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Enjoying Red Rice in Summer
Lunch today is
Thondi Rice from Wayanad (organic red rice)
Kumbalanga-manga kootan (ash gourd and raw mango cooked in a coconut curry)
Avarakkai t...
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World Idli Day and idli history !
As part of celebrating World Idli Day 2022, here are some interesting facts that we came across, about the history of idli.
According to renowned f...
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Illupai Poo Sambha Rice
As part of our travels visiting seed saver farmers, we reached Ashokan Anna's home, by then I was coming down with fever. I was tired and could bar...
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Gobinda bhog Poha
It was a chilly February day four years back and I had travelled many miles from kalimpong, after a meeting, to Kolkata to Bankura to meet Bhair...
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The coup of the Kuruva
By our founder, Ramesh Chandran
As a Malayalee growing up in Pune, I missed out on learning to read and write Malayalam. And also, on eating and e...
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A Perfect Red Rice Kanji Recipe
Say Hello to Uma! A popular red-rice variety grown in Kerala. Uma is versatile, has a soft texture and is easy to cook. If you have been looking fo...
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Curry Leaves Rice
This here is the flavour of summer and nostalgia. Karuvepillai Sadam (Curry leaves rice) is a Tamilnadu favourite. Dry roasted curry leaves, dals, ...
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Your Guide To Cooking Pulses
The more we talked about pulses, the more we realized how irreplaceable they are in our Indian diets! But often it's the most ubiquitous things...
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Not so basic Brown Rice
You want healthy rice, full of fiber and a bit of a bite... But red is just not your colour of choice. Enter brown rice - the most commonly sou...
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Happy World Pulses Day!
We move into February valorising our pulses. Taking into account the importance of pulses in a sustainable food system and sustainable farming...
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Our Grains, Our Heritage, Our Republic
On our 73rd Republic Day, Bio Basics presents these 73 traditional varieties of Rices, Wheats, Millets & Pulses, from India, the Republic of Di...
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Celebrating Rice Diversity!
Here's a different picture - A picture of that celebrates the beauty and diversity of 354 varieties of paddy! Yes 354! This is the seed diversity ...
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