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In traditional Tamil weddings, there’s a ceremony that might seem unusual to outsiders: the groom is asked to lift a heavy stone to…

There’s a reason black pepper is called the “King of Spices.” For thousands of years, it was so valuable that it was used…

Walk into a modern supermarket and you’ll find aisles of “health foods” – protein bars, vitamin-fortified cereals, superfood powders, meal replacement shakes. The…

Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and like every other organ, it reflects what you eat. No amount of expensive…

Walk into any Indian kitchen and you will almost always find a small container of jeera sitting close to the stove. Cumin seeds…

Rice is the most consumed grain in India. It appears on the plate at least once a day in most households, and for…

There is a reason cardamom has been called the Queen of Spices for centuries. While saffron holds the crown for price and black…

Somewhere in the last few generations, a quiet trade happened in Indian kitchens. Out went the unpolished varagu (kodo millet) khichdi and the…

There was a time in most Indian households when mustard oil was not a choice. It was simply the oil. The sharp, nose-tingling…

Cinnamon sits in almost every Indian kitchen. It goes into the biryani masala, the chai, the kheer, the halwa. It is ground into…