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   AVERAGE READING TIME- 7MINS Yes! What you read above is absolutely true and this might be perplexing. Biryani is comfort food for people in India and is being honoured by them. Biryani is one such food that has a fanbase for it and is tagged as “biryani is not a word; it is an emotion”.  Biryani is the most favoured dish for non-vegetarian lovers. This dish has become inevitable for many in this generation. On the darker side, some say that biryani is overhyped. They say that it is just rice cooked with meat\vegetables with spices and there is no need for creating such hype on such dishes. Despite that, biryani is one of the most devoured dishes all over the country and has got different variants based on the ingredients. However, biryani is not a healthy dish and is not be consumed every day. The reason is in the preparation. Biryani to be tasty requires a lot of desi ghee and spices. These are indeed healthy for the body but within a limit, as supported by the pr...

    KEYWORDS- spice, dried spice, fresh spice, health benefits, medicine, patents, food is medicine     AVERAGE READING TIME- 8 MINS                             This article furnishes information on the taste of spice. Spice is one of the essential six tastes. Spice along with the other tastes are experienced in the tongue. Each region in the tongue is designated to a unique taste. The food molecules bound to certain receptors present in that particular region of the tongue. There are some specialized cells in the tongue called gustatory cells. These cells contain gustatory hairs which house the receptors for several tastes. The molecules upon binding with the respective receptor triggers the release of certain substances which get converted into electrical signals. These signals on reaching the appropriate region in the brain get perceived as the corresponding taste. The response to these mol...

  KEYWORDS:- bitter, ancient, toxic, gene, children, tastes AVG READING TIME - 7 mins The foods present all over the world fall into these six tastes- sweet, salt, spicy, bitter, sour, and umami. It is essential that there must be a balance in the six tastes to keep the body in balance. Our ancestors used to have a diet that had all those six tastes in harmony and that could be a reason for them being healthy. On the contrary, the younger generation tends to like and have only three tastes namely sweet, salt and spicy, and even sometimes sour. Most of the children in this generation would not have even experienced all the six tastes. Most of them would not know how umami tastes and they would have known it through study. Most of the children in this generation love to eat sweet, spicy, and salty foods and sometimes sour food but they hate to eat bitter food. There will be happiness and joy in the face of a child when he is given a packet of chips or ice cream but the face e...

  KEYWORDS- soup, science, weight loss, preparation, nutrients AVG READING TIME- 10 mins. From powdered packets available commercially to those served in five-star multi-cuisine restaurants, soup is a delicacy at all levels. Soup is one such treat people can nibble fearlessly when compared to other junks. It gives satisfaction to the palate without affecting the body. It is just a matter of few inches from the mouth to the end of the tongue where taste is felt and beyond which everything is bolus (food mixed with saliva). Many people eat junk food just to satisfy the path along the tongue forgetting the rest of its journey along with the digestive system. Foods have also been altered and modified so as to enhance the taste. Accordingly, we consume them for the satisfaction we get for the time at the stake of its ill-effects which progresses eventually. taste map of the tongue Soup provides rejuvenating taste to the palate and at the same time helps the digestive system. By choo...

average reading time:- 7 mins French fries , a novelty itself; succors a variety of delicacies from burgers to pasta to pizzas and so on. In fact, these combinations are endless. A lot of innovations have been made to this food with each nation recreating it to their own versions and elevating this dish. This delicacy gives divine contentment to people. French fries is one of the dishes which has caused blindness among American teenagers due to their extensive consumption. There cannot be any person in this world who dislikes French fries. This article dives into the transition of the French fries from a local relish to a world-class snack. French fries is not a descendent of French food. This statement baffled the food enthusiasts. This subtle delicacy was first discovered in Namur, a city in Belgium - the city known for its glass and chocolate . This is the country that had developed this relish way back to the 16 th century. The story of the birth of this snack is quite a bit ...

KEYWORDS:- pizza, ISS, Pizza-hut, Russian Space Agency. AVG. READING TIME- 5 MINS  Pizza , a subtle delicacy is relished by everyone. Consumption of pizza has given us immense pleasure and has taken us to another world. Have you ever heard about the spectacular voyage of pizza to space? This remarkable event has really taken pizza to greater heights. Pizza-hut , an inveterate fast-food chain has created a tremendous impact by doing something out of the world.  Their delivery of pizzas to those residing at the International Space  Station (ISS) is indeed mind-boggling.   The International Space Station                                                           This historic event occurred in 2001 when a Russian rocket blasted off to outer space just to deliver a classic chicken pepperoni p...