When it comes to vegetables and fruits, I love buying them fresh from local farmers. Most of them know that apart from buying the usual I also love exploring and trying out new/local vegetables and fruits. So one of the ladies who is also a local farmer got me a strange yellow-looking food- The Palmyra …
Tag: Lesser known ingredients
Pomelo/Indian Grapefruit and its Nutritional benefit
Pomelo tree grows right in front of my house in my hometown in Kokan. It is a huge tree and bears equally huge fruits. As a kid, it always made me wonder as to how the Pomelo/papnus could stay up there hanging on a single thin stem. Also, why the only person who would be …
Makhana / Foxnut and its benefits
Makhana also known as foxnut is nothing but lotus seeds. They are widely used in North India and mainly during fasts. Somehow Makhanas are now gaining importance all over. It is also known as lotus seeds, fox nuts, Euryale Ferox, and Phool makhana.