My second dish with oats is a spice mix. It is healthy and yumm and it comes with a story……. A couple of months ago I was chatting with mom and the conversation turned towards my childhood. I recollected how I hated Math [I still do.Its not ‘hate’ now.I can call it an ‘aversion’.But does…
Five spice powder is a blend of 5 types of spices encompassing all the five flavors- namely sweet, sour, spicy, pungent and salty. These tastes are contributed by the spices in the powder. The unique taste of this powder can liven up a boring dish. The usual spices are star anise, cloves, cinnamon, fennel…
This recipe has been on my ‘to-do’ list for a long , long time and finally I made this last week, the same day I spoke to mom about Paruppu podi.In fact I made both these spice mixes on the same day! I saw this in Supriya’s Red chilli blog.I halved the ingredients.This is a…
Most of the time,when I am cooking the dishes that I learnt from mom, I have this feeling that it tastes best when she prepares it even though I follow her method. If I tell this, mom is defiantly going to smile and tell me that my cooking is tasty as well.But I can never…
Long back I got 2 packs of Flax seesd and till today morning it was fast asleep in the pantry.Thanks to Lil Angels intervention,they were woken up from their beauty sleep.Last night when we were having dinner,Lil Angel asked why I did not serve Milaga Podi with the Chutney.Even when there is Chutney /sambar to…
