Plants and Their Benefits

One Common Medicinal Herb and Nine Common Spices That Help Heal Injuries and Illnesses Did you know that there is a shrub that grows abundantly in ...

Long Pepper is a pepper that is used both as a spice as well as a home remedy. Read more about this unique spice from Meghalaya, Northeast India

Ginger is renowned for its taste elevating properties and is almost a ‘must have’ in Asian cooking. Its use is so common that at times one tends to...

Spicy chicken salad recipe! What can ever go wrong with something so delicious? Chicken salad can be surprisingly healthy and nourishing with the r...

Benefits of Turmeric Has a Long History In a study conducted in 2013, it was found that turmeric is just as effective as well as a safer alternativ...

There has been a lot of debate on the two cinnamon varieties, cinnamon and cassia, which has even led to terming one or the other as real and fake ...

Globally, 2019 saw black pepper production at 558,000 MT. Currently, Vietnam is the leading producer of black and white pepper with 298,000 MT of p...

The Spice Market Share in India Market trends for spices in Meghalaya (2015) A look at the last few years gives a strong indication that the mar...

Looking back at my childhood, one of my earliest recollections of a very popular medicine was Anacin. Any time anyone in the family or within earsh...

Here is an album of spices of Northeast India, to give you a quick intro to the very many different varieties of spices in the Northeast region of ...

There are various spices found in Indian cuisine which is something we’ve all grown up with and accustomed to as well. And only as I write this, do I realize how we’ve been living with one such miracle spice all our lives.

Historically, turmeric (curcuma longa) has been in use for thousands of years in Asia. Early Polynesians carried the spice with them to Hawaii, where it is known as Olena, even today. Whereas in Europe, it has been used as a substitute for saffron for over seven centuries!

Bird’s Eye Chilli is treasured for its unique pungency and spiciness. The chilli gets its name from its petite size and a shape which is similar to a Bird’s Eye. Chillies are believed to have been cultivated for over 6,000 years and since then different varieties of chillies have been discovered.