Category: food
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Rakthashali Rice
Rakthashali is one of the rarest red rice varieties with high medicinal value and believed to be extinct in this part of the world. It is widely mentioned in puranas and ancient texts of Ayurveda as having properties potent enough to cure many ailments, including cancer. Ayurveda says this variety of rice, dating its use…
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Thavala kannan Rice :O
My parents consume the traditional unpolished rice varieties according to the availability. The varieties are not readily accessible in near by stores. They have to travel minimum 40kms+ to next town and purchase it. During every visit, we can learn new names of rice varieties. This time it is thavala kannan(literal translation-Frog eyed). This is…
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Peperomia pellucida – Shiny Bush
If you are from Kerala, born in 90s or before, you would remember this little plant. We call it ‘Mashi pacha’ or ‘Mashi thandu’, ‘Slate pacha’, ‘കോലുമഷി’ which was used to wipe our slates after scribbling. And to remove the excess ink (Gosh !the Hero fountain pen days) dripped on note books. It was fun…
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