Food – Malini Space

Tempering Spices (Tadka) – What are they and why do we use them.

27th July 201720th June 2019 malinispace9 Comments

When I was new to cooking, I always wondered why do we temper spices before cooking and sometimes after cooking. I also had some questions like what spices should be used and how it should be used? Does it make any difference in taste and flavor? For such questions, I found some answers and understood […]

Soaked almonds and its benefits

12th July 201717th June 2019 malinispace28 Comments

We all know that Almonds are loaded with nutritional values. You find this nut everywhere. This Nut contains all nutrients such as Protein, Vitamin, Fiber, Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids, potassium, zinc, magnesium, calcium and so on. Everyone suggests that eating almonds every day improves our health and beauty. But we should know how many […]

Paleo Diet – Go back to your ancestors days !!

20th December 201620th July 2019 malinispace12 Comments

This is my 50th post, Wow. I came so far within 3 months. I am so happy and I thank everyone for your wonderful support. Since I am a big foodie, I would like to write something special on this post. It’ nothing but a “Paleo Diet“. We all sometimes worry when we hear the […]

Calories !! – Part 3

15th November 2016 malinispace9 Comments

Calories in South Indian Breakfast food items Breakfast is very important to every person , we should never skip that ,some like light and some like heavy breakfast . In my family we used to make medium level spread like one or two main items with side dishes . Generally South Indian Breakfasts are heavy due to […]

Calories !! – Part 2

14th November 2016 malinispaceLeave a Comment

Calories in Fruits and Snacks It’s a continuation to “Calories !! Do you know about this. If not, consider this !! Part 1” post. Here I tried to collect some fruits and snack Calories and it break downs. Healthy snack items Calories Carbohydrates Protein Fat Dietary Fiber 10 Almonds 70 3 g 3 g 6 g 1 […]

Calories !! – Part 1

13th November 2016 malinispace7 Comments

Do you know about Calories. If not, consider this !! Calories !! We all see about this and its breakdown in all packaged food and beverage products. In the beginning I used to wonder, what it is and how many of us really check and consider this. I would like to share some info about Calories and amount […]

The Word “Diet”

19th October 20167th August 2019 malinispace2 Comments

Well before I talk about this, I would like to state some important facts. First of all, I am neither a nutritionist nor done any specialization course related to that. This post is purely about, how I see the word “Diet”. So, let’s start. From the beginning whenever I heard the word “Diet”, I used […]