Vishnu Shatha Nama Stotra Lyrics

Friday as you all know is Vaikunta Ekadashi. Ms. Radhika mentioned in our whatsapp group that reciting Vishnu Shatha Nama Stotra on this day is like performing Ashwamedha Yaaga.

So, below is the link for the lyrics in almost all languages, Kannada, English, Tamil, Telugu and other Indian Languages.

Hopefully, you all will have recite and get blessings from Lord Vishnu.

Link for lyrics in all languages:

http://www.vignanam.org/veda/sree-vishnu-ashtottara-sata-nama-stotram-kannada.html

Warm Quinoa Salad

Healthy eating is tough, is challenging, is boring, and is quite expensive. However, when you apply a little bit of creativeness in preparing your meal, it is no longer tough, challenging, boring or even expensive. You might have seen several recipes I have been posting, I know it is not typical Indian food we all like to eat. However, it is important to have a list of recipes we can use and what better way to memorize them than this blog, right?

I prepared this warm quinoa salad after being a little bored of eating Oats for almost two weeks. My daughter had a box of Organic Quinoa and she asked me to try it.

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup quinoa, yielded 2 cups of cooked quinoa.
2. 1/2 onion
3. 1/2 each green, yellow and red capsicum or bell pepper
4. 1 tsp olive oil
5. 1/2 tsp jeera
6. 1 tsp red chilli powder
7. 1 cup cooked Channa or Garbanzo beans
8. Salt to taste

Method:

• It was easy to prepare, 1 cup of quinoa, cooked in 2 cups of water. Yielded quite a bit of the same. Follow cooking instructions on the package.
• In a non stick pan, heat oil and add jeera
• Once it  starts cracking, add onion and all colored peppers.

• Saute until Onions turn translucent.
• Add garbanzo beans, channa.
• Add red chilli powder, salt. and the cooked quinoa.
• Simmer and let it all mix together.

• Serve warm.
• You can add lemon if you wish, I don’t like, so skipped.

Jowar Upma

Everyone I know here in the United States have been eating healthy. When we had this conversation in our Satsangha, it was surprising to see everyone using millets, oats and jowar kernels. My Sister Suma said she prepared this Jowar Upma the next day and shared the picture and recipe. Here it comes, the most tasty, healthy and delicious upma.

Thanks Suma for an amazing recipe.

• Soak Jowar overnight.
• Wash and cook Jowar in pressure cooker.
• 1 cup jowar added 1 and half cups of water.
• Cut all color peppers, carrots, onion, small cucumber and green chili
• Heat Oil and add mustard, Chana and urad dal, chili
• Added onion first, mixed and then the cut vegetables
• Added cooked jowar it still had water I didn’t add that water
• Added little water and salt and kept on stove for a good 15 mins
• Added 🍋

Oats Khara Pongal

It has been a couple months since I was on regular travel, and you know how hard it is to maintain a good diet while traveling. The past week I have been home, and just local travel to work, decided to make it Oats week or if I may say Oats month.

I am replacing Oats for everything, Dosa, rice, gojju avalakki, and pongal. All recipes coming here soon.

For now, here is Oats Khara Pongal.

I have ground Oats with flax seed and stored in a air tight container. This is the box we got from Costco. The oats are quite thick and so I ground it to fine powder along with flax seed.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup ground Quaker Oats
• 1 and 1/2 cups hesaru bele or moong dal
• 6-7 curry leaves
• Whole and ground black pepper
• 1 tsp Jeera – Cumin
• pinch of hing
• 4 tsp Oil
• 3 green chillies

Method:

• In the pressure cooker, add oil. When it becomes hot, add the  jeera, curry leaves, green chillies,  haldi, black pepper and fry for a few minutes.
• Next, add the moong dal and fry.
• Add water to cover moong dal, and also salt to taste.
• Close the pressure cooker, and allow for 2 whistles. Dal is cooked.
• Add  oats in a large bowl, with enough water to cover and cook until soft.
• Now, add the cooked moong dal and let it cook for 5-6 minutes.
• Your most healthy, spicy, peppery Oats Pongal or Khichadi is ready!
• I made it a little watery since I didn’t want to eat it with anything else.
• A hot cup of yummy pongal is all I had for lunch.

 

Achyutam Keshavam Lyrics

 

We had an amazing satsangha today at Ms. Rajani Srinivas house at Maryland. Ms. Rajani sang a song on Lord Krishna which was so meaningful and beautiful. I asked for her to send me the lyrics, and so I am posting it here to help all my extended family.

The song like I said is beautiful, heart touching and so emotional. Thanks Rajani for the lyrics.

Below is the link for the lyrics and the video on youtube.

Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram
Rama Naraynam Janaki Vallabham ||

Kaun Kehta Hai Bhagvan Aate Nahi
Tum Meera Ke Jaise Bulate Nahi ||1||

Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram
Rama Naraynam Janakivallabham

Kaun Kehta Hai Bhagvan Khaate Nahi
Ber Shabri Ke Jaise Khilate Nahi ||2||

Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram
Rama Naraynam Janaki Vallabham ||

Kaun Kehta Hai Bhagvan Sote Nahi
Maa Yashoda Ke Jaise Sulate Nahin ||3||

Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram
Rama Naraynam Janaki Vallabham ||

Kaun Kehta Hai Bhagvan Nachthe Nahi
Gopiyo Ki Tarah Tum Nachathae Nahi ||4||

Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram,
Rama Naraynam Janaki Vallabham,
Achyutam Keshavam Krishna Damodaram,
Rama Naraynam Janaki Vallabham,
Rama Naraynam Janaki Vallabham

 

And below is the video on youtube.

Achyutam Keshavam Youtube