You want to go plant-based but equally love your chicken? I also love my fish and chicken but I have been following a plant-based diet my whole life. What I do to balance my diet is adding one or two vegetables to my fish curry or chicken curry. For example, all my fish curries are vegetables based. I also add potatoes/mustard greens/kohlrabi to my chicken dish. This addition will not alter the taste, but it will enhance it and you get ... Read the Post...
Let’s Talk about Food Waste: Environmental Talks
Let's talk about food waste today! When we were children, there were certain rules regarding food. We were to start with a small portion. We were not allowed to pile food on our plates and also we could leave the table only when we would finish everything on the plate. As a child and a growing up teenager, I would be bored and irritated by these practices. But looking back, I now understand that my ma wanted to reduce the food waste. ... Read the Post...
The History of Wheat in India
Can you imagine India without its rotis? Or can you imagine your festivals without sweets and cakes? Absolute not. But what if I inform you that wheat is not native to India. Wheat is one of the most used grains in the world. You can not imagine India without its rotis made of wheat flour. But when it comes to its origin, wheat is not native to India. The history of wheat in India is quite interesting.It is actually astonishing how the ... Read the Post...
How to Make Indian Rice Pudding from Scratch Easily with 4 Ingredients
There was a time when our birthdays meant luchi (Indian puffed bread) and Indian rice pudding aka payokh in Assamese. The piping hot luchis accompanied by mildly sweet payokh was a must-have combo for most of the parties in our childhood. Indian rice pudding holds a great place in the culinary tradition of my native state in India. You arrange dinner for someone, cook it as a dessert, you are having some religious rituals, cookit and ... Read the Post...