Category Archives: Other Food Items
Benefits of Jaggery Powder
We all feel like having something sweet once in a while, but this craving is accompanied by the fear of ill-health. It’s best to have less sugar and oily foods to maintain good health. Still, if you feel like relishing something sweet, it’s now not necessary to suppress the craving completely. Instead, you can choose to switch to healthier alternatives like jaggery, which is the best natural
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Health Benefits of Jaggery Everyone Should Know
During winters my mother always used to serve makki ki roti with gur and ghee. Also, gur and ghee with rolled in chapati tasted heavenly. I cannot forget the taste of gur ki roti with ghee, it tasted just so luscious. Jaggery in Hindi is known as ‘Gur,’ in Kannada it’s called “Bella,” “Sharkara” in Malayalam, and “Gul” in Marathi. In this topic try to learn
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Can people with diabetes eat palm sugar?
It might be thought by many people that Coconut or Palm sugar is made from coconuts, but it is not. Coconut sugar is made from coconut trees more specifically the sap of coconut tree’s flower buds. It is also called coco sap sugar or coconut palm sugar. The blossoms are cut and nectar is collected into bamboo containers. For diabetics, it can be used as
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Is Pink Rock Salt Better Than Regular Salt
Most of the time we aren’t aware eaters. We don’t have healthy eating habits. In fact, the ingredients that we use while cooking have healthier substitutes, like salt. Our body needs salt but too much of it or too less of it is harmful to our health. Salt contains sodium and chloride that help in maintaining the fluid balance in our body. Intact, it also regulates blood
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Health Benefits of Coconut/Palm Jaggery
Coconut is the main ingredient in the cuisine of inhabitants of coastal regions in India. In Goa either its desiccated, grated or milk form. Coconut toddy and feni is also commonly used while cooking food. Though a lot of us haven’t heard about coconut jaggery. But it is widely used in Goa. It is locally called as madachem godd. It is quite distinct in colour and shape.
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Importance of Curcumin in Turmeric Powder
Turmeric is applied to wounds and at the same time used for cooking. In fact, it is the most indispensable ingredient in our cooking. Turmeric is referred to as a golden spice and it comes from Curcuma longa plant; a native of South Asia. This spice comes from a root-like section that grows under the soil and are called a rhizome. Rhizomes are boiled and dried.
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Difference between refined salt and unrefined salt
You might say that salt is something so basic. Then what are these types of salts that we often find in the market? A lot of us find it difficult to understand that there are different types of salts. So, in this post, we discuss refined salt and unrefined salt. Salt in its natural form is called unrefined salt. It is not treated or altered.
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Replace sugar with jaggery in tea for best health benefits
Tea is the most popular beverage in India. It’s extremely important to begin the day with a cup of tea for tea lovers. Most Indians love to drink tea though it is true that consumption of tea is restricted by some people as it has sugar, which is the most commonly used sweeteners across the world. But, excessive intake of sugar can harm our body. So, it
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Coconut Sugar is Better For Your Health Than Refined Sugar
We all consume sugar and some people are hooked on to it. But, have you heard of coconut sugar or coconut palm sugar? Some might not have heard or some might have heard about it but don’t know its benefits. While others are well aware of it, using it and felt its benefits. So, today we decided to speak about coconut sugar. It is a natural
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Why prefer natural turmeric? And What is Nutritional Values?
Turmeric is the most important and crucial ingredients in our cooking. It doesn’t only give an attractive look to our food due to its color but, it has nutritional and medicinal value. In India, haldi is not only used for cooking it is also used to apply on wounds as it has a healing quality. But, turmeric that is natural and organic is preferred as compared to
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