WHAT IS KHEERA? CUCUMBER - HISTORY: HEALTH BENEFITS AND USES OF CUCUMBER: TURKISH CUCUMBER AND YOGHURT SOUP RECIPE
CUCUMBER, KHEERA in URDU CUCUMIS SATIVA When you think “cucumber” you probably think of the long green one that we kno…
CUCUMBER, KHEERA in URDU CUCUMIS SATIVA When you think “cucumber” you probably think of the long green one that we kno…
PEACH, AARHOO, PRUNUS PERSICA Peaches have the Latin name Prunus because they were thought to resemble a plum and Pe…
DEVIL’S CLAW, HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS Devil’s Claw is a native to the Kalahari Desert so stretches through Namibia, B…
WATERMELON, TARBOOZ IN URDU, CITRULLA LANTANA Watermelons ( Tarbooz in Urdu and Adwana in Punjabi) originated in Afr…
COCONUTS, NARIAL IN URDU, COCOS NUCIFERUS The name coconut comes from the Portuguese, cocos , meaning a grimacing face…
POTATOES,ALOO, SOLANUM TUBEROSUM The common potato has an extremely long history and something of a checkered past. Th…
CARROTS, GAJER, DAUCUS CAROTA SATIVA In Pakistan carrots look very different to the ubiquitous orange ones on supermar…
WILD STRAWBERRIES, WOODLAND STRAWBERRIES, ALPINE STRAWBERRIES, FRAGARIA VESCA Before the strawberry we have today the…
HONEY MELON, KHARBOOZA It is now the middle of March, and the yellow melons called Kharbooza in Urdu, have arrived fr…