Sendha namak, a type of salt, is formed when salt water from a sea or lake evaporates and leaves behind...

Castor oil is a multi-purpose vegetable oil that people have used for thousands of years. It’s made by extracting oil...

Sesame seeds are tiny, oil-rich seeds that grow in pods on the Sesamum indicum plant. Unhulled seeds have the outer,...

rose-hipsThe rose, often called the queen of the flowers, has more to offer than beauty. Medical Herbalist Karina Hilterman expounds...

One of the things that people find intimidating about cooking Indian food is the vast array of spices used —...

India’s cuisine is characterized by the heavy use of a wide variety of spices. Spices are combined and used differently in various...

Indian food encompasses several centuries-old culinary traditions from all over the broad subcontinent. Pulling from these traditions to produce beautiful...