Stay At Home Tips from Soshna

Meet Soshna Ramanlal. 

She's a mom, and a leading food entrepreneur in the Chennai area.  She is the gentle genius behind the healthy, delicious restaurant: "Fresh Pressery".  She's also an "Azurina Girl" through and through...

We interviewed her for tips on how she is managing the stay at home culture, and also for a few healthy eating tips.

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Azurina: What helps you the most in coping with isolation

SR: Yoga, Cooking, Being in constant touch with my family and my immediate group of friends, Taking the "one day at a time" approach

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Azurina: Any self care luxuries you indulged in during the isolation

SR: Sleeping in, Afternoon naps, Lots of skin and haircare

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Azurina: Nuttiest thing isolation made you do...

SR: Sanitise the vegetables!

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Azurina: What led you into healthy eating/ cooking

SR: I've always been partial to eating healthy, but I started getting more serious about it after my son was born - I wanted to make sure he ate good, healthy, wholesome food.  To increase my knowledge on the subject, I then studied nutrition.

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Azurina: How did you end up working with Fresh Pressery?

SR: Fresh Pressery Juices is my best friends' venture in Bangalore.  As I also have a huge interest in healthy eating, we decided to start a Chennai location. It was a huge hit! People love that it's healthy AND delicious. There are a lot of replacement options now for white flour, white bread, etc. So with a bit of creativity, we are able to take traditional guilty pleasure foods and make them healthy while retaining their tate. Ex: Our keto chocolate cake.

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Azurina: Could you share a few healthy eating tips during this lockdown?  So many of us are binge eating out of stress and boredom.

SR: I would recommend taking this down time to experiment in the kitchen.  It can be a whole family activity - trying new healthy recipes, experimenting with new flavors/ ingredients. When the whole family is engaged in healthy cooking, they're also more likely to eat healthy. 

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 Azurina: I know everything on your menu is delicious.  But what is your favorite thing on your menu 

SR: The super food pesto pasta!  Undoubtedly! The pesto is made with kale.  That's what puts the "super" in it. 

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Azurina: Any book/ netflix suggestions?

SR: Never have I enjoyed watching this much television!!

Master Chef, Bridgerton, Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Serpent (MUST WATCH!!), Peeky Blinders, The Big Day, Queens Gambit, Indian Matchmaking, and some fantastic regional cinema