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Celebrating red rice on #worldfoodday2022 !
Red rice, the most precious, the most delicious, the most wholesome , the most climate resilient Good for us and the planet A taste worth cultivati...
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The millet that grows in the barnyard!
Barnyard millet - Samva- Kuthiraivali- Oodalu- Syamak- Jhangora - Bhagar- Samo
This ancient millet that was domesticated in Japan 4000 years ago. T...
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Why do I cook at Sadya at home?
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 ...
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World Coconut Day
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...
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The brown rice that is golden! Thuyamalli unpolished rice or kai kuthal/hand pound rice
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...
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Seeded emmer wheat sourdough made with our emmer wheat flour
All organic breakfast, seeded emmer wheat sourdough made with our emmer wheat flour baked by @5xfoods
Arabind, baker, friend, bread lover diligent...
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Illam nira, Vallam nira, Vallotti nira
The two priests of Muthappankavu carried the sheaves of freshly cut paddy on their heads and circumambulated around the madappura (the shrine) with...
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Thanga Samba - the golden rice
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...
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We love our White Rices!
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...
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Barley is it wheat or not?
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...
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Illupai poo Samba - Imperfectly Perfect
Our favourite Illupai poo Samba is back in Bio Basics. Harvested during January 2022, aged and a small batch freshly milled. The delightful, nutrit...
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The rice that makes bread - Kala malliphulo rice
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...
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