Maintaining hygiene in your home is not only important to fight unseen germs and bacteria but also to keep your life organised. A neat and clean place elevates your mood and enhances your mental state. The environment in which you reside has a great impact on your personality and behaviors.It is your responsibility to maintain hygiene in your home. Different surfaces and things in your home need different care....
Staying healthy isn’t just about exercising and eating right- staying healthy also means living in a safe, clean and sanitized environment. In these testing times, it has become more important than ever to keep ourselves and our surroundings clean. For this, you’ll need some important personal health care products.Keeping your home clean is a big task in itself. You got to have the right products that help you sanitize and disinfect all the places that you regularly come in contact with....
The achar is the most undervalued food accompaniment we have in our kitchens. Depending on where you are, there are many types of pickles that we use as sides or even to complete meals in the absence of our gravies. Throughout the length and breadth of India, you can find Achars or pickles made with many ingredients, the popular ones being mango, lemon, dates, and other vegetables. Today, we are going to discuss Red Chilli and Green Chilli Pickles.There are many who don’t like extreme spiciness- they would avoid extremely spicy foods rather than ‘burn their tongue’ and have a lot of water or something sweet to douse the burning sensation in their mouths....
Practically no Indian kitchen would be without cooking pastes. Most commonly, you would find garlic paste and ginger pastes in kitchens across India. If you ask any housewife or chef how important cooking pastes are in their recipes, one statement that practically would come from everyone would be the ease in cooking with these pastes.No, we are not talking about ready-to-eat gravies which just need water and vegetables to cook; we are talking about three crucial Indian cooking pastes in general- garlic paste, ginger paste, and achar masala paste.A. How to use ginger pasteGinger is not only a spice, it is a crucial ingredient in various Indian, Chinese, and Southeast Asian cuisines. Besides adding a distinct taste to food, ginger is also recommended in Ayurvedic texts and home remedies to treat various ailments.Many of us are so used to having ginger in our food, we tend to take its presence for granted....
Pickles are a great way to enjoy all kinds of seasonal vegetables throughout the year. Here in India, we practically have pickles for almost every vegetable(and even for some meat and fish). We can safely say this, most Indian meals are incomplete without the addition of pickles.One of the most common pickles available to us is the lemon pickle. Available throughout the year, many Indian meals are incomplete without a customary dollop of lemon pickle to accompany our dal chawal or curd-rice.Lemon is an important part of Indian cuisine; called nimbu in Hindi, lemons in India are greenish-yellow in colour....
If asked about accompaniments that you simply need in your kitchen, most young Indians would talk about Mint Chutney, Mango Chutney, Tomato Ketchup, Schezwan Chutney, and the like. Mint and Mango Chutney are fine, but what about Schezwan Chutney? Chinese dishes have a lot of Sauces- we know about Soya Sauce, Chilli Sauce, Sweet and Sour Sauce, Black Bean Sauce and the like, but Schezwan ‘Chutney’ seems relatively new. This ‘Indianized’ version of Schezwan Sauce has become so popular in the last few years, that you can now find it in many urban Indian kitchens....
Mango, considered the ‘king’ of fruits, is available only in the summers. Yet, we relish this seasonal wonder throughout the year, in the form of mango pickles, murabba, and sweet pickles. Did you know that pickles, as we know them, were not an Indian invention? They came to us through international merchants years ago. Initially, they were used to preserve perishable fruits to be had throughout the year....
Indians are well accustomed to the famous “imli ki chutney.” It is an integral part of our cuisine and serves sweet and tangy taste to various dishes. When it comes to a burst of flavor, there are many different types of chutneys made in India. One of the most loved chutneys, Tamarind Date Chutney is mainly made with the pulp of tamarind and date. It is a step further from the regular imli ki chutney as it is extremely rich in taste and nutrients....
Rice crackers are considered one of the very famous Indian snacks/appetizers. They are mostly eaten with Indian meals because they add a crunch and spice to the whole meal. Made with simple ingredients like rice flour, oil, and spices, they prove to be very light and healthy. Apart from that, they also have a traditional significance....
In the winter season as the temperature goes down, the cravings to eat tasty food go up. Yes, it's everyone's problem and not just yours. Confused why this happens? As our body slows down in a colder environment, it demands more food....
In those glass jars, we preserve much more than just pickles. We preserve a history of recipes, a tradition that people follow and a culture that people embrace. Pickles and chutneys are a small but inseparable part of our meals. They have an audacious taste and can make any mundane meal delicious....
