Sharing a time-tested Indian Ayurvedic recipe using Quinoa leaves. Reminded of a story about Quinoa leaves and Narsi Mehta ji from Joonagarh Gujarat, about 500 years ago.

Jungle Babblers around my home in Lucknow, make it festival time every day for our family. They love to check the dog’s bowl for scraps of rice or roti, besides eating from their own bowl of bajra millet on the terrace. I love their boisterous

This Asian or Oriental Magpie and her friends are my favourite songsters. They start the day with dawn chorus and feel so at home in my rooftop garden.

I enjoyed using the traditional Hing Mango pickle from Eastern Uttar Pradesh in a vegan stir fry :)

Karonda jelly is good to add to any dessert or eaten with bread, roti, poori, pancakes and cream.

Sehjan, drumsticks or Moringa leaves are a rich source of Iron, Calcium, Vitamin C and other micronutrients for the body. Lucky to have a Sehjan tree growing in our garden, we use the leaves in our rotis or Indian flatbread.

Hibiscus tea is easy to make. Boil a cup of water. Put in a hibiscus flower (fresh or dry). Cover the pan and switch off the heat. Let it cool down completely. Add lemon juice and jaggery, honey or raw sugar to taste. Strain and refrigerate before