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Best Holi recipes to try at home

Best Holi Recipes | Holi Dishes To Try At Home

Here is a collection of Holi Recipes that you can easily make at home. Festival of Holi is just round the corner. Apart from all the fun and frolic, festivals are always associated with various  delicacies that people enjoy with family and friends. Best Holi Recipes To Try At Home […]

 
Valentine's Day Recipes- Make delicious pineapple mocktail

Valentine’s Day Recipes For The Special Day

Looking for Valentine’s day recipes? Here you will get some nice recipes that you can rustle up for your valentine and impress. In fact I love to make a nice valentine dinner for my whole family and everyone loves the treat. Valentine’s Day Recipes That You Must Try How To […]

 
History of tandoor

History Of Tandoor, Tandoori Cooking

History of Tandoor takes us back by 5000 years to Indus valley and Harappan civilizations of ancient India. Traces of tandoors were found from the excavation of these historical sites. Use of tandoor however is not limited to only the Indian subcontinent; people use tandoor in West and Central Asia […]

 
superfood facts

Superfood facts and hype

‘Superfood’ is the term that we hear very often these days. So what is a superfood? There is no fixed criteria to define what is a superfood and what is not. According to Oxford dictionary ‘superfood is a nutrient-rich food considered to be especially beneficial for health and well-being’. They are mostly plant […]

 
Vitamin E rich foods

Vitamin E rich foods and recipes| benefits of Vitamin E

My friend had been suffering from foot cramps since last few months. She was prescribed vitamin E capsules for relief. We can easily get our daily quota of vitamin E from the food that we eat. So I thought of writing about Vitamin E rich foods. Vitamin E keeps our muscles […]

 
Celebrate Diwali

Celebrate Diwali-festival of lights

These are the times of festivities in India, as I had mentioned in my earlier post. Soon we will celebrate Diwali – festival of lights. This is the most important and biggest festival of Hindus. This festival celebrates victory of good over evil. It is celebrated over five days with much enthusiasm and […]

 
Celebrating Friendship

Celebrating friendship : my soulmate and inspiration

Celebrating Friendship: Image source openclipart by GDJ  “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” – Walter Winchell. Celebrating Friendship Today I was feeling nostalgic, and so thought to delve on what led me to start this food blog. We all make […]

 

Navratri Fast : Eat Healthy Seeds

Navratri fast Navratri is an important Hindu festival. Goddess Durga is worshiped during this festival. ‘Navratri‘ literally means nine nights. People keep Navratri fast for nine days. In Hindu religion, there are no strict rules to follow by the believers. People in different region follow different rituals. Some people fast […]

 
Benefits of fasting

Benefits of fasting | Ayurvedic and other concepts

  Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit. Ezra Taft Benson on benefits of fasting. Fasting or not eating for certain duration is perhaps as old as life itself. Even animals fast when not well, or are under some other stress. It is the natural […]

 
Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Relish local cuisine: a trip to Jaisalmer

One fine day I found Jaisalmer – a desert town in Rajasthan was beckoning me. I am basically a home person, and do not enjoy going out very often. I venture out of my comfortable abode only when it is necessary. But occasionally travel bug bites me, and most of […]