Juice of the rocks| The Shilajit Story

Let me start by being honest, Shilajit isn’t a pretty thing to be around. This sticky, brownish-black, and gooey substance smells like cow urine and is extremely bitter to taste.…

Chiuri: The Butter Tree

Ever heard of a tree that produces butter? Well, Diploknema Butyraceus also known as butter tree is the one that does this job. The tree in itself is more than…

The Black Gold of Nepal

My first encounter with Alainchi/Big cardamon/Black cardamom/Badi Elaichi was a rather confusing one. You see, my mother used the powdered version of it, so I didn’t see the real fruit…