If there has been one question on my mind it is  ..when will I switch to brown rice? For starters , I have always savoured white rice. The pulaos, biryanis , tehris  or even the delicious and simple steamed rice cakes or idlis would all be prepared with...

Wishing all a very happy Lohri ... the harvest festival of North India to welcome longer sunny days . 

As children , we never did miss our annual Lohri festival . Wood for the bonfire at home was always ready a day before the 13 th and my grandmother , mother and aunt h...

'Always start your day early and with a healthy breakfast' is  good mantra to abide by ...incorporating millets in our everyday diet has been life changing .

Little Millet , also know by many other names in India like samai , kutki ,sava or gajro , it has bundles o...

Edible Flower pressed Oat cookies are definitely a New Year Treat ! 

Use the Oat cookie recipe already in the blog .Before baking , press an edible flower each on a cookie gently . 

Amaze your loved ones with a special cookie treat 

I have always been fascinated with the food that ‘was’. It has always held my intrigue. How my grandmother and her previous generations cooked or ate . What recipes did they follow ? And how they ate ? Till I was growing up, the food that we ate at home was how they ha...

Ah!  Christmas ... it’s surely cookie time ! 

Trying out different flours and grains is good for your health . This adds to your nutrient quotient and another jar on your kitchen shelf ! This time its Vegan and gluten free Coconut scented almond flour cookies .

This...

Banyard Millet or  Sanwa / Samvat ke chawal or Jhangora is usually used in dishes during fasting days.  I cannot stress enough the "Health Benefits Of Millets ". Easily available here at Rootzorganics .

• Millets are anti acidic Millets are gluten free

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This earthy and nutty grain was once a staple of the Maya , Inca and Aztec people. They call it a pseudo cereal but has comparable nutrients of a grain like wheat or oats. The seeds are actually botanical fruits and not seeds . Its gluten free, high in protein , fiber...

Bajra or Pearl Millet as known worldwide is probably one of the oldest cultivated grain the world before 3300 BC .It is grown widely in west India and consumed there very regularly. It’s gluten free and packed with nutrients  and often known as the cereal of rural Indi...

Ragi or Finger millet , probably made its way from Africa to India , supplementing the native millets, according to food historian K.T. Acharya in the 2000 BCE . 

Ragi , was first cultivated in Karnataka and has remained ever since the staple there, the most f...