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Ancient India and Pickle

Do you recall those happy summer vacations when every house in the society smelled pickle-full and delighted? Making that delicious and colorful pickle for all of the family members used to be a once-a-year task. Opening a jar of pickles has always been a joyous occasion. To begin, the aromas of the spices transport me back to my childhood. I smell the fiery peppers soon after, and the bright red and green fruit peeks out of the mixture! Pickle making has been widely practiced in India and is known by different names across the country – Uppinakaayi in Kannada, Pachadi...

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A Tale of the Gut-Genial Green

From ancient times to the present, stories have played an important role in all cultures. Each one of us recalls tales and stories told by our grandparents over the summer holidays when we were children. Time has passed, but those memories remain as vivid in everyone’s minds as if they happened yesterday! With the same goal of recollecting old memories about a wonderful grandma’s recipe, this article will assist you on the health and nutritional perks of The Chili Pickle, aka “The Gut-Genial Green”. The Combination of Seven Magical Organics: A well-known Ayurvedic proverb says, “When diet is wrong, medicine...

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Indigenous Diet

An indigenous diet is bound to be easier for your body to digest, easily adhere to a lot of speculation, and thus a lot of myths about what is the “best” diet during this challenging period for the world. All around the world, the pandemic has given centre stage to health care, prevention of diseases, and concurrently, to lifestyle disorders, dietary illnesses, and immunity through food.  However, despite this limelight, no one has figured out one “best” diet that holds its claims for everyone. Through this, the concept of indigenous diets gathered some attention. So what is an indigenous diet? ...

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Moves like Jaggery!

I still reminisce about that sunny winter afternoon, sitting idle on my balcony and savouring my mother’s delicious recipe of Gur Chawal Kheer. Yes, that’s right! Gur, also known as Bellam in Telugu, Vellam in Tamil, Sharkara in Malayalam, Bella in Kannada, and Gul in Marathi, is a delicacy served all over the country in different forms and recipes. Different states, different names, but its sweetness prevails in every language. And since winter is the season of fresh jaggery, it is best consumed throughout the year’s cold months. According to Ayurveda, it cleans out your gastrointestinal tract, strengthens your immunity...

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