Amazing Facts
Idli the ancient Tamil food Idli is the one of the oldest living food in South India. Idlis are steamed soft breakfast food which has rice and urad dal and has no yeast, no baking soda, no oil. Idlis are very easy dish to cook and eat and also have lots of nutrients. Try Idli once in your Life!!!!
Apples are cousins of roses Apples are from rose family. Not only apples, pears, quinces, medlars, loquats, almonds, peaches, apricots, plums, cherries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, sloes and roses are all belong to this family. Yep! we eat rose fruits
Honey and fruits are sweeteners People of India before the invasion were used honey and fruits for sweetening foods. It was highly nutritious, healthy and flavourful. Refined sugar in India came after Portuguese Invasions
6 Tastes and its Mystery. Most of the time, Tamil people try to serve lunch with 6 tastes so for called sweet, spicy, sour, bitter, salty, astringent. They believe the 6 tastes are the combination of Panja Bootham, the simplest known form of nature (Water, Earth, Air, Space, Fire). Tamilians consider the meal with 6 tastes is only a perfect meal. Are you ready for a meal in Tamilnadu!!!
First Crystal sugar came from India People around South Asia used sugarcane juice
for sweetening. The first crystallized sugar was discovered in imperial Gutpta period which is called “Khanda” the source of candy. It was traveled to china and to all around the world
Honey never expire forever Honey the natural product from bees that never last forever. The enzyme from honey bees are highly acidic and in low moisture which is inhabitable for bacteria and other micro organisms. If honey is processed and sealed, it will never expires. The oldest honey jar was found in a Tomb in Georgia which was 5500 years old.