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Happy New Year Folks!

Come January, a lot of us become more interested in our health. Even if we are not joining the bandwagon of all those folks newly signing up at a gym, making small sustainable changes to our lifestyle is certainly a good idea, January or whenever! Here are some of the things I personally follow and would love to share:

1. Focus on protein! It is the nutrient for longevity. Ensure that you add some proteins in each meal - eggs, paneer, lentils, sprouts, legumes, etc are good options for vegetarians.
2. Add fiber in the form of veggies. Eat a variety of them to get all your micronutrients.
3. Keep carbs low. Most of us eat very carb-heavy and it doesn’t really fit our sedentary lifestyles. A variety here also helps - rice, millets, quinoa or a combo.
4. Include a probiotic at each meal. Finishing a meal with curd rice or just a small cup of curd adds good probiotics and a dash of protein.
5. Avoid industrial seed oils as much as possible and stick to good fats for cooking.

The best case scenario is always a fresh homemade meal. However, if you are pressed for time, please feel free to pre-order our meal packs. With 4-6 items to mix and match, they will easily serve you for 2-3 meals for a family. All you have to do is make the carb 💁‍♀️

To know the menu for the next day, please join our community on WhatsApp- https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM

So grateful to our customers, partners, suppliers and all the other small businesses we work with. We hope you have a wonderful day today and always!

This unassuming twig is kandanthippili and one of the stars in the deepavali lehiyam we make. Deepavali mornings typically starts with this as the first thing we eat. My mother-in-law makes the blend with a bunch of herbs and spices based on the recipe handed down to her from her mother-in-law. Even though it is made with jaggery and ghee, it tastes pretty spicy on the throat. The ingredients are all warming spices and it’s interesting how it was mandatory in winter months to ensure good digestion and immunity from the typical illnesses associated.

We use this throughout winter at home and surprisingly, even when we forget about it in the mornings, the kids remind us to give them this before their morning milk. Thank you for all the pre-orders folks. I’m so glad I can share our family tradition with you all. We might have a few boxes left, so reach out to us if you’re interested.

Apart from the lehiyam, we are also making chocolate mysorepak, therattipaal and our superhit badam halwa. Ping us on whatsapp for details - 408-600-9589.

Navarathri is just around the corner and we're consolidating our orders for the coming week. As you are aware, we always try our best to ensure food wastage is minimized and that is doable only with pre-orders. Especially when we plan for sprouts etc which are typically 2-3 day processes. Our everyday South Indian specials will be nog for this festive season. Please reach out to us via whatsapp - 408-600-9589 to get the menu for each day and discuss other modifications that you might want.

Just like that we're already close to Navarathri season! Like last year, we're going to be offering everyday specials for pre-order. We'll have a sundal, sweet, snack & main item each day. You are welcome to order just one item or a bunch of them (minimum quantities apply). Please reach out to us on Whatsapp @408-600-9589 to get the menu details and discuss delivery options.

The Grand Sadhya that went out today ❤️. This was such a fun meal to make and I loved how everything turned out. Even though we set out to do our best everyday, it just clicks perfectly on some days. I guess the stars just aligned. Hope you guys had a wonderful Onam and are enjoying the food coma that is inevitable after a Sadhya.

This Thiruvonam, we'd love to pamper you with a special meal - indulgent and filling.

Making an elaborate, grand and authentic Onasadhya has always been a tradition at home, and I wanted to carry it forward to Theera kitchen too. We have curated the meal carefully to include all the key elements of a Kerala Sadhya, with as many unique varieties as possible. Our special grand Sadhya will have 23 dishes, guaranteed to give you a taste of God's own country!

Check out our menu & order from www.theerafoods.com. Being a small kitchen, we are not able to make very large quantities, so we're limiting the orders. As always in the spirit of keeping food waste to a minimum, this will be Pre-order only. If you want to get delivery, please WhatsApp on (408) 600-9589 with your address and we'll try to figure it out.

Wishing you all a very happy Thiruvonam! 😊

Happy Independence Day to India!

I recently read Jeyamohan's Aram and was so amazed when I read about Garry Davis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Davis). Also quite ashamed that I didn't even know about him till now. Aram also opened my eyes to so many wonderful personalities I knew nothing about. Side note - yaanai doctor was my favorite story in the book. To all you readers, do you have any similar books that I can pick up next? Would love some recos.

Our South Indian specials are now available for delivery through LemonHat - to get the menu, please join our whatsapp group - https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM

Order from and choose Saapaadoo!

Good morning all! We're making a few changes in our menu & ordering processes. Going forward you will be able to place live orders for South Indian specials similar to how you might order on Doordash/Ubereats etc. We're doing our best to prep such orders in 15 mins or less. We will also only be making limited quantities of our South Indian everyday specials to ensure that food wastage is a minimum.

For each day's menu, we will post the details the previous day evening on this Whatsapp community. For eg., I'll post later today evening about what we are going to make tomorrow morning and also give you the ordering details. To get more info, please join our WhatsApp community - https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM

All delivery orders will be processed on LemonHat. You can also order pickup from our website. This is applicable from Mon-Fri. Thank you so much for the continued support as we try to bring fresh, high quality healthy meals to you 🙏🏽

Hello Everyone! We're so happy to announce that we're launching our Millet menu on LemonHat. Checkout SaaPaaDoo - Lunch & Dinner, available for delivery through LemonHat in select locations in the bay. If our stores don't show up for your zipcode, please let us know via Whatsapp - 408-600-9589 and we'll do our best to add them to the delivery radius.

SaaPaaDoo will also have our everyday thalis, box of 4 South Indian everyday specials and mini thali with a different menu everyday. This week alone we'll be live for all 7 days. Kindly order from https://www.lemonhat.io/home.

As mentioned earlier, these items will be available upon pre-order only. Orders close tonight at 9pm for delivery tomorrow. To order dinner, please choose Saapadoo Dinner stream and order. Kindly reach out to us if you have any questions. Please feel free to join our community on whatsapp where we will be sharing more information and also run exclusive promotions - https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM

“I am because we are”.. am sure you’ve all read about Ubuntu. If you haven’t, please google the story. Now you may wonder why I am talking about this on a business page. We’re seeing so much panic buying in the stores due to the rice ban. Please stop hoarding. We all dealt with this frenzy not too long ago with toilet paper. We’ve all made it through Covid and have survived to tell the tale. So let’s just relax, get what is required and am certain that we’ll get through this too. In the words of thalaivar Nai Sekar, ‘Tirisha illaina Dhiviya’… Arici illaina Quinoa 😅😎

Thank you for prompting us to do this folks. Since the millet event, we've been receiving requests to offer millets everyday and also as a weekly option for folks who want to switch to millets. We'll be launching this and to minimize food wastage, we will only be offering this upon pre-order. Delivery can also be arranged for an additional cost. For pricing details, please reach out via WhatsApp - 408-600-9589.

Please feel free to join our community on whatsapp where we will be sharing more information and also run exclusive promotions - https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM

Such a wonderful & amazing experience for our small team 🙏

Finally sitting down to write this post about an opportunity I am so grateful for. We had the chance to make a complete millet based menu last week at SiliconAndhra University of Silicon Andhra for Dr. Khader Vali's visit in the presence of Shastha Foods, Shri Subramanian Krishnan and consul general of India, Dr. T.V. Nagendra Prasad India in USA (Consulate General of India, San Francisco).

It was such an amazing lecture by Dr. Vali and I am still in awe as to how he just rattled off numbers and percentages off the top of his head. I think when someone is passionate about what they do, it really shows.

Please ignore the messy picture. I’m doing my monthly ritual at home of making fresh butter. Only this time it’s two months’ worth. So there’s a ton of buttermilk left behind and I’m planning to make morekali this week. I’ll be making a small batch everyday and will add it to all our direct South Indian meal orders above $75. They will be added on a first come first serve basis till supplies last. You can order delivery or pickup ( theerafoods.us).

Now a little about the milk. I’m part of a coop and get my milk from a small Amish farm in PA. (This is for our personal use at home). The milk is grass-fed from A2 cows that are pasture raised. I make our butter and ghee once a month and this works really well for our family. I would love to see this good quality buttermilk put to good use and what better than morekali ❤️

If you’re interested to order just the morekali, ping us on WhatsApp please - 408-600-9589. 🙏

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Eat your way to good health! Join our 4 week challenge (starts June 26th). Here are some highlights of this program:
1. Customized for your macros & goals
2. Low-carb, protein-forward vegetarian keto plan
3. Delivered to you*
4. Peer-support & coaching
5. Address both weight loss & blood sugar management

We'll be having a zoom session tomorrow to go over the details and also to give an introduction to how the program is structured. If you are interested in joining this session, please ping us on Whatsapp @ 408-600-9589.

*bay area only

Making healthy food without compromising on taste is quite a challenge. A typical tikka sauce made in restaurants will have some added sugar, some food color and will invariably be higher fat. It is delicious, no doubt. But, are we eating the right thing for our health? Are we doing the right thing for our kids' health? I really hope the awareness increases about the dangers of food colors and we all turn into more conscious consumers for our own sake and especially for the sake of our next generation. While Red 3 (erythrosine) is banned in cosmetics and external applications by the FDA, it is still permitted to be used in food. I cannot understand the logic behind this. I take the quality of my ingredients very seriously and it is why it thrills me when I get a review like Swathi's. We have a lot of our keto meals on Shef. We also have regular vegetarian and gluten free fare, and have recently introduced a fusion taco meal too.

Check out our menu on - https://shef.com/order/shef/rukmani-s-3. If you are new to Shef, you can get a discount by using this coupon - shef-rukmani-499.

If you are seriously considering a health overhaul, take up our 4-week weight loss & blood-sugar management challenge. More details coming soon. Join our whatsapp community to get the updates - https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM

First day of making the Thalis for sale. All along I only set them up for the picture using our box of 6. Excited and nervous at the same time. Wish us luck please 🙏 . Kindly order by 10am directly from us at www.theerafoods.us or use Doordash during lunch hours till sold out. The box of 6 will have 16oz of the curries, 8oz of thogaiyal and 24oz of the variety rice ❤️

When we first started this kitchen 2+ years ago, I used to write handwritten thank you notes to all our customers. It absolutely thrills me (even today) when I get a repeat customer and we would love to acknowledge that.

Enter, Theera Reward Points! YEP, our own TRPs 😍.

You earn points for every dollar spent & redeem them for rewards. We are open to more suggestions & ideas for earning points - please send them our way! Starting now, we'll also be having our South Indian specials everyday (except Mondays) & will keep Saturday as brunch specials. Each day's thali comes with all our specials that serves one. Orders close for same day pick up and delivery. I kindly request you to place delivery orders ahead of time - this really helps us plan logistics better because we don't have a dedicated driver yet & rely on part-time help.

Go on, visit www.theerafoods.us 😀

Our whatsapp community will also have more exclusive announcements in the coming weeks. Please join https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM

For every research paper against seed oils, there’s one that says that they don’t really matter much. Dig up some more and you’ll learn about who funded the research, where the money is coming from and what lobbying is happening in the back. As an average consumer it is extremely frustrating - a clear idea of what is right and what is wrong would be helpful, no? Like everything else in life this ends up on the grey scale. So what must one do? Ask yourself this - “am I metabolically healthy?”. If there is something nagging you about your health, be it your weight, lethargy, energy levels, skin issues, digestive issues etc etc. It all starts with food. Each of us has a unique fingerprint, so instead of generalizing we need to start working on things that can work for us. For me, eliminating seed oils and gluten helped immensely. Try it out religiously for a month. Then reintroduce them into your diet. That will answer if they work for you or not.

This is why its extremely satisfying when a customer comes back to tell us that they enjoyed the food and it didn’t cause them any stomach issues that they usually face while eating out. It is why we use avocado oil for frying and do not let any seed oils or food colors or msg or any other flavor enhancers to enter our space.

Ulundhu vadai coming up tomorrow for brunch - homestyle, no frills, simple & delicious. We are also making pidi kozhukkattai which is one of my favorites from childhood.

Order from www.theerafoods.us/preorder. Pick up from Ruff Dr and indicate what timing you’ll prefer so that we can try to make the masala dosa as soon to your pick up time as possible. Delivery will start at 11:30am, so we will try to get the food to you between 12-2pm (depending on the number of orders and area covered).

Sunday Special Pothichoru is back! We're a small kitchen and these meals take so much longer to pack - so we're only making a limited amount of the pothichoru style meals. You can also get the box of 6 as usual and make the carb component yourself. We've also added some additional options to choose the items in the pothichoru along with the box of 6 items. Menu is updated on the website - www.theerafoods.us/specials

For the Pothichoru we're also offering a family pack option - the meals will be individually packed into 4 packets, but the payasams/sambar etc will be packed in 16oz containers for the family pack. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions. We're also offering $12 off on the family pack. To get the coupon, please join our WhatsApp community. (https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM)

Mango season is upon us and we're making mampazha pradhaman this time in addition to the ada pradhaman payasam. The mampazha pradhaman will be made with fresh Alphonso mangoes, coconut milk & sweetened with jaggery 💛

When eating a rainbow is this good, why not?

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Celebrating the mango season with fresh Alphonso aval kesari this week. Limited quantities only.. rush in your orders - www.theerafoods.us/preorder. Orders close at noon on Friday!

Pick up and delivery available. Delivery minimums applicable based on location. Please reach out to us on Whatsapp @ 408-600-9589 in case you have any questions

To all veterans, current service members, and their families - thank you for all that you do ❤
Our pre-order for Memorial day South Indian specials close tomorrow morning. Please check the menu and order from www.theerafoods.us/specials. The menu is also up for Tuesday specials and Thursday specials - please change the pickup/delivery date on the page to order in advance. 🙏

Pickup & delivery to select locations in the bay available for our pre-order specials. Please join our whatsapp community to know first-hand about our offers and specials - https://chat.whatsapp.com/G4B1430P9DR4xt3pm5vbjM

Saapidalama? (Shall we eat?). Today’s special thali.

Thursday’s preorder is now open. Check out the menu and order from www.theerafoods.us/specials

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We had this wonderful opportunity to cater last week - masala chai, paneer tikka nachos & badam halwa. We'd love to add a little extra flavor to your next office meeting - reach out to us @408-600-9589 ❤

It was teachers' appreciation week last week at my little one's school. He came home with a very specific, "I want to take guava ice cream for Miss R. Can we make it today?". Mind voice - "I shouldn't have given this kid guavas for snack" and as soon as I thought that, I also got a visual of my parents laughing their head off. My parents' biggest peeve about me was me volunteering for e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g in school. My dad constantly used to chide me and say 'please don't raise your hand for anything in school today' 😂. Well, the apple doesn't fall far and we had no choice but to make the guava ice cream. We even added a little chili-lime seasoning on top for the added kick! The little one was thrilled to take it to school and overjoyed when the teacher sent an email that she really enjoyed it ❤

We got our ice cream maker during the initial stay-at-home days during the lockdown and it was been such a good investment. Want to try some homemade ice cream? Order our Mothers' day brunch specials by 9pm tonight. Ice cream added to orders above $50. Guava, you ask? Nah.. caramelized banana flavored ice cream coming up on Sunday! Order from www.theerafoods.us/specials