If stored well, prunes stay good for many months, often close to a full year, without losing their flavour or texture or nutritional value, says WebMD.
A sister or cousin of paniyarams, these are akin to large pan-fried idlis but are dosas. And utilise millets.
It pairs brilliantly with appams, neer dosas and steamed rice.
Why opt for processed rava when you have a healthy, diabetic and heart-friendly recipe onn hand?
A balanced diet should include steamed and boiled vegetables, milk products such as buttermilk and yoghurt, fresh fruits, herbal teas and bitter vegetables, suggests Zamurrud M Patel, CDE, RD, chief dietician, Global Hospitals, Mumbai.
Millets can provide nutritional security against deficiencies, especially in children and women, says Sreejith Moolayil, co-founder and COO, True Elements.
It's a great friend to expecting mothers and their babies, explains Ranjana Sharma.
Of all the treatments available, Ayurvedic medications are considered as the best remedial measures to uplift the depleting calcium levels in the body, notes Mohamad Yusuf N Shaikh, Founder, Kudrati Ayurved Health Centre.
'Good cholesterol acts as cholesterol scavengers, picking up excess cholesterol in the blood and taking it back to the liver where it is broken down,' says Dr Amit Bhushan Sharma.
A handful of ajwain seeds could work wonders.
Your dietary habits have a major role to play in maintaining your dental health.
Cereals like millets can help alleviate malnutrition and improve public health, reports Surinder Sud.
Here's how adding buckwheat flour to your meal can keep ailments at bay.
This summer replace that extra mango with a musk melon and see the healthy magic it creates.
Modern science, has taken decades and decades to prove what has been clearly documented almost 3500 years ago in our ancient texts like the Ashtanga Hridaya, says V R Ananthoo, a strong advocate of age-old healthy eating practices and one of the coordinators of Safe Food Alliance.
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Your choice of food could be a better option than popping anti-depressants.
Start-ups in the information technology domain are quite common these days. But three young entrepreneurs have ventured into a comparatively lesser known area of food: snacks. Arul Murugan, co-founder, Chloroplast Foods, tells Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com, how he is bootstrapping his start-up.
Dr G Padma Vijay's latest book has recipes for all.