Tender and sweet baby corns are often used in Chinese dishes and salads. Seeds are sown in spring and are cultivated like regular sweet corns. Corn ears should be picked…

Also known as lobhia or chawli, these black eye beans are creamy white in color and have a black mark on their inner curve. Black eye beans are unique because…

Karela, also known as bitter gourd, bitter melon, balsam pear, or foogwa, is a plant believed to have originated in the tropics of the Old World and is now widely…

Black Cardamom is known as Badi elaichi in both Hindi and Bengali. These brown large pods are highly fragrant with a spicy flavor. They may be used whole or powdered.…

The black cumin seeds also known as ‘Shah Jeera’ is more pungent and mostly used in pulao and biryani. Indian cooks use this spice in many of their curries and…

Long grain Rice. It has a very nice flavor when cooked. It grows only in a few places in India, and is famous worldwide.

Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate(NaHCO3). When it is mixed with an acid liquid it releases the gas carbon dioxide (CO2). Baking Soda is added to batters for leavening; i.e., in…