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Need a drink that warms you inside and out and helps to take away bit just your chills but your aches and pains as well? Here is our offering of our very own version of "Golden Milk". A drink that doesn't just taste good but also has amazing nutritional and health properties that almost make it a super drink.
When talking about food with bold flavors the cuisines of Africa, India, and Latin America really stand out. From their curries to their salsas, and harissa, if there is one ingredient that we can really point to that really put their food on the world map it is the humble chile pepper.
A chipotle Morita chili is a dried ripe chili pepper used for seasoning. It is a chili which is used in Mexico and southwestern in many dishes. Morita chili names come from the word chipotle which means smoked chili. A chipotle Morita chili heat is similar to another chili-like, Tabasco Hungarian wax guajillo.
Consumed for their therapeutic properties, as well as their relaxing and rejuvenating aromas, tisanes are infusions of aromatic herbs and plants. Served either hot or cold, they are a delicious alternative to caffeinated beverages. Most of the infusions that are known as "herbal teas" are not teas at all.
Lentils are a part of the edible legume family. Legumes differ with other legumes like beans in that they are never consumed fresh but only after being dried after ripening. Lentils are one of the great “high yield but low cost” foods. Lentils are a great source of healthy protein, also packing in high amounts of iron and zinc and are often used as vegans and vegetarians as one of their prime protein sources.
Rice is probably the most consumed staple food in the world and the most consumed grain after corn. In large parts of Asia and Africa, rice occupies a special place on the table and nowadays it can be found in any market in every corner of the world.
Turmeric is a flowering plant (curcuma longa) belonging to the ginger family, what we popularly consume as turmeric is actually the roots of this plant. It is a native of the tropical regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Turmeric, the well-known deep orange-yellow spice, is then dried, and powdered form, of the roots although they can also be used fresh for a lot of applications. It has a warm, bitter, black pepper-like flavor and earthy, mustard-like aroma.
In contrast to much of Western Cuisine, the cuisine of much of South and Southeast Asia is characterized by their use of a huge number of spice and herb blends. As immigrants from various countries continue to settle in the US they bring with them their culinary traditions as well, and with the recent popularity of the international food scene on television as well as on Social Media we are seeing more people discovering the wondrous world of spices and spicy dishes.
Saffron also known as “Zafran” is a spice extracted by picking and drying the stamen from the flower of Crocus sativus also known commonly as the saffron crocus. They are mainly used for seasoning and coloring the food. While the majority of the world’s saffron comes from Iran they are also found in many other regions of the world. By weight saffron costs more than gold, making it the most expensive spice in the world.
Nutritionally, apricot seeds are similar to other nuts — they’re rich in healthy fats and provide some fiber and iron. Seeds or kernels of the apricot grown in central Asia and around the Mediterranean are so sweet that they’re sometimes substituted for almonds. The Italian liqueur amaretto, and amaretti biscotti, is flavored with extract of apricot seeds as well as almonds; plus, oil pressed from the seeds have also been used as cooking oil.
Himalayan pink salt is well-known worldwide, because of its uses and benefits. It is used not only in food to impart a richer salty flavor but also used in medical and beauty treatments. Pink Himalayan salt is also known as rock/mine salt and its origin is basically Pakistan. It is also used as table salt, light pink in color, and crystal clear in appearance. Himalayan pink salt has its great mine’s in Pakistan.
