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Protect Environment while you Nurture your Body through Millets
In North India and specifically in Haryana, Govardhan Pooja is celebrated in our family which falls on a day after Diwali. The little mountain of ‘gobar’ as a symbol of govardhan is prepared with ‘Bajra Khichdi’ in the form of prasad. My mother tells me that the ritual has greater significance than we think. In North India, Diwali comes in the month of ‘Kartik Maas’ which also marks the beginning of winter season. The ‘bajra khichdi’ is prepared with generous ‘ghee’ and the combination is considered to be a great protector of our body in winters due to the warm...
Memories with mango pickle
I can still smell and taste my grandma’s best mango pickle when I remember summers as a kid: pickle slathered over a roti wrapped into an afternoon snack, pickle oil blended with potatoes and onions to go with rice and dal, or just pickle straight up. My grandmother, who disliked cooking and took on every other menial chore in the home to avoid kitchen work, made the finest pickles I’ve ever tasted. It’s a shame she passed away before passing on her recipes. But more than the recipes, I remember her sitting in the sun, dressed in a snow-white pristine...
The Spring Diet
After a cold winter, we enter the season of spring. The temperature slowly begins to rise, and our diet requirement changes along with the changing weather. During the cold winters, the body’s main goal is to store fat, but as we move towards a warmer climate our internal environment changes, body temperature rises and we begin to melt fat faster. According to Ayurveda, we enter the Kapha season in spring. The earth and the water elements are prominent in this season. Universally spring is associated with cleaning, much like this our bodies enter a cleaning phase too. Eating foods that...
8 Essential winter foods
Shorter days and colder temperatures do not just mean a change for our body on the outside, but on the inside too. It’s not just our clothes and dressing style that changes in winters, our metabolism, food choices and hunger cues are all affected by the weather. Studies have shown that metabolism speeds up in winter; this is associated with increased hunger and a craving for comfort foods. You might have noticed people often complaining that they eat more during winters, turns out it is true. Winter comes with its own set of viral infections and flu. Especially in...
How Cashew-nuts add to your health and well-being
Cashews, which originated in Brazil, have become a popular ingredient in Indian households for a long. Despite their country of origin, cashew nuts are grown in India on a very large scale and India is one of the prime exporters of cashews today. Cashew or Kaju is commonly consumed raw, in gravies, roasted, salted, in cupcakes, and a variety of other ways. But, have you ever wondered; Why cashews are so famous worldwide? Why it is that cashew is regarded as the King of the Nut-Kingdom? Why are cashews regarded as sophisticated nuts? The answer lies in the nutritional composition...
Why to eat cow ghee!
Do you remember eating besan ka ladoo as a kid? That amazing and divine sweet that everyone used to love when they were toddlers! As soon as we started opening the jar, the delightful aroma of ghee mixed with the perfect proportion of sweet and flour would make us overlook everything and chomp on those amazing ladoos like we hadn’t eaten them in ages! Grandma used to feed you a lot of tasty sweets made from ghee and dry fruits as a kid, and then pour a big dollop on the steaming dal-chawal in your meal! However, as a matter...
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