The Vada

Vada, one of the most famous south Indian savory fried breakfast, the recipe included urad dal  ( black gram) soaked overnight, de-skinned and ground to a batter seasoned with ingredients such as cumin, green chilies, black pepper, curry leaves. The paste is shaped into balls and deep fried resulting in vadas with a crispy skin…

Lack of sleep contributes to obesity

Chronic stress disrupts our sleep and our blood sugar levels, which in turn leads to increased hunger and comfort eating, and can lead not only to unhealthy levels of body fat but also to type-2 diabetes. Why do we get fat, as we know it when we eat more calories than we burn off. Although…

KFC rolls out new bucket to be paid for by Bitcoin

Fast food outlet KFC Canada has rolled out the Bitcoin Bucket, an offering that can only be paid by using Bitcoin. In a Tweet the company said “ sure, we don’t know exactly what Bitcoins are, or how they work, but that shouldn’t come between you and some finger lickin’ good chicken”. The offer, only…

Have your ultimate ice-cream experience.

According to Cold Stone Creamery, your ice cream is made fresh churned from the finest ingredients and blended with   your favourite  fruits, nuts, cakes or candy. According to Cold Stone Creamery, an international franchise, your ice cream is made fresh churned from the finest ingredients and blended with   your favourite  fruits, nuts, cakes…

Daily intake Bananas and Avocados can protect against heart disease

  Avocado and Banana consumption daily may prevent hardening of the arteries that can result in heart disease and death according to Paul Sanders, professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. A recent study published in the journal JCI Insight, the team analysed mice who are at risk of heart disease when fed a…

Jackfruit:healthy fruit

The Jackfruit (Artocarpus Heterophyllus) from tropical lowlands, is a species of tree in the fig, mulberry. According to archeological findings in India have revealed that jackfruit was cultivated in India 3000 to 6000 years ago. Even a small jackfruit weighs in at 15lbs (7kg) and biggest recorded specimens weighed more than 100lbs (45kg). Researchers found…

Delivering taste of India via APP

A new app “Flavours Of My City” brainchild of two Pune techies  Smitha Nair and Preeth Padmanabhan who wanted digitise your taste in food habit. “ We run a SAP consulting firm and we enforced a rule anybody going on holiday must bring back local delicacies from the placed they visited. We wanted to start…

Naked private dining

  London’s only naked restaurant The Bunyadi, in London is offering an entirely new natural dining experience. The restaurant first of its kind operating without electricity, gas and serving food on handmade clay plates with edible cutlery and asking diners to cast off their mobile phones and iPads and even their clothes if they wish…