Vegetarianism & Beyond
Sacred Vegetarian Recipes - Prasadam
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.
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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
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Rasa Lila Rice
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Ingredients:
Basmati Rice, 2 Cups
Cashews , 8 Tablespoons
Peanuts, 4 Tablespoons
Almonds, flaked, 2 Tablespoons
Lime Juice, 2 Limes
Mustard Seeds, 1 Teaspoon
Curry Leaves, 14
Coriander leaves, fresh, 2 Tablespoons
Turmeric, 1 Teaspoon
Coconut Milk, 1 Cup
Coconut, grated, 2 Tablespoons
Salt, To taste
Ghee, 2 Tablespoons and for frying
Urad Dal, 2 Tablespoons
Chickpeas, split, 2 Tablespoons
Jalapenos, 4 Small
Asofoetida, 3/4 Teaspoon
Chenna, 1-1/2 Pound
Milk for Chenna, 1 Gallon
Lemon Juice for Chenna, 1/2 Cup
Chickpea Flour (Besan), 1/4 Cup
Soak the rice in 3 cups water for an hour, until all water is absorbed.
Mix in salt to taste, coconut milk, turmeric, broken half the cashews,
toasted almond flakes,
peanuts, lime juice, and lime zest and bring to a boil.
Make the chenna in the usual way. Press with medium weight for 20 minutes.
Use a rolling pin to break the chenna down, then add in the remaining cashews,
ground finely, a little salt, and the Besan, and mix well. Form chenna
into small balls (about ½”) and fry to golden brown in the ghee.
Remove and drain.
Just before offering, make a chaunce with all the remaining ingredients,
starting with mustard seeds, then the dals and chickpeas, then the jalapenos
and curry leaves,
then everything else. Mix the spices into the cooked rice and blend
well. Reminiscent of Radharani’s cosmic dance with Lord Krsna, decorate
the rice with a spiral
of chenna balls.
Bheendi Gavar Dal
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Ingredients:
Yellow Moong Dal, 1/2 pound
Okra, small, 1/4 pound
Cluster Beans (or green beans), 1/8 pound
Tomatoes, 2 Medium
Jalapenos, 4
Ginger, fresh, 1 Inch
Curry Leaves, 6
Cumin Seeds, 2 Teaspoons
Turmeric, 1/2 Teaspoon
Cayenne, 1/2 Teaspoon
Asofoetida, 1/2 Teaspoon
Kokam leaves (if available), 5
Ghee, 3 Tablespoons
Salt, To taste
Snip off the ends of the beans and okra, and leave whole. Soak the dal
in water for ½ hour, then boil with salt and turmeric until the
dal is soft. Next, add the okra,
beans, curry leaves, jalapenos, ginger and tomatoes. Add water as needed
and cook the vegetables until they’re tender. Make a chaunce with the cumin
seeds, then
add the asofoetida, cayenne and kokam. Add chaunce to the dal, and
offer.
Spicy Mango Stuffed Paratha
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Ingredients:
Potatoes, 4 Large
Mango, green, 2 Small
Apples, tart, 2
Jalapenos, 4 Tablespoons
Ginger, 2 Tablespoons
Sugar, 2 Tablespoons
Salt, To taste
Garam Masala, 2 Teaspoons
Cayenne, 2 Teaspoons
Cumin, 2 Teaspoons
Turmeric, 1 Teaspoon
Flour, 5 Cups
Ghee, 8 Tablespoons and for frying
Make a dough by mixing the flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1-1/2 cup water,
and 8 Tablespoons ghee. Rub the ingredients to a coarse crumb, then knead
into a soft, smooth dough. Divine into 40 plum-sized balls.
Make the stuffing by combining all the other ingredients. Working with
two pieces of dough at a time, roll out the balls into two three inch rounds.
Take a tablespoon
of the filling and spread evenly on one round. Lay the other round
on top, sealing the edges all the way around with a little brush of water.
Roll out again into a nine
inch round. Roll out and assemble all the paratha, and cover with a
slightly damp cloth while working. When ready, heat a frying pan, add a
teaspoon of thee, and
one by one, fry each of the paratha on both sides, until crispy and
golden. Fold over or cut into quarters and offer.
Paneer Butter Masala
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Ingredients:
Greem Gram Dal, whole, 2 Cups
Tomatoes, 4 Medium
Coriander Leaves, fresh, 2 Handfuls
Cayenne, 2 Teaspoons
Salt, To taste
Sugar, 1 Teaspoon
Coriander powder, 2 Teaspoons
Coconut, grated, 6 Tablespoons
Paneer, cubed, 1-1/2 pound
Milk for chenna, 1 Gallon
Lemon juice for chenna, 1/2 Cup
Butter, 4 Tablespoons
Ginger, 2 Teaspoons
Cloves, 6
Cinnamon powder, 1 Teaspoon
Turmeric, 2 Teaspoons
Asofoetida, 1 Teaspoon
Cover the dal with water and cook until soft. Make chenna in the usual
way, press for 20 minutes for medium weight, makes 1” cubes, and fry in
ghee until golden
brown. Drain and set aside. In a frying pan, melt the butter and add
ginger, cloves, asofoetida and cinnamon. Fry for a few minutes then add
the tomatoes, along with coriander powder and cayenne. Pour 1 cup of water
into the cooked dal. Add the coconut, salt and sugar. Cover and bring to
a boil for 10 minutes. Lower heat and add paneer cubes. Cook for 5 minutes
more, then offer. Garnish with coriander leaves.
Amandita Sabji
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Ingredients:
Butternut Squash, 2
Avocados, ripe, 8
Apple, tart, 1
Coconut, grated, 1 Cup
Ghee, 2 Tablespoons
In a heavy bottom pot, boil the two cubed butternut squash in 1/8 cup
water. When half-cooked remove from heat, transfer to another bowl and
set aside with
liquids. Cut up the 8 avocados and put in bottom of pot. Pour the squash
and liquids on top of avocados. Dice the apple and toss in, then pour in
coconut. Drizzle
two tablespoons of ghee over the top. Don’t add any spices, and don’t
stir the pot. Cover and slow cook until the avocados break down. When all
the ingredients
are very soft, and the moisture is nearly all absorbed, watch the pot
closely. As soon as the moisture turns to a skin, almost ready to burn,
remove pot from heat,
re-cover and set aside for a few minutes. Scrape up remnants on bottom
of pot and mix into the prep, stirring just enough to slightly blend the
mixture, then offer.
Banana Vada
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Ingredients:
Potatoes, 2 large
Bananas, ripe, 4
Jalapenos, minced, 4
Ginger, minced fresh, 3 Inches
Coriander, ground, 5 Tablespoons
Mustard Seeds, 2 Teaspoons
Sesame Seeds, 2 Tablespoons
Pomegranate Seeds, 2 Tablespoons
Turmeric, 1/2 Teaspoon
Cayenne, 1 Teaspoon
Ghee, 2 Tablespoons
Lemon Juice, 4 Tablespoons
Sugar, 2 Tablespoons
Salt, To taste
Peel and boil the potatoes. Mash it along with all the other ingredients
except the ghee, mustard and sesame. Make a chaunce with the mustard and
sesame and heat
till they splutter. Add chaunce to the vada mixture, then form the
mixture into patties. Fry in ghee until golden brown, drain, and offer.
Sweet Potato Spirals
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Ingredients:
Ginger, fresh, 1 Inch
Flour, white, 1-1/4 Cup
Chickpea flour (Besan), 1/3 Cup
Salt, To taste
Cream cheese, 6 Ounces
Ghee, 1/2 Cup
Sugar, 2 Tablespoons
Sweet Potato, Jewel or red, 1-3/4 Pounds
Garam masala, 1 Tablespoon
Jalapenos, 2 Tablespoons
Parsley, 3 Tablespoons
Orange Juice concentrate or pulpy juice, 2 Tablespoons
Make the dough by mixing the flours, minced ginger, salt, cream cheese,
sugar, and ghee. Mix well with your hands until the dough forms a soft
ball. Knead until
pliant, but not sticky. Cover the dough ball and set aside to rest
in the refrigerator. Bake the sweet potato, or peel and steam, until fully
cooked. Mix together with all remaining ingredients, and salt to taste.
On a large piece of parchment paper, roll out the dough into a large rectangle,
about 25 x 12 inches. Dough should be as thin
and even as you can get it without making it so thin it will tear through
as you peel it up. Spread the filling evenly over the entire surface of
the dough, but leave an
empty strip along one of the long sides. Brush that edge with water,
then roll the pastry up like a jelly roll, and seal the edge. Slide the
roll onto a cutting board and
re-chill until ready to bake. This preparation is perfect to make ahead,
and the roll can be completely covered in parchment or plastic wrap, then
frozen. Take out of
freeze half an hour before ready to bake. Lay parchment paper out on
a baking sheet, coat it with a sprinkling of sugar. Slice the roll into
¼” slices and layout on
sheet, cut side down. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit, put
savories in, and immediately turn heat down to 375 degrees. Bake for about
30 minutes, until
caramelized on bottom, and golden brown on top. Remove and offer hot
or at room temperature.
Shakarkand Kofta
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Ingredients:
Sweet potato, red (shakarkand), 1 Pound
Chenna, 1/3 Pound
Milk for Chenna, 1 Quart
Lemon juice for Chenna, 1/4 Cup
Cashew nuts, 1/2 Cup
Khas Khas (white poppy seeds), 1/4 Cup
Ginger, minced, 2 Tablespoons
Anardana (pomegranite seed powder), 1 Teaspoon
Anar (pomegranite syrup) or orange pulp, 1-1/2
Tablespoon
Red Chilis, flaked, 1 Teaspoon
Jalapeno, 1
Asofoetida, 1 Teaspoon Tomato puree, 1/2 Cup
Cream, heavy, 1/4 Cup
Garam Masala, 2 Teaspoons
Chickpea Flour (Besan), 2 Tablespoons
Ghee, 2 Tablespoons and for frying
Salt, To taste
Bake or boil the sweet potato, peel, and mash along with minced jalapenos,
besan, salt and anardana powder. Set aside. Mash together the paneer, anar
syrup and
salt to taste. Divide this mixture up into 12 balls. Now divide the
sweet potato mixture up into 12 balls. Flatten a potato ball between your
palms, put a chenna ball in the center, and pull the potato pattie up to
completely encircle the ball. Heat the ghee (all but 2 tablespoons) in
a wok or kadhai and fry the kofta balls till they’re
golden brown. Remove, drain and set aside. To make the gravy, chaunce
the cashew pieces, khas khas, red chilis, and minced ginger. During last
minute, add the
asofoetida and salt. Add 1 cup water and simmer for 10 minutes. Add
the anar syrup and tomato puree and cook for 5 minutes. Add the garam masala
and fresh
cream, stir in thoroughly, and pour the gravy over the kofta. Offer
hot.
Banana Flower Salad
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Ingredients:
Banana flower, male, 1
Potatoes, 2 Pounds
Sesame seeds, 4 Tablespoons
Fenugreek sees, 1 Teaspoon
Peanuts, 1/8 Cup
Jalapenos, 3
Lemon juice, 4 Tablespoons
Turmeric, 1/4 Teaspoon
Ghee, 3 Tablespoons
Mint, fresh, 1 Handful
Wear gloves or oil your hands when working with banana
inflorescence (the large bracts), as it emits a black sap that’s difficult
to remove. Wash and peel the
other bracts (purple petals) off the male banana flower. Save for use
as serving dishes. Peel off the tiny, developing bananas and discard (too
bitter to use for salad).
Keep peeling until you get down to the pale layers, where the banana
buds are much more tender. Only these are used for the salad. Remove the
most tender
flowers buds from their base by holding the base firmly in one hand,
and snapping off the tendrils in a clump. Meanwhile, boil the potatoes,
peel, and cut into ½ inch
cubes. Dry roast the sesame seeds and peanuts till they darken just
a few shades, then grind to a fine powder. Gently fold together the potatoes
and banana flowers.
Add the powdered sesame mixture, salt to taste, and lime juice. Make
a chaunce with the fenugreek seeds, chilies and turmeric. Fry until the
fenugreek darkens a
few shades (don’t overcook as they’ll go bitter). Pour the chaunce
over the salad, mix well, and gently scoop into the clean outer bracts
to offer.
Doodhi Raita
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Ingredients:
Yoghurt, 2 cups
Doodhi (pumpkin), grated, 1/4 Pound
Cumin seeds, roasted & ground, 1 Teaspoon
Sugar, 1 Tablespoon
Charoli (or pine nuts), 1 Tablespoon
Ginger, minced, 1 Inch
Raisins, 1 Tablespoon
Garam masala, 1/2 Teaspoon
Coriander leaves, Handful
Cayenne, 1/2 Teaspoon
Salt, To taste
Peel and grate the pumpkin, then steam until cooked soft. Set aside
to cool. Mix all the remaining ingredients. Gently fold in the shredded
pumpkin, chill and offer.
Blackberry Almond Chatni
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Ingredients:
Blackberries, fresh, 2 Cups
Almonds, sliced, 1 Cup
Ginger, fresh, 2 Inches
Raisins, dark, 1/2 Cup
Coriander, powder, 1 Teaspoon
Cumin seeds, 1 Teaspoon
Anise, ground, 1/8 Teaspoon
Red Chilis, flaked, 1/4 Teaspoon
Jaggery, 1/2 Cup
Butter, 2 Tablespoons
Put the butter in the bottom of a heavy pan. Add the almonds and cook
till they brown a few shades. Add the chilis, minced ginger and raisins
and cook until the
raisins plump. Add all remaining ingredients except anise and jaggery,
and cook on low heat until the berries break down completely. Add the jaggery
and continue
cooking for another 30 minutes on low heat, until the chutney takes
on a good glaze. Remove from heat, stir in the anise powder. Bring to room
temperature or cool, and offer.
Radharani’s Parrots
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Ingredients:
Cream Cheese, 8 Ounces
Confectioner's Sugar, 1 Cup
Almond extract, 1/2 Teaspoon
Currants, 1 Cup
Coconut, shredded, 1 Cup
Food colorings, As needed
Apricot, dried, 6
Cream together the cream cheese, confectioner’s sugar
and almond extract. Mix in the currants. Put the mixture in the refrigerator
for 30 minutes to chill. Shape
the chilled mixture into a number of small parrots. Use different poses
(wings spread, sitting still, etc.) Toast the coconut to a few shades of
brown then set aside to
cool. Mix various colors into separate piles of the coconut (blue,
green, red & yellow are all perfect). Carefully coat the milksweets
in the coconut, pressing down so it sticks well. Using a sharp knife, cut
out beak and claw shapes from the dried apricots and stick them into the
sweets. Use a black currant for the eye. Keep chilled until time to 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.
Gopi Jamuns
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Ingredients:
Pineapple, cubed, 1 Cup
Sugar, 1 Cup
Rava (semolina), 2 Tablespoons
Milk, 1/2 Cup
Chenna, 1 Cup
Milk for Chenna, 1/2 Quart
Lemon Juice for chenna, 5 Tablespoons
Saffron, A Pinch
Ghee, For frying
Soak the saffron in a teaspoon of milk and set aside. Roast the rava
and spread on a plate to cool. Add the chenna and remaining milk to the
rava and knead it to a
smooth, hard dough. Divide the dough into lemon-sized balls. Cut the
pineapple into cubes. Insert one cube into each jamun ball and roll dough
to completely encase the fruit. Heat ghee in a wok or kadhai and fry the
jamuns at low heat until dark golden brown. Make the syrup by bringing
one cup of water and the sugar to a boil
for several minutes. Add the saffron and stir in. Remove from heat,
add the fried jamuns to the sugar syrup. Serve hot.
Green Mango Pie
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Ingredients:
Pie shell, 1
Green Mangoes, 4-1/2 Pounds
Sugar, 1-1/2 Cups
Lime Juice, 3 Tablespoons
Ginger, fresh, 1 Inch
Nutmeg, 1/2 Teaspoon
Cinnamon, 1/4 Teaspoon
cornstarch, 1-1/2 Tablespoons
Apple Juice, 3 Tablespoons
Butter, unsalted, 3 Tablespoons
Make the filling in a large, heavy bottom pan. Peel, pit and cube the
mangoes, and cook with the sugar, lime, minced ginger, nutmeg and cinnamon
for 20 minutes, or until tender. In a bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in
the apple juice. Stir the mixture into the mangos. Bring the filling to
a boil, stirring, and return to simmer for another
2 or 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat, swirl in the butter,
and pour the filling into the pie shell. Offer warm or chilled.
Sweet Cream & Honey
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Ingredients:
Light cream, 1 Quart
Honey, 6 Tablespoons
Saffron, 2 Pinches
Almond extract, 1/2 Teaspoon
Apple Juice, 1 Pint
Mix all ingredients together and blend well. Keep chilled. Just before
offering, beat with a hand mixer or in blender for just a minute or two,
to get a little fluffy. Serve
on cubed ice.
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
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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
