Chana is one of the most nutritious food for all age groups, and is consumed in various forms across the world. There are generally three different types of chana, desi/kala chana, safed/kabuli chana (chickpeas), and chana dal. All of them are completely different from each other in colour, shape and taste. Sometimes you must have seen that green chana is also available in the market, which is actually desi or kala chana but before drying process. These three different varieties of chana are used in various forms, such as powder and liquid, to prepare endless dishes from it. All these varietie ..read more

However, there are many such dishes of Indian cuisine, which are being well-liked all over the world. But in this article I will only discuss about the top 10 popular Indian food in the world. Indian cuisine is diverse and very vast, with every state or region having its own spices, cuisines and cooking methods. Climate also plays an important role in the eating habits of a particular region. Generally Indian food is a mixture of richness, spicy taste and exquisite taste of spice powders and other spices. This is the reason why Indian food is so popular and everyone around the world loves Indi ..read more

Punjabi cuisine has already served a lot of delicious dishes to our plates, such as Chicken Tikka, Butter Chicken, Tandoori Roti, etc. The history of Bhatura is also associated with Punjab itself. Bhatura is a soft leavened fried bread, which is generally accompanied by choley (chickpea curry).  Choley bhatura is a very prominent street food in North India, and people like to eat it anytime since morning to evening. If you ever travel to Delhi or its neighboring cities, then you can see people are selling Choley Bhatura in every corner of the city. Adding these delicious choley bhatura to ..read more

Soybean products such as tofu, and soya milk, are always at the top of my list during gym days and soya chunks with potato curry is one of my favourite Indian dishes. Actually, soybean is a high-protein legume that is native to East Asia, but in India, some people think of lobia/lobhia as soybean, but lobia is a different seed.  In some regions soybeans are also recognized as soya bean or soja bean, and the scientific name of it is Glycine max. Economically soybean is one of the most important beans in the world, which provides vegetable protein to millions. Whenever we talk about soybean ..read more

Often people are confused in between black cumin and kalonji because in English both of these spices are also known as black cumin, black seeds, caraway seeds, etc. While both seeds are of two different plants with variation in color and texture.  Black cumin seeds are collected from the Elwendia perscia named plant which is in the species of Apiaceae family. Although these seeds are available worldwide but mainly used in the western countries. In Germany, Hungary, Austria, and Scandinavian countries Caraway seeds (black cumin) are used in the breads, Vegetarian a ..read more

Nagkesar or Nag champa is a well-known spice which grows in the tropical areas of India, Sri lanka, Burma, Philippines, Malaysia, Nepal, Sumatra, Indochina and Thailand. The scientific name of this spice tree is Mesua ferrea and it is also known as ceylon Ironwood, and Cobra Saffron. This is Lanka’s national tree, state tree of Mizoram, and state flower of Tripura. Nag champa is a slow-growing tree which begins bearing flowers after 4 years of planting, and Its flowers have a very strong fragrance, they are used in making cosmetics and colours. It has been named (Iron wood) because of its very ..read more

Jowar vs Ragi both are super grains from the ancient times. Before the 1960s, Jowar, Ragi and such other cereals used to be our staple foods. But as the time passed rice and wheat took over them completely and consequently today people are fighting with many health woes. Now, when most of the people have become slaves of rice, wheat flour, and refined flour, it is difficult for them to cook and eat Jowar, Ragi, and such other cereals.  However, the time is changing, people are getting more conscious about their internal health and physique. So, they are coming back to the traditional die ..read more

If you are a fan of South Indian food then you must be familiar with Shenga chatni pudi, an Karnataka style dry condiment. Which is also known as peanut chatni powder masala or Shengdana dry chatni. Since many dry chillies are used in this recipe, so it will be very pungent same as a typical Andhra style Milagai pudi. To prepare Shenga pudi masala, whole spices and lentils should be dry roasted at low to medium heat. Once all the dry roasted ingredients have reached to the room temperature. Then all these will be grinded together, into a semi coarse powder. Shenga chatni pudi masala is gene ..read more

Curry leaves are 1.5 inches long tear drop shaped dark green colour shiny leaves, that grows on the curry tree (Murraya koenigii). These leaves are considered as aromatic herb, apart from adding flavour to your food it provides numerous health benefits as well. The curry leaves are most widely used in India, and these are being used in Ayurveda, and Indian food, from past hundreds of years. They are also known as sweet neem, kadi patta, kadhi patta, and curry patta, patta is a hindi term for leaf.  If we talk about the use of curry patta in Indian food, then I must say that curry patta a ..read more

This post is about the differences and similarities of bulgur and dalia. These two are very famous, hearty and look alike breakfast food. Many of you may not have heard of bulgur because it is mostly used in Middle Eastern countries, especially in Lebanese cuisine. While dalia is known as a nutritious breakfast all over the world.  To understand more about the difference between bulgur and dalia, you need to know them in detail. What is bulgur  Bulgur is an edible cereal grain made from parboiled groats of durum wheat. Generally bulgur comes in two colours yellow, and light br ..read more