Ginger-The wonder herb is widely used in Indian cooking. The ‘horn’ shaped pungent rhizome adds a special invigorating flavour to many dishes and is one of the crucial ingredients for many home remedies.I guess the healing properties of ginger are quite well known to most of us. Alternative medicine recommends chewing a piece of ginger daily-‘A piece of Ginger a day keeps the doctor away’ 🙂 A small piece of crushed ginger added to my daily Chai (tea) –my mantra to kick start a long day ahead! Or you can just pop up a piece of Sunthi (sun dried ginger…
Miscellaneous
Butti -Hand made Cane Basket
Butti-Hand made Cane Basket Hand made Cane Basket-we call it Butti in Marathi . Rotis/Bhakris/Parathas become very soggy if stored immediately after making, in closed containers. We use this Butti ,(from the local flea market) to let off some steam from Rotis/Bhakris/Parathas and then store them. Do you use similar baskets or do you know any other name in your language for this basket?….Please share it with everyone!
The Good Old Paan (Betel Leaf)….
Betel Leaf (Paan) Creeper from my garden The Betel Leaf (Piper Betle) – Paan as it is popularly called in India is a perennial evergreen Herb, with beautiful heart shaped leaves. The one you see here in the photo is a betel leaf creeper from my garden. It grows as a slender creeper and hence is sometimes also called as Nagvelli- meaning Serpent like creeper in Sanskrit. It grows like wild fire… Betel leaf has been a part of the Indian culture for ages. Most of the Indian rituals, include offering Paan-Supari (Betel Leaf and Areca nuts) to God or…