The cashew tree is known by the botanical name ‘Anacardium occidentale’. It is a close…
Know Your Food
An insight to your daily food
‘Ipomea Batata’ is commonly known as –batata, boniato, camote, kumar, kumara, cilera abana, kara-imo, ubhatata,…
‘Psidium guajava’ as the guava is botanically named, is also known in Spanish as guayabo…
Grab a few handy tips and health wise hints for the week. Enjoy life! Have…
Gone are the days when every mother religiously saw to it that the butter she…
Botanical Name: Raphanus sativus. Radish originates from the word for root in Roman—‘radix’. It belongs…
Dahlia, broken brown wheat, is also known as buglar wheat. So unlike refined grains it…
Walnuts are deciduous trees and are cultivated for their delicious nuts. It’s widely grown in…
Asafoetida, Asafetida, devil’s dung, hing, kaayam, ingua, and perungayam-is the gum resin obtained from the…
Poppies are colorful flowers, typically with one per stem, including a number of attractive wildflower…
Peanuts also known as groundnuts (Moongphali in Hindi) were grown in prehistoric times in Peru.…
Pineapple- Botanical name: Ananas comosus In many languages including Hindi the pineapple is known by…
Sesame seeds (til in Hindi and Ellu in Tamil) are the oldest condiment known to…