Saffron: Paradox in your palate
As we continue to recover from curd
clubbing (Dahi handi) celebrations
hangover, the Tri-colour strikes us at the stroke of midnight. Once again
everyone will be painting and posting their food for thoughts with the Indian tri-colours.
Saffron-The world’s most expensive spice
for world’s most treasured commodity, freedom. After courage and sacrifice, its
priceless resemblance to freedom makes it perfectly eligible on the Indian
flag. Today, the taste of bitter honey will thread culinary conversations,
spreading its flavour and aroma across networking shares too.
As a
colour, white in food is referred to processed and refined food; like flour, rice, pasta,
bread, crackers, cereal, and simple sugars like table sugar and high-fructose
corn syrup. What an irony! White is certainly a healthy cuisine for the mind and soul, containing saturated truth and purity filled fats.
We don’t mind it as it keeps our mind in its place.
On the
flip side, "white
food" rule also forces some stay away from eating very healthy foods, such
as cauliflower, radishes, onions, cottage cheese, and fat-free milk. Apply a
little more mind to your choice of food by choosing unprocessed foods such as
quinoa, minimally processed foods such as whole wheat bread, or whole grain
options than highly processed foods such as white rice, white bread, or sugary
cereals.
Don’t pluck flowers, pluck leaves
It goes without saying how everyone wants to
go green with the environment, power, clothing, fuel, food and everything else you
can get your hands on. With its powerhouse packed nutritional benefits
including magnesium, chlorophyll, fibre, vitamins, and
yes essential fats (those omegas), green foods are undoubtedly the most
powerful healing foods on earth.
When a country plants peace and
prosperity, it feeds humanity with health healing helpings.
Whatever be your
choice of colours on other days, try and wake up to the tri-colours every day
of your life.
Happy
Independence Day!
