1. Vada Pav- This Dish Suits Every Pocket & Palate

If you haven’t tasted this favourite snack from Mumbai then you have no right to say anything about it. Spicy potato fritters in a bun, sold almost everywhere in Mumbai. HolidayIQ Traveller Kaberi shares: “The street food is world famous and you can relish them at Chowpatty. Try poha, upma, surali wadi, vada pav, pav bhaji, thalipeeth, zunka bhakar, sabudana khichdi and Kolhapuri misal. Mumbai has a variety of non- veg and veg food. Try vegetarian food at BBT and Shiv Sagar.” (more…)

A human can go more than three weeks without food. But water? A week is the absolute maximum we can last without it.

Being composed of roughly 60 per cent water, and given how we lose around three to four litres a day through sweat, urine and breathing, staying hydrated is of paramount importance to us.

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In our quest to drink the recommended two litres of water a day, we all do what we can. Including utilising water bottles.

Many of us will buy a bottle of water, then hang on to it, refilling it and using it throughout the day. Good for the environment and the pocket, right?

Well, yes. But it’s also bad news for your health – roughly on par with licking an old, used dog toy. THAT bad. (more…)

The brain actively takes sugar from the blood, German scientists have found, in a study that could lead to advances in the treatment of diabetes and obesity.

Our brain cells – which have the highest sugar consumption of all organs – control our metabolism and feelings of hunger more than previously believed, according to researchers at the Technical University of Munich.

Prior to the research, published in the journal Cell, most scientists believed the movement of sugar into the brain was a purely passive process. (more…)

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A popular ingredient finding its way into many Indian gravies, cashew – a plant originating from Brazil, is a nut high in minerals. Brought to India by traders, the cashew tree grows up to exceptional heights having a rather irregular trunk. Hanging from the branches are large juicy apples at the bottom of which are attached the cashew nut. Made available round the year, the nut has a great shelf life if stored properly. (more…)

According to the celebrated American author of The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, “It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier, India has sent to the West such gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism and chess, and above all numerals and the decimal system.

India was the mother of our race and Sanskrit the mother of Europe’s languages. She was the mother of our philosophy, mother through the Arabs, of much of our mathematics, mother through Buddha, of the ideals embodied in Christianity, mother through village communities of self-government and democracy. Mother India is in many ways the mother of us all.” (more…)

Peanut Butter
Lasts for: two to three months in the pantry after opening. (more…)

There’s no doubt you learn a ton of things about the human body in biology class. However, there’s no way you were aware of these 40 surprising facts! (more…)