During my school days, we had a neighbor who had 3 kids. One of the kids, a boy, who was almost 5 years my junior, loved upma, espicially the White Rawa one! Everyone used to be amazed. ‘How can this boy eat upma with so much enthusiasm’! was the question of every one’s mind.His mom…
This is one of the important dishes that is prepared when newly weds are invited for breakfast / dinner in kongu homes. When we were invited to hubby’s colleagues home for dinner, the elderly lady of the house explained the significance of this dish and that’s how I came to know about this tradition. This…
Our house is literally over flowing with sweets. Those who visit the baby and me bring boxes of sweets. So when we are expecting visitors, we buy some sweets as a it is customary to serve sweets to guests who visit when there is ‘ good news’ in the house. But what really happens is…
In the orient I have seen, purchased and experimented with a whole range of noodles right from buckwheat, black rice,rice noodles, moong noodles etc.Each one of these have been used in soups, main dishes , salads and as snacks. Moong noodles are made from green bean or whole moong dal. It is transparent and hence…
Another recipe for Reva @ Kaarasaaram who is hosting my event Herbs and Flowers in my platter with the theme – Basil.This is fairly simple yet a very hearty dish of pasta with tomato puree and flavored with basil.I have adapted this from Tarla Dala’s website and I have tweaked it a little. I used: Source : Tarla Dalal Farfalle pasta – 1 cup…
