Plants and Their Benefits

As you would have imagined, black sticky rice is a dark colored rice that changes to a mellow purple once cooked. The first glance at it shouts out...

Looking back at my childhood, one of my earliest recollections of a very popular medicine was Anacin. Any time anyone in the family or within earsh...

High quality specialty coffee grows in Meghalaya! Surprised? And yes, the coffee from the high altitudes of Meghalaya has the calibre to match the ...

What makes Arabica coffee special that most of the connoisseurs use only that? In these days of ‘instant coffee’ do people buy raw co...

Soya bean is a leguminous plant that was discovered during the 11th century B.C. China is believed to be the first nation to domesticate soya bean ...

Quick Glance on Turmeric! Turmeric (Curcuma longa) adds up to the long list of unique Indian spices and its diverse richness and has been valued si...

There is a new sip of hope for the small farmers of Meghalaya, especially for those in the picturesque village of Mawlyngot, in the East Khasi Hill...

A Brief Study of the Wild Apples of Meghalaya Botanical name: Docynia indica Origin: Asia Wild Apple is a particular variety of apples that grows ...

For a long time, the only rice that we have been used to seeing and eating is the typical white rice. But of late, there has been a growing awarene...

Here is an album of spices of Northeast India, to give you a quick intro to the very many different varieties of spices in the Northeast region of ...