Atina Foods creates and shares wholesome food that draws on traditional knowledge and uses local ingredients whenever possible. It believes in the wisdom of the ancients: food is medicine, and medicine is food.
The company was founded in 2015 by Carrie Dashow and Suresh Pillai, a married couple from Catskill, New York. In just a few years, they’ve crafted and shared delicious products that appeal to food lovers and those just starting their culinary journey. They elevate simple dishes to something tasty while adding health benefits!
Suresh’s recipes come from his upbringing in Kerala, South India, a region known for its Ayurvedic health practices. There, food is treated as medicine, and eating for health is a way of life. His experiences cooking with family and traveling through various cultures have returned to Catskill, New York. By combining ingredients from his homeland with local produce, they aim to create the healthiest and most beneficial meals, showcasing the idea that Ayurveda is about using what’s available right at home, not just what’s far away.
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Some Products From Atina Foods
TURMERIC GINGER Herbal Jam – A perfect combination of fresh turmeric and organic ginger root, pickled black peppercorns, tamarind pulp, spices preserved with a small amount of oil in Jaggery (unrefined cane sugar from India). In traditional Ayurvedic health practices, it is known that the sibling roots of turmeric and ginger work well together, black pepper acts to amplify them, and the tamarind, oil and jaggery help your body to absorb it. This delicious combination is known to aid the body against inflammation and pain. Lightly sweet and earthy, full black peppercorns add a kick, that helps you know it is working!
RHUBARB GINGER Herbal Jam – Using local Rhubarb, we replace the tartness of tamarind from our traditional INJI PULI (Ginger Tamarind) recipe, which in Ayurveda is known to assist with digestion of big meals! Rhubarb Herbal Jam is soft, well rounded and divine in taste. Pairs beautifully with cheeses, sweet potatoes, meats (particularly pork and lamb), vegetables, squash, lentils etc..
Green Tomato Pickle with Ginger Garlic Brine – This intoxicating and complex salt pickle is made by first Lacto-fermenting local New York green tomatoes for over 6 weeks, setting them in a thick bright brine of Ginger and Garlic and spices. Atina’s Green Tomato Pickle brightens up any dish! This happy marriage between a pickled relish and an Indian aachar can be eaten as a topping, or use it as a marinade and cook with it!
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