The humble, yet nutritious and quintessential south Indian breakfast – the idli. A simple and wholesome steamed lentil / rice pancake.Historically, the idli goes back to 920 AD, with its roots in Karnataka, and was made with urad dal soaked in butter milk. There was …
Busy mornings where breakfast gets neglected are so common. Breakfast cereals, oatmeal, PB &J sandwiches, toast, are easy to go family options for the weekday mornings. What if, simple toast is upgraded and loaded with nutrition, with less effort?
Human civilization is millions of years old. The first human foods were seafood, tubers, wild fruits/vegetables, and meat/marrow of land mammals. Interestingly, our history of grains, particularly domestication of grains, does not go back more than 11,000 years (www.foodtimeline.org) when the hunter-gatherer human became a …
Granola- simply refers to grain made food , that is crunchy. In late 19 th century, in health sanitarium settings, the concept was born as ‘granula’ and used widely, but its use dropped for a while,before finding a resurgence in late 1960s. Now, any location …
Pasta, the one dish I can get kids to eat without a fuss, the one dish that is easy to make, makes one complete meal by itself and is just comfort food. Pasta, is very much Italian, but historically felt to have come to Italy …
What does it mean when your food has a label that say ‘organic’? The dictionary states organic means of, relating to, or derived from living organisms, which is exactly what food is. It is puzzling that now, we actually categorize food in a way that is …
A bountiful variety of millets which are nutritious cereals and were very popular decades ago have been put aside with the changing lifestyle and urbanization. Ragi, Jowar, Bajra are few to name. Ragi, Finger millet, originally was grown in Africa and adapted to Indian climate, …
Malabar spinach ( known as Bachali kura in telugu, Basale) , which is not of the spinach family, originated in South Asia, and loves to be perennial in warmer climates. Succulent leaves, rich in Vit A, C, iron, Calcium, are used in multiple cooking purposes. …
As Mark Twain said “Cauliflower is just a cabbage with college education”, cauliflower and cabbage both belong to the cruciferous family and have very low carbohydrates but a high amount of vitamins and minerals.Boiling cauliflower destroys its nutrients by almost 70% if done for about …
Jowar also known as the great millet/Sorghum, was actually born in Africa, but widely grown in India. Interestingly, United States is currently largest producer of Jowar, which is used primarily for livestock feed. Being a type of millet with 10% protein, and a good source …