Plant Life

Retold Arabian Nights Tale: Ali Baba And 40 Thieves - 16

Marjina brews a deadly cocktail for her guests using oil & weeds.

Hosh reveals why she chose to use these...

Insightful Story: Are You A Leaf Or Root?

Tyler Perry’s Tree analogy.

His tree test classifies people into three types: Leaf People, Branch People & Root People

Insightful Story: Awakening

As the Waitakere Ranges awaken, Hosh wonders if it isn’t the love we feel that makes us notice serenity & observe the wonder around us?

Cooking Tips Story: Banana Lassi - Restaurant Style

How to make it, banana secrets, its calorie content, GI value and impact on blood sugar & digestion...

Isha teaches Hosh Coconut Balls dessert recipe.

Cheap & simple, yet all her guests love this dish.

Cooking story with tips on how to make this quick, easy sweet

"Very interesting," Isha laughed, "No. I didn't know that."

"Yea Ma," he said excitedly, "eggs have really clever packaging. A true engineering marvel, that is scientifically cool and technologically functional."

How to make Green or Red Chili Pastes, which to use when & how to store them safely?

Isha teaches Hosh a common curry base used worldwide, and gives cooking tips

Isha teaches Hosh how to steam vegetables well & create healthier, tastier, vivid, crunchy veges.

Which vegetables to steam? Where to find their steaming times?

Isha teaches Hosh about Jira - Master Spice Cumin, the magical spice & natural remedy with many health benefits.

Learning how to cook well & cheaply is easy.

Story with cooking tips: Jira Rice

Hosh learns how to cook Jeera Rice - cumin spiced rice.

Isha's quick & easy rice cooking tips & Jeera Basmati recipe

Story on Cooking Tips: Luscious Mango Lassi

Isha teaches Hosh how to make this quick & easy yoghurt drink?

Tells difference between milkshake, Lassi & smoothie

"Nimbu Basmati is quick and easy to make yet it turns out looking alluring, smelling heavenly and tasting delicious. It combines Basmati fragrance with lime and lemony flavors and we flare up its presentation using golden glows of turmeric."

"So it uses mostly ingredients that you already know about."

A variety of new stories in the pipeline.

"Tamatar Basmati is quick and easy to make, yet it turns out looking rich and tasting delicious."

"Basmati fragrance is compromised a bit because tomato has a powerful flavor, but the dish gets compensated for that as tomato also lends the dish its rich color lavishly."

"Year after year, the fern flourished, and the bamboo just lay hidden beneath the soil, wanting simply to be forgotten. But I did not forget it, and I would not quit on it.”

"Then one fine morning, a tiny bamboo sprout peeked shyly out of the earth. Compared to the fern, it was so small and insignificant, so unsure of itself.”