Healthy living

Obesity is a growing problem world wide and is linked to many health problems. Most of us have tried to lose weight some time or the other. So many  weight loss clinics have mushroomed as people are growing more health conscious. You may also consult a dietician for consulting on diet for weight loss.

The term healthy diet is not as complicated as it sounds to be. To keep it simple, food that enhances our mood, makes us feel energetic and improves our health is healthy.

Curry leaves are very useful when added for a pleasant aroma to our dishes, they can also provide many significant health benefits. A lot of the health benefits provided by curry leaves are actually more strongly experienced when the leaves are used outside of cooking. By combining them with things like milk or tea, you can experience far more potent effects.

Cumin has long been used in traditional medicine. Also modern studies have confirmed some of the health benefits cumin is traditionally known for. Here are some of the health benefits of Cumins.

Sago Pudding or Sabudana Kheer is a traditional dish in India used as pudding and is commonly used during fasting. Here is how to make a delicious Sago Pudding to treat your taste buds.

Fish is undoubtedly a favourite of non-vegetarians. Kashmiris cook fish with various combinations like Kohlrabi, Radish and Lotus Stem. Lotus Stem is quite a favourite and offers many health benefits. Watch the video for complete recipe.

Coriander is widely used in culinary, flavourings and preservatives. Additionally it has multiple medical benefits like fever, stomach disorders, and nausea. Read here for more details….

The use of clove in whole or ground form is mainly for culinary purposes and as a flavouring agent in food industry. It is highly valued in medicine as carminative, aromatic and stimulant. The antiseptic and antibiotic properties of clove oil are used in medicine especially in dentistry, oral and pharyngeal treatments. It offers many health benefits.

The “True Cinnamon” Cinnamon is the dried inner stem bark of Cinnamomum Verum. Cinnamon plants are grown as bushes. It is found to help diabetics in digestion of sugar. It has astringent; stimulant and carminative properties and can check nausea and vomiting. The cinnamon bark oil has anti-fungal properties and cinnamon leaf oil is widely used in perfumery and cosmetics

Chilli is the dried ripe fruit of the genus Capsicum. Capsicum annum is an annual sub –shrub, the flowers of which are borne singly and fruits usually pendent, which provide red peppers, cayenne, paprika and chillies and sweet pepper (bell pepper) a mild form with large inflated fruits. It was first introduced in India by Portuguese towards the end of 15th Century. Now it is grown all over the world except in colder parts.

Cardamom is widely used as a flavoring material in whole and ground form. Cardamom oil and oleoresin has applications in flavoring processed food and in perfumery. It has immense health benefits and is widely used in Pharma industry and in Ayurveda.

Large Cardamom is a perennial herb with subterranean rhizomes and 50-140 aerial leafy shoots. It is used as a flavourant. Greater cardamom has many medicinal properties and applications.