Garlic

Good for

• ✓ Universal flavour amplifier
• ✓ Real antimicrobial + heart benefits
• ✓ Transforms at every heat level
• ✓ Cheap, months of pantry life

Watch out

• ✗ Burnt garlic → unfixable bitter
• ✗ Not sattvic (Jain / some yogic diets)
• ✗ Raw + empty stomach = acidity
• ✗ Cut the green shoot in sprouted cloves

Buy

Heavy heads, tight papery skin.

Pantry

Cool, dark, airy. Never the fridge.

Peeled

Ginger-garlic paste in ice-cube trays.