Mushroom is a delicious addition usually found in Asian cuisine. Its aroma and taste adds uniqueness to any foods. Its meat-like yet chewy texture tastes yummy to food addict. It has been long consumed in various ways. But, it’s use is not solely for culinary. One should not overlook its use as folk medicine. In-depth […]
Author: Rizalyahya
Palm kernel oil has been used as material of many products. Take soap or bodywash in your bathroom as example and look at the composition. Some soap manufacturer use palm kernel oil as their material. Before we go further, let’s explore everything about palm kernel. Palm kernel is a seed of oil palm fruit. It is […]
If you live in an area where its traditional culture is still exists (albeit not easy anymore to find), you will meet one or two elderly fellows with their mouth chewing something. That thing could be a candy, or chewing gum, but, what they actually chewing is paan. Paan is a mixture of betel leaves […]
Are you starting to experience problem with your hair? Is there a sign you might losing hair or does it look damaged? Well, most of you would go to beauty salon to quickly solve these problems (provided, you have enough budget to afford professional hair treatment) or buy some hair care products in the supermarket. […]
Are you a frequent consumer of traditional or herbal medicines? Well then, it means you may like this drink. A boiled avocado leaves drink. In Indonesia for example, fellows who live in village nominated “jamu” as their favorite herbal drink. A herbal drink of course is mainly composed of herbs. Avocado leaves is an example […]
There are many choices of staple foods you can choose as your main diet. Starting from rice, potato, sago, meat, fish, wheat, and many more. In many cultures, people have also picked kamansi or breadfruit as their staple foods. A staple food is a food that packed with high calorie of energy and three important […]
Kasni or common chicory (there are various names for this plant depend on the country, i.e. endive, witloof, sugarloaf, succory, sikuri, sigorei etc) is a perennial plant of Asteraceae family. It is easily recognized by its bright blue flower. This plant is native to Europe, but eventually found its way to Asia and America. The […]
Kharbuja (or in Western countries known as Muskmelon) is a fruit that first discovered in Borderline Countries of Europe and Asia. It is commonly consumed while it’s fresh, though sometimes it’s needed to be dried first. This fruit eventually found its way to Asian countries, where its range of benefits extended by people there. For […]
If you like cooking, you probably already know onion very well and have included it at least in one of your recipe. Usually, before adding it, most people will slice away the peel with kitchen knife, peeling tools, or peel it with bare hands. Therefore, more often than not, the peel always ended up in […]
Admit it, when eating a banana, we don’t even bother with the peel. We throw them away into the trash can, or if someone is sneaky enough, on the street hoping someone would step and slip on them (a common gag in television and other media). If you love eating banana, don’t do that. You’ll […]