COWBERRY's Blog: Organic Food, Recipes & Healthy Living

What the India Organic logo, the Jaivik Bharat logo, the USDA seal and the EU leaf stand for, what FSSAI's rules say about words like natural, fresh and pure, and how to check an organic claim before you buy.

Green gram vs moong dal: whole seed against split dal. Compare the IFCT numbers, the cooking and the cost, and see which form fits your pot.

Rajma soaking time: 8 to 12 hours, or overnight, fully submerged in cold water. A quick-soak with just-boiled water takes about an hour, and a table covers each option.

Desi ghee nutrition per 100 g: 900 kcal and 100 g of fat, 0 g of protein, carbohydrate, fibre, iron, calcium and sodium, and no GI figure. What each spoon adds, the vitamin and omega 3 answers, and ghee beside mustard and groundnut oil.

Mustard oil vs sunflower oil compared on saturated fat, omega-3, erucic acid, taste and cooking, with sources for every claim and a plain answer on which oil suits whom.

How to store coriander: wrap dry leaves loosely in paper and keep them in the fridge at 0 to 5°C, freeze for cooking, and keep seeds and powder in airtight jars for many months. When to throw each form out.

Does lobia need to be soaked? Yes: six to eight hours overnight, or about two hours by quick soak. Steps, water ratio, time table and what skipping the soak changes.

Ghee in pregnancy is safe as a small everyday fat, and no guidance asks for more of it: what WHO antenatal care and ICMR-NIN say about visible fat, the 20 ml oils-and-fats line in the pregnancy chart, the 350 extra trimester calories, better and worse ways to use ghee, and when to ask your doctor.

Star anise how to make tea: steep two whole pods in a cup of just-boiled water, covered, for five to seven minutes and strain. Steps, milk tea, overnight star anise water and timings.

Mustard oil benefits and side effects with sources: low saturated fat, omega-3 ALA, what erucic acid means, how much oil to use a day and how to cook with kachi ghani mustard oil.

Desi ghee in English is ghee; Marathi says tup, Kannada tuppa, Telugu neyyi, Tamil nei, Malayalam neyy and Sanskrit ghrita. Every name IFCT 2017 lists for ghee, plus what desi, pure and A2 mean on a label.

Black chana soaked overnight: 6 to 8 hours in cold water, or a hot quick soak of at least 3 hours, then 6 to 7 whistles in the pressure cooker. Steps, mistakes and storage.