Category: Ingredients

Compilation of allingredients- wild, local, seasonal and exotic ingredients along with their nutritional values, culinary usage and recipes/

Ingredients, Vegetables

Ambat Chukka: The sour, healthy green!

Sorrel

Ambat Chukka is one interesting green. It looks like spinach/palak/nali bhaji and tastes like Gongura but it is neither. In fact, it is unique in its own way. It is tangy, sour, and absoluely versatile to use so read all about this interesting ingredient below.

Ingredients, Breakfast recipes, Healthy Recipes, Vegetables

Madras Cucumber and its powerful benefits

Madras Cucumber

Madras Cucumber is something that I discovered on my recent trip to the market. I love wandering through local markets to find ingredients that are local, seasonal, and new to me. On one such visit, I saw this oval-shaped fruit, which I thought was a melon. But to my surprise, I was told it was …

Vegetables, Ingredients

Asparagus: The wholesome 360°

Asparagus

Asparagus… Finally, I got my hands on this amazing ingredient. I had always seen it on screen (mainly in Western cookery shows) or read in books. I knew how it felt, tasted, and looked from all the descriptions I had but that doesn’t really justify it, does it? There is something about looking, feeling, tasting, …

Ingredients, Superfoods

All about Flaxseed and 2 interesting recipes

flaxseed

Flaxseed has been consumed for many many years and is one of the oldest crops cultivated. Commonly known as linseeds, flaxseeds are mainly used as oil seeds. But do you know that these tiny brown seeds are a powerhouse of nutrients with many health benefits? In fact, they are even heart-friendly and have been shown …