Plants and Their Benefits

4 easy healthy snack recipes using Zizira’s infused Honey Collection
If you are always thinking about what the next thing is, you can make using the ingredients you have, then you are indeed just like me! All you care about is being able to provide healthy options for your family but at the same time delicious enough for them to want to continue this healthy snacking habit.

3 Simple Fat Burning Turmeric Coffee Recipes
In today’s world, weight loss is something that many of us are striving for. While there are several weight loss hacks and fads out there, turmeric coffee is one that’s been trending. Curious, and as a lover of turmeric and its benefits, I decided to hop on the bandwagon and test the hype myself. Does turmeric weight loss work?

Top 11 Chillies of Northeast India
For India’s Northeasterners, a meal without chilli is incomplete. In this hotspot region of rich biodiversity, varieties of chilli jostle for space among a plethora of landrace crops not found anywhere else in the country. The Capsicum, or chilli, species that exist here count among the world’s fiercest. The fearsome Bhut Jolokia leads the crowd with the hotness of over 1 million Scoville Heat Units!

How Haldi Doodh Keeps Me Healthy Even 2500 Kms Away From Home
Your body can get a lot of what it needs from Turmeric. Know how a simple drink - Haldi Doodh - has helped me live a #healthylife over the years.

Artemisia Annua – A Promising Herbal Remedy for Malaria and More
What’s Artemisia Annua or Sweet Wormwood?
It’s an annual herb that belongs to the plant family of Asters (Asteraceae). If you didn’t know it, you might mistake it for a common weed, such as the common
ragweed.
China is its native place but now we find it growing all over the world. Sweet wormwood or Artemisia annua thrives best in temperate and cool climates and higher altitudes.

Meghalaya Food: This Is Why Khasi Cuisine’s Ja Stem Is A Dish to Remember (Plus a Recipe)
In my previous blog, I talked about healthy eating and how bits of spices help transform bland meals into gourmet ones.
Today I'd like to bring you...

Get Connected With Nature Through 3 Underutilised Plants Transformed Into Products
Our needs are endless! There is no limit to what we want and what we can create. In this race of constant creation, we have come far. But in our qu...

Easy to Make Healthy Turmeric Vegetable Smoothie
One of the healthiest food for summer morning is a healthy, good and nutrient-packed vegetable smoothie. It is perfect after a heart-pounding work ...

Lantana Camara a Camouflaged Treasure Trove - Benefits & Uses
Lantana camara is a perennial flowering plant found in tropical areas. It is indigenous to America and Africa but can be now found as an exotic spe...

Easy Mexican Fried Rice Recipe with a Twist of Szechuan Pepper!
Mexican fried rice is a perfect go-to-dinner food. A delicious alternative to mainstream dinner meal. It symbolizes a fiesta of colors and ingredie...

Long Pepper Cultivation in Meghalaya
Have You Heard of Long Pepper, Also Known As Piper Longum?
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Zizira operates from Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya in the Northe...

Health Benefits of Sohphie - Local Fruit of Meghalaya
This is part 2 of our story on the exotic Sohphie fruit from the pristine lands of Meghalaya, often misspelt as Sophie. It is one of the local frui...