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February 3, 2017
Spices: Medicine Cabinet in Our Kitchen
We don’t blink an eyelid when it comes to self-medicating ourselves with OTC medicines and rush to the pharmacist at the slightest sneeze and the smallest rise in temperature. Little do we realise during such panic trips and treatments that […]
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January 27, 2017
Olive Oil – The Heart of the Matter
Popeye the sailor man, famous for his football sized muscles, has this girlfriend Olive Oyl who is good for his heart, but it wasn’t until my 19 year old son took up bodybuilding that I was introduced to the world […]
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January 19, 2017
The Rebirth of Organic Farming in India
We may feel that the wave of sustainable, healthy, anti-chemical farming is new and has been embraced after following western trends. But if we look at India’s history and its agriculture graph, we might be surprised to discover that the […]
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January 13, 2017
Hot & Healthy: The Red Chilli Powder
Red, hot and full of passion. Red chillies can evoke so many emotions, culinary and otherwise. Red chilli powder is prepared by the process of drying and pulverizing the fruit of one or more varieties of chilli pepper. It is […]
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January 6, 2017
Indian Spices : The Medical Kit in Our Kitchen
Turns out that the humble “masala dabba”, the box which contains various Indian spices, proudly carrying its badge of turmeric and chilli powder stains, is no less a warrior than the medical bag that the family doctor of old carried […]
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December 29, 2016
Garam Masala- congruence of spices to pep up your cooking
While waiting for a taxi to pick me up at the Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj Terminus,I stood marvelling at the mix of architectural styles of the Grand Old Dame of Mumbai : a mix of Victorian, Italianate, Gothic, Revivalist AND Mughal […]
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December 23, 2016
Almonds against diabetes- the war against lifestyle diseases
“She’s suffering from sugar”. Ever heard this remark and wondered what on earth it meant? Just go into flashback mode to around when you were in the 5th or 6th class at school. Recall how your science lesson taught you […]
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December 16, 2016
You invite more than taste when you know how to use besan right
A hot cup of chai, steaming pakoras or aloo bajjis, a cosy corner, watching the monsoon rains drenching green grass and the smell of damp mud. Heaven on earth, indeed! Popular Indian snacks invariably mean something dipped in besan batter […]
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December 7, 2016
Trash that Junk Food. Go Organic to Uncover the New You!
Look around you today. Were there really so many overweight people a few decades ago? When I was a kid, there was that one odd plump kid who stuck out in a class of skinny hands and legs and was […]
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December 2, 2016
Whittle your waist the organic way – 5 recipes to help you keep trim and slim
I would choose Health over Wealth any day. All that life has to offer- Name, Fame, Love and Riches-are of no meaning if you have to struggle, wheeze and whine through your days on Earth. Our poor stomachs. We throw […]
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