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8 Indian Chefs On Instagram Whom We Adore
For most of us, the idea of a good life is traveling, shopping to our heart’s content, being fit and perhaps even being with someone we love. But, a few of us live only to eat good food! We equate a scrumptious meal with a day well spent and are constantly on the...
How Is Tea Prepared?
A piping hot cup of tea just before you begin your day is quite refreshing. It gives you a much-needed kick to go full throttle. While making tea might sound easy, there are actually quite a few elements to pay attention to, such as brewing time, temperature, tea to...
5 Spices That Can Be Used To Marinade Chicken
For ages, the non-vegetarian community has asked themselves the following question – “What is the best way to season chicken?” In particular, fitness enthusiasts who consume a lot of chicken due to its protein quantity can find it rather boring after a point....
Interesting Ways To Use Cardamom In Your Dishes
Cardamom is one of the oldest known spices to exist on this planet! In fact, the ancient king of Babylon (721–701 BC) grew cardamom in his garden. Cardamom uses in India dates back to very ancient times – nearly 5,000 years ago. While it is native to South India, its...
Use Cinnamon To Spruce Up Your Meals
Spices are easily the most versatile additions to otherwise humdrum cooking routines. They take up little room, add flavour, and work up quite the miracle when used the right way. Cinnamon, despite being extremely versatile, is widely known to be used only in desserts...
5 Amazing Black Pepper Benefits
Flavour. Health. Detoxification. These are the three big words that come to mind when one thinks of pepper. Widely known as the “King of Spices,” black pepper easily makes its way into the kitchen by virtue of the nutritional value it brings to the dining table! All...
8 Unique Ways To Store Spices (with Pictures)
The kitchen pantry is an important area of any household because it provides us access to an essential component of our daily needs – nourishment, from food and beverages to everything else in between. If you enjoy sprucing up meals with spices and herbs like a pro,...
Everything You Need To Know About Black Tea
“There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon black tea.” ~ Henry James And to call it a ceremony, Sir Henry must be quite fond of everything tea-sipping entails! So what is tea, really? And why is it so...
Tips On Adding Spices To Baby Food Recipes
There is a lot of confusion surrounding when to add spices to a child’s diet (or baby food recipes), especially because flavor palettes vary drastically from country to country and family to family. However, it is common practice to spruce up meals for little ones...
Ways To Use Cinnamon To Spruce Up Your Dishes
Spices like Cinnamon are easily the most versatile additions to otherwise humdrum cooking routines. They take up little room, add flavour, and work up quite the miracle when used the right way. Cinnamon, despite being extremely versatile, is widely known to be used...
12 Amazing Health Benefits Of Nutmeg
One of the two species that grows on evergreen trees, nutmeg has the scientific classification Myristica fragrans. Although it is native to the Maluku Spice Islands in Indonesia, it is also commonly grown in the Caribbean and tropic areas of the world and within...
Cinnamon For Weight Loss
Can Ceylon Cinnamon Help You Shed Those Extra Pounds? When it comes to weight loss, everyone needs a quick fix. Be it having a Magic potion or being taken over by a Silver bullet, we all need that one wonder that can burn down that stubborn visceral fat and make you go on a weight-loss
How is Ceylon Cinnamon Harvested, Processed and Produced?
Harvesting, Processing, And Production Of Ceylon Cinnamon In A Nutshell Cinnamon is that wonder spice that owns a flavored aroma that comes from the volatile oil that is present in the bark of an evergreen tree named Cinnamomum…
Health Benefits Of Cinnamon
Impressive Health Benefits Of Cinnamon – The SuperFood What can be one of the most common wonder spices that you pick up from your Grandma’s mystery cook box? Rich in aroma and flavor, cinnamon is one primary spice you cannot miss for a perfect health-taste balance.
What is the history of the spice trade?
Why was black pepper so valuable? Malabar region to Europe In ancient times, globalization started with the trade-in spices and the world’s most commonly used spice, Piper nigrum or black pepper. Black pepper was key to the formation and establishment of spice routes that are
Black pepper For Weight Loss
A Pinch Of Pepper For Your Weight Loss Trigger Heard of the dark horse of spices? With the capacity to boost metabolism as it is loaded with Vitamins A, C, and K, minerals, and healthy fatty acids, it is a storehouse of potent natural metabolic boosters including the...