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Bamboo rice payasam - a nutritious treat for your sweet craving

2018-10-20T17:27:55+02:00

I had been on the look out for Bamboo Rice and finally got the opportunity to source the same online. Had been reading up on the varieties of rice and this had (...)

Aval payasam - gokulashtami special

2018-10-20T17:11:43+02:00

I fondly recall during my childhood when sudden urges to have a sweet used to strike me... The quick fix then used to be to take some thick poha in a small (...)

How to clean and cut banana blossom

2018-10-20T17:09:35+02:00

Vazhaipoo | Banana Blossom is very nutritious. Amma has an interesting take on Vazhaipoo | Banana Blossom not being made more often by many. She say since most (...)

Sabudana ladoo - easy and delightful sweet with tapioca pearls

2018-10-20T16:52:03+02:00

This year one of the nine dyas of Navratri, the naivedhyam during the evening puja was Sabudana Ladoo. This has been in Amma's To Do List for quite some time (...)

Bajra chakli - crunchy and delicious snack for diwali and gokulashtami

2018-10-20T16:46:24+02:00

Amma had been wanting to make Bajra Chaklis from the time she tasted them which I had bought at a local store just to try out. Amma deconstructed the same as (...)

Drumstick paratha - a delicious breakfast option

2018-10-20T16:19:08+02:00

Appa's Drumstick | Moringa | Murangakkai | Saijan Phalli got a special twist this Thursday - Drumstick paratha. Amma had set to make Saijan Phalli ka Bharta (...)

Avocado pesto pasta - healthy and easy to make

2018-10-20T15:44:28+02:00

Avocado is Amma's favourite and that too in the Guacamole form she simply loves it. So an oil free | cheese free but still a delicious pesto keeping the (...)

Aval kesari - a sweet made with flattened rice flakes

2018-09-02T14:19:03+02:00

Aval | Flattened Rice Flakes is said to be Lord Krishna's favourite. So normally during Krishna Janmashatami, many sweets made from Aval are prepared as (...)

Gokulashtami and Krishna Janmashtami

2018-09-02T13:01:38+02:00

Ashtami , the eighth day of Krishna Paksha | dark fortnight, of Bhadrapad Hindu month, is celebrated as Lord Krishna's birthday. Lord Krishna is the eighth (...)

Wheat chakli - a crunchy tea time snack

2018-09-01T17:44:18+02:00

It has been quite some time since we set out to prepare anything deep fried. Since Gokulashtami is just around the corner, and whilst preparing the traditional (...)