Bio Basics Blog

Barnyard millet - Samva- Kuthiraivali- Oodalu- Syamak- Jhangora - Bhagar- Samo This ancient millet that was domesticated in Japan 4000 years ago. T...

My father who was an excellent cook made our Onam sadya every year he was at home. It was a ritual he picked up from his father.So Amma and we (my ...

I dedicate this year's World coconut day to the most beloved kitchen tool of the Malayalees, 'chirava' ( the trusted coconut grater/scraper, made o...

Do you want a delicious, healthy, organic brown rice? One that doesn't make you feels that you are eating cardboard? One that goes with your gravie...

All organic breakfast , seeded emmer wheat sourdough made with our emmer wheat flour baked by @5xfoods Arabind, baker, friend, bread lover diligen...

The two priests of Muthappankavu carried the sheaves of freshly cut paddy on their heads and circumambulated around the madappura (the shrine) with...

Thanga Samba (Thangam gold or of golden hue) and Samba of the paddy season that bestows the plenty on the Kaveri delta paddy farmers. Tamil Nadu, t...

Oh yes! We love our white rices too!   You may be wondering about it since we feature them rarely on our feed. That's because most of the Bio Basic...

Barley, a grain like wheat, looks like wheat but a hulled grain with gluten but is not wheat.  What is a hulled grain? These are grains that have a...

Our favourite Illupai poo Samba is back in Bio Basics. Harvested during January 2022, aged and a small batch freshly milled. The delightful, nutrit...

Pranav's ( Loafer &Co) beautiful bread took me back to how Kalamalli phulo rice, my favourite black rice, came to Bio Basics.  The beautiful, s...