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What You Should Know About Your Bread?
Bread is one of the most preferred meal options all over the world. Indians too consume a lot of bread whether as a snack, a side or a full-fledged breakfast dish. One thing however that needs to be taken into account is which bread is being consumed.
Sesame: Little Seeds, Big Benefits
The sesame seed is so versatile that its presence is prominent in culinary experiences across the globe. They have a mild, nutty flavor and are used to add taste and texture in many recipes. They can be consumed raw, but the wider application is to roast it and add it as garnishing.More often, they are used in salads and as toppings on bread & in Indian Sweets.
These tiny sesame seeds have huge health benefits.
Boiling egg can be messy if you dont know this simple things
Even the simplest of cooking demands a degree of care and attention. But in the end all it involves is first knowing the right way to proceed and then happily being able to boil perfect eggs for the rest of your life without even having to think about it.
New Year = New Healthy Food Habits
At the beginning of the New Year, our motivation for changing our eating habits is often very strong. But as we get busy it can become difficult to keep our resolutions. It's imperative to create realistic goals and increase your awareness about what you're eating.
Why You Must Have Jaggery (Gur) Every Day in Winters
Jaggery is derived from sugarcane and date palm and is a type of cane sugar. It comes in all kinds of forms-from semi-liquid to solid blocks of different shapes ans sizes. Jaggery is loaded with nutrition as it is rich in fibre and vital nutrients and is free from chemicals. It is an essential ingredient in several Indian recipes and tastes absolutely divine.
Different Types of Flours
Wheat is the most common grain to be crushed into flour. Archaeological surveys have found that it was used in the Indian subcontinent since the Indus Valley civilisation (3300 BC - 1700 BC). Ancient Indian scripts including the Rigveda (one of the oldest surviving texts known to man) mention the use of wheat flour in various forms, including being mixed with milk, fried in ghee and spiced with cardamom, pepper and ginger. Barley and rice flours were also used.
Tips for Cooking Rice
The Yajurveda, one of the four key Sanskrit texts of Hinduism, describes the making of rice cakes as a ritual offering to Agni, the God of Fire. The Shunya Purana, written by Ramai the Wise in the 10th - 11th century AD, states that 50 varieties of rice, such as Nagra, Jhinga-sal and Panloi, were grown in Bengal even then. Many of those varieties are now extinct but these three varieties are still being conserved on special farms by rice conservationists.
Dairy Products
Milk is eaten in some form in every part of India. Milk is drunk on its own or flavoured with spices, flowers and herbs. It is also made into products that are curdled, as in paneer or chhena, non-curdled, such as ghee and khoya (made by cooking milk until it solidifies), or fermented, as in yogurt.
8 Superfoods for Strong Bones
Typically, when we think about health, we don’t think about bones. We are always in misconception that bone problems occur to only elderly people.But building healthy bones starts in young age only by adopting healthy nutritional and lifestyle habits is important to help prevent osteoporosis and fractures later in ours life.
Good Health Starts With Healthy Food
We choose food based on our enjoyment factor. Eating is such an enjoyable experience that we often choose to eat foods that taste very good. Sometimes, we eat more than our bodies actually need, which in turn makes us fat, unhappy and depressed.