Retreat Param
Satya gave a talk on Healthy Eating.
Luckily Adina-lila recorded it, so if you weren’t able to make it you
can still hear it!
Here it is for your listening pleasure:
Healthy
Eating (original recording) - mp3, 22MB
Healthy
Eating (lower quality / smaller size) - mp3, 13MB
Healthy
Eating (free format) - ogg, 19MB
Actually every part of Australia teemed with wildlife, including
the deserts, until european settlement (aka raping and pillaging). Any
barreness (desertification) is a result of bad agriculture (cattle ranching
for meat). In 200yrs over 3,000,000sq km of forest has been cleared.
Further are the effects of meat eating and demand. Presently a similar
activity is going on in South America where multi-nationals are clearing
the forests for animal farming to provide meat for the fast food industry,
such as Macdonalds et al.
VEGETARIANCHEESES
- NO ANIMAL RENNET only VEGE
RENNIN
(even Parmesan and other favorites)
Not just cheeses also vegetarian yogurts and other dairy produce.
Tararua Lite Sour Cream for Vegetarians hits the shelves Sept 1st 2004.
(we bought some Stilton, Parmesan, Edam, Swiss and a few others - LOL
- you have to check out these pages and then go to your Woolworths, Countdown,
Foodtown, Pak'nSav, New World or local Deli.....believe me it's worth it,
especially the Tuxford range; Cheshire, Red Leicester, Double Gloucester,
Wensleydale varieties from the UK =>:-)))
http://www.hknet.org.nz/vege-cheese.html
updated to help you
Cheezly
White Cheddar - Super-melting Mozzarella
http://www.angelfoods.co.nz/cheese.htm
30th April
2008
All the Meatless Pasta preparations
you'd like to prepare:
http://www.ilovepasta.org/recipes/meatless.html
The Meatrix -
this you have to see to believe - take the red pill see reality - The Meatrix
it's all around you:
http://www.peta.org/feat/meatrix/
Allow the Meatrix to download fully before attempting to observe.............
Welcome to the Meatrix
choose the red pill and see the reality - it is all around you !!
click to enter the Meatrix.......
also at http://www.peta.org/feat/meatrix/
Allow the Meatrix to download fully before attempting to observe.............
The Meatrix Part I - What
is the Meatrix
The Mearix Part II - The Revolt = Revolting
Cooking with Kurma
http://gouranga.tv/#video:64
Hare Krishna Food for Life & restaurants
http://gouranga.tv/#video:65
Points of View
I don't know if Shel was actually a vegetarian or not, but he did do
some pro-veg works like the following:
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless,
Christmas dinner's dark and blue,
When you stop and try to see it
From the turkey's point of view.
Sunday dinner isn't funny
Easter feasts are just bad luck,
When you see it from the viewpoint
Of the chicken or the duck.
Oh, how I once loved tuna salad,
Pork and lobsters, lamb chops,
too,
Till I stopped and looked at dinner
From the dinner's point of view.
Shel Silverstein - song writer (he wrote all Dr Hook and medicine show's
lyrics)
Pictures of Animals in the womb
showing their maturation and development much the same as humans
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/november2006/231106animals.htm
They are alive in the womb, they grow in the womb, they take birth,
they mature, they have their own families, and reproduce.
"They" are spiritual beings who simply took their birth in the animal
kingdom.
Please read Bhagavad Gita http://www.asitis.com/
For all the answers surrounding birth, death, reincarnation and karma.
A Beginners Guide to Vegetarianism:
http://people.qualcomm.com/sriharid/info/vegetarianism/veg.html
How Mary and Frank and Friends Eat - very
nice Vegetarian pages:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html
Vegetarian recipes:
http://www.vegweb.com
101 Reasons Why I'm
a Vegetarian:
http://www.vivavegie.org/vv101/index.html
Healthy Indian Vegetarian Cooking Recipes:
http://www.vegsource.com/articles/chari_veg_chili.htm
Excellent "Meat Substitute"
recipes
http://vegweb.com/food/subs/
Talking of "Meat Substitues" try this site
- it'll blow yer mind:
http://www.blissfulvege.com/index.htm
....and they ship overnight all over NZ
Hundreds of Vegetarian recipes
http://vegweb.com/whatsnew/
Fat-free vegetarian meals:
A lot of inspiring Vegetarian preparations here, some have onion and
garlic in,
so replace that with hing or omit that altogether as you see fit, still
this page is well worth a serious look for ideas.
http://www.fatfree.com/new.html
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR
- LET ME KNOW...!
"You Mean That's in theBible"
- expose on meat eating:
http://www.textfiles.com/occult/CHRISTIAN/ymtitb.txt
Religious
Stands on Vegetarianism
Vaishnavism
- Hinduism
Islam
Christianity
- Bible - Book of Morman - 7th Day Adventist
Buddhism
Judaism
From World Vegetarian Awareness Month 2004
- 2005 newsletters
- oxymoron of the yuga:
http://users.erols.com/epastore/veg/
Cruelty
to Animals: Mechanized Madness
Watch the Video
Animals on today's factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty
that would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats: neglect, mutilation,
genetic manipulation, and drug regimens that cause chronic pain and crippling,
transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter.
Yet farmed animals are no less intelligent or capable of feeling pain than
are the dogs and cats we cherish as companions.
__________________________________________________
30
Reasons to Go Vegetarian
watch the video....
Do you know how to avoid heart disease, improve your sex life, and help
the environment?
Go vegetarian! It takes only three minutes to learn 30 reasons why
you should go vegetarian.
Protect both our species, two-legged
and four-legged. Both food and water for their needs supply.
May they with us increase in
stature and strength. Save us from hurt all our days, O Powers!
Rig Veda Samhita 10.37.11.
Download one of Bhakti Rasa prabhu's songs
for FREE
"Don't Eat Your Friends" (It Ain't Nice)
http://bhakti-rasa.tripod.com/mp3/akarma4.mp3
and visit Bhakti Rasa prabhu's site:
http://bhakti-rasa.tripod.com/
Check out Kurma prabhu's new
web-site:
http://www.kurma.net/
check out what he's doing during October 2004
http://www.kurma.net/classes/austwide.html
Cooking with Kurma Videos to purchase:
http://store.naturalnirvana.com/yhst-6661698760614/veco1.html
Jesus was a vegetarian video for sale:
http://store.naturalnirvana.com/yhst-6661698760614/jewasvemfora.html
Healthy Wealthy and Wise video for sale:
http://store.naturalnirvana.com/yhst-6661698760614/hewewi.html
Award-winning video on the science of vegetarianism, featuring important
nutritionists, economists and celebrities. This film, produced by ITV,
is used by the Vegetarian Society and other organizations to demonstrate
the common sense of vegetarianism and non-violence. "Sacred Cow: Pagan
Ritual or Cultural Wisdom?" explores the economical, social and ethical
aspects of cow protection in Vedic society and today. In "It Is Written,"
TV celebrity and Seventh Day Adventist Pastor George Vandemann presents
a touching explanation of Biblical injunctions on vegetarianism. "In Vegetarina
Cuisine for the Athlete," tennis pro Peter Burwash and Nancy Rossi make
vegetarian scrambled "eggs", lasagna, soups & more. Delicious! Color,
115 minutes. Also available in VHS and VHS-PAL. PAL version is for most
VHS players outside the US and Canada.
Natural Nirvana Vegan, Vegetarian & Spiritual
Shopping
http://www.naturalnirvana.com/
XMAS Recipes @
http://www.hknet.org.nz/XmasMadness.html
We wish you a Vege Xmas...and a Hari new year.
Wellington Vegetarian Society'
Newsletters
http://www.i-send.info/Host/10/index.html
You'll also notice that we have a book sale of our Living
a Good Life book, and it is ideal for vegetarian families - it covers pregnancy,
childcare and the teen years, not to mention adults and the elderly.
We've just reprinted more copies as a result of recent demand, and these
are selling well, with the proceeds going to vegetarian products including
a farm animal sanctuary down our way.
The book "Living a Good Life" normally selling at $21.95 is now going
at the $14.95 price, .http://vegsoc.wellington.net.nz/livingGd.htm
Auckland's New Zealand Vegetarian
Society
....has a myriad of excellent books for sale on vegetarianism
http://www.ivu.org/nzvs/info/booklist.htm
http://www.ivu.org/nzvs/info/history.htm
see their mention on our 2004 events
Vegetarian and Vegetarian Friendly
Restaurants throughout New Zealand
http://vegsoc.wellington.net.nz/rest_list.htm
Play the new Diamond Jubilee
Vegan Game - Spot The Vegan
http://www.worldveganday.org/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=649
Challenge a friend to - Spot
The Vegan
http://www.worldveganday.org/html/modules.php?name=News&file=friend&op=FriendSend&sid=649
http://www.spotthevegan.co.uk
According to recent communications with ChelseaSugar
group - NZ Sugars their Sugars are now free from "Bone Char" bleaching
process and so devotees can again use and offer White Sugar safely.
See more details HERE
http://www.hknet.org.nz/veg-sugars.html
Anti-McDonalds cartoons:
http://www.mcspotlight.org/media/gallery/cartoons.html
McDeath - the facts about Ronnie McDonalds:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/mcdeath.html
McDonalds- the truth
http://www.thepostmanscorner.net/da/movies2449.html
Food Additives
Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian Food Additives
http://www.veggieglobal.com/nutrition/non-vegetarian-food-additives.htm
ANIMAL-DERIVED FOOD ADDITIVES LIST - AUS
http://www.vnv.org.au/FoodAdditives.htm
Questions About Food Ingredients - US
http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/faqingredients.htm
Confusing food labels - UK
http://www.thesite.org.uk/healthandwellbeing/fitnessanddiet/food/confusingfoodlabels
Have Mercy on the Animals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuvQONqI1Ho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKLZ7ND5vJg
Supersoul Connection - No to Violence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn9qWnGbZtw
Moods in Food
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHXXTjXas9Y&NR=1
How to Offer food to Lord Sri Krishana
Part One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMv_86pIQYg&feature=related
The Four Regulative Principals
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tj1MjEq_sA&NR=1
30 Reasons to Go Vegetarian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9hWYZ2t5c&feature=related
Meet your Meat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIjanhKqVC4&feature=related
Meet Your Meat Part 2 of 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ts4GEpnzj8&feature=related
Famous Vegetarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaFhKuMRgw&NR=1
Sexy Famous Vegetarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_RQRGciOqQ&NR=1
Famous Vegetarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAaFhKuMRgw&feature=related
Famous Vegetarians and Vegans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkhNN-SSlgs&feature=related
Famous Vegetarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UIhtKIxGZI&NR=1
VEG PEOPLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdM4Hmwra0o&feature=related
Veg People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ_0y24rGws&NR=1
Meet your Meat FREECDRoms
This is a must for those who live in the illusion
of animal killing is somehow acceptable or humane.
I have converted the "Meet your Meat" video into a
CD rom & will send a copy of it for free to anyone with a Cd burner
& a pledge to make at least 4 copies to give to their meat eating friends.
http://www.hknet.org.nz/V-meetURmeat.html
Meet your meat - shocking live footage of the
TRUTH in the meat industry:
http://www.meetyourmeat.com/
This is the new version
I sent out a total of over 750 CD's last year to 60 different
countries. My goal in 2003 is to double that number.
I would appreciate if you would forward this message
to your readers.
Anyone willing to participate, please forward my mailing
address as mailto:Chalissa1@aol.com
THIS HAS TO BE SEEN AT LEAST ONCE - SHOW YOUR MEAT
EATING FRIENDS
IF THEY ARE WORTH KEEPING AS FRIENDS THEY WILL GIVE
UP THE MEAT HABIT
Vegetarians BEWARE of Orange
Softdrinks
http://www.shreeswaminarayan.org.uk/academy/vegeter.htm
Coca-Cola (manufacturer) - Not suitable for vegetarians; lists the
following products as not vegetarian
These products contain traces of fish gelatine, which are used as a
stabiliser for beta-carotene colour.
Fanta Orange
Diet Fanta Orange
Lilt Pineapple & Grapefruit
Diet Lilt Pineapple & Grapefruit
http://www.vegsoc.org/info/stumbling.html
Soft Drinks - Some canned Orange drinks use gelatine as a carrier for
added Beta Caratine.
(This would not appear on the ingredients panel).
(Text PAMHO:5891790) ---------------------------------------
Pepsi and Coca Cola Contains PORK
(PIG) extracts - PROVEN!!
Shocking / Bad News :
Pepsi and Coca Cola contains extract
from Pork (Pig)
Most of the people avoid Pepsi
and Coca-Cola for various reasons:-
because of harmful chemical contents
such as excessive carbonates, etc.
Now there is yet another reason
which is more dangerous. The scientific and medical research says that
drinking Pepsi & Cola leads to cancer because the key element is taken
from Pigs sausage.
The pig is the only animal that
eats dirt, dung and urine, which makes lethal and deadly fabric polluted
germs and microbes.
According to a report published
in Jordanian magazine, the Head of Delhi University Science and Technology
, Dr. Mangoshada scientifically proved that the key element in Pepsi and
Cola contains extract from the intestines of Pig which causes cancer and
other deadly diseases.
The Indian university conducted
tests on the impact of drinking Pepsi and Coca Cola which proved that drinking
them lead to more rapid heart rate and low pressure.
Also drinking 6 bottles of Pepsi
or Cola at a time causes instant death. It also contains chemicals such
as carbonic and phosphoric acids, citric acid which harms teeth and causes
bone fragility. Bones kept in the Cup of Pepsi melts during the week knowing
that the bones of the dead remain in the grave for thirty years.
Research itself confirmed that
the calcium dissolved in Pepsi and it weakens the bladder, kidneys, kills
the pancreatic, leads to diabetes and infectious diseases.
Pepsi or Coca-Cola lovers nothing
to worry as it is not the only drinks available on this earth, as we have
other healthy alternatives such as natural fruit juices, canned coconut
water, flavoured milks, buttermilk etc.., all of them are conveniently
available even in the small stores.
PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE TO ALL
UR FRIENDS & CONTACT
According to recent communications with ChelseaSugar
group - NZ Sugars their Sugars are now free from "Bone Char" bleaching
process and so devotees can again use and offer White Sugar safely.
See more details HERE
http://www.hknet.org.nz/veg-sugars.html
Warning:
As of last week in November 2003 Yopliat the yogurt people now put
gelatine in their products
See here for pointers of okay ones http://www.hknet.org.nz/vege-cheese.html
Vegetarian Cartoons and Jokes
http://www.vegetus.org/vegtoon/vegtoon.html
Vege update:
Social scientists and law enforcement officials
have identified animal abuse as a symptom of emotional illness and a precursor
to violent crimes against human beings. To allow individuals guilty of
perpetrating such cruel acts to go unpunished or not sufficiently punished
would be to sanction these horrific crimes and would permit them to go
on to possibly commit violent crimes against humans.
The Animal Spirit Newsletter - Issue #2 -
4/21/03-4/27/03
"The beef industry has contributed to more
deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all
automobile accidents combined. If beef is your idea of 'real food for real
people', you'd better live real close to a good hospital."
- Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians
Comittee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, D.C.
Higher Taste cook book FREE
on-line
http://www.webcom.com/~ara/col/books/VEG/ht/
All the Meatless Pasta preparations
you'd like to prepare:
(some need some adjustment, as they contain onion and garlic)
http://www.ilovepasta.org/recipes/meatless.html
Different Shapes of pasta:
http://www.ilovepasta.org/shapes.html
The Lentil page - very useful all about lentils
and the numerous kinds of lentil
http://www.foodsubs.com/Lentils.html
OVER 100 EGGLESS CAKE recipes can be found
on our Main index and
on many other pages at: http://www.hknet.org.nz/great100.zip
Visit
our Award winning site - Vegetarianism &
Beyond
Interesting articles - information
- history - arguments - links............ (been re-vamped)
...in fact everything you want
to know about Vegetarianism and Beyond:
http://turn.to/Vegetarianism
... last updated 1st October 2004
Nutrition and Health - vitamins, a balanced
diet, through prasadam:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Vege-VitaminSources.html
Vegetarian Update - newsletter from NZ Vegetarian
Socity in Wellington:
http://www.i-send.info/Host/10/index.html?
Siberian Center for Vedic Culture
presents
tasty vegetarian recipes from Food
For Peace by Rambhoru devi dasi.
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Courtyard/8761/index.html
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“If anyone wants to save the
planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
That’s the single most important
thing you could do. It’s staggering when you think about it.
Vegetarianism takes care of
so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.”
--Sir Paul McCartney
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Check out heaps of information
on Vegetarianism, Prasadam-ism,
download books, Vegetarian Recipe programs, and more.
http://www.hknet.org.nz/Veges-Beyond5page.htm
http://turn.to/Vegetarianism
HERE'S
HUNDREDS OF USEFUL LINKS COMPILED 4 U:
http://www.hknet.org.nz/vege-links1.htm
VEGAN & VEGETARIAN CLOTHES
- T-Shirts etc
Animal Rights etc
http://store.naturalnirvana.com/index.html
Vegpeople is a vegan and vegetarian
"online community".
http://www.vegpeople.com/cgi-bin/gossamer/gforum.cgi?ad=google
Dating - Friendship - Penpals
http://www.veggieconnection.com/home.asp
