Are you health conscious? Are you trying to find healthy, organic and tasty new recipes? Then it’s time for you to try Bamboo shoots. Bamboo shoots are free from residual toxicity and they grow without the application of fertilizers. They have a number of health benefits including improving appe…
4 reasons why Bamboo shoots is good for you.
LOW IN CALORIES: One cup of bamboo shoots contain about 13 calories and half a gram of fat. They are low in sugar and hold 2 grams of protein per serving. HIGH IN DIETARY FIBER: A serving of bamboo shoots provides about 10% of your daily requirements of dietary fiber, which has been shown to [&he…
Must try: Bamboo Rice Payasam
Bamboo rice is a short-grained white rice that has been treated with the juice of young bamboo plants. While milling the rice, the chlorophyll from the bamboo is added. This process causes the rice to be high in vitamin B, and gives it a distinct flavour and unique color to make an alluring menu …
Burger King’s ‘black burger with bamboo charcoal cheese’ in Japan sets a new trend in bamboo culinary
Burger King launched the Premium Kuro Burger (kuro means “black”) in 2012, colouring the bread with bamboo charcoal and adding squid ink to the ketchup. In 2013, the series upgraded to the Kuro Ninja, which kept the buns and squid ink ketchup and added on a slice of bacon. Now Burger King, will s…
WBC 2015 is all set to take place in Damyang
In November 2012, WBO President Michel Abadie, WBO, CEO Susanne Lucas and Damyang-gun Governor Choi Hyung-sik announced Damyang, in South Korea as the official host of the 10th World Bamboo Congress, WBC. The 10th World Bamboo Congress will be very unique: it will coincide as part of the World Ba…
Bamboo Floor Tiles made in the state of Tripura in North East India is headed for European market
Bamboo flooring is a growing craze worldwide. It is uniquely attractive, strong, resilient, moisture and stain resistant and environmentally friendly. Bamboo is ecologically friendly and has unrivalled capacity to capture carbon. It is a family of grass and not a tree, it matures quickly in as li…
Numaligarh refinery in North East Indian state of Assam explores possibility of producing bio-fuel from bamboo.
Bamboo is one of the major non-food biomass resources available abundantly in North-East India and is amongst the fastest growing plants. Assam-based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum, would soon explore the feasibility for production of ethanol from bamboo bioma…
MIT researchers working on ways to engineer the grass to create a more structurally sound building material
While bamboo has many similarities to wood as a building material, it also has very distinct properties. In-depth analysis of the microstructure of bamboo has uncovered its potential for use in composite materials with stronger and denser properties. Various attempts are going on aimed at develop…
Vihiga County in Kenya set to invest Sh10 million in a bamboo research centre
Vihiga County is an administrative region in the former Western Province of Kenya. According to Kenyan News portal Standard Digital, Vihiga County is set to invest Sh10 million in a bamboo research centre to sensitise residents on the importance of the plant and help increase its acreage in Weste…
More and more Bamboo bike projects in Ghana are gaining worldwide recognition
Bamboo does not get much respect in Ghana. Farmers see it as a nuisance to be cleared from their land. Construction workers use it to prop up buildings under construction. But Kwabena Danso thinks bamboo is worth more than that. His company, Booomers International, has been making bicycle frames …