Tomatoes that were selling for Rs.35/kg a month ago now costs 7/kg.To celebrate this I bought loads of tomato from the farmers and am in the process of turning them into delicacies for this months Healing foods with the theme-Tomato being hosted here.Healing foods was started by Siri of Siri’s corner to know more about…
Known by names like Sechium edule[botanical] chayote,benguluru vankaya,chow-chow,chuchu, sayote, tayota, choko, chocho, chow-chow, christophene, mirliton, vegetable pear, starprecianté, citrayota or citrayote (Ecuador and Colombia) and pear squash[Source Wikipedia],this belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family,joining the melons, cucumbers and squash.When I bought this veggie at the farmers market,Ju said that I had purchased ‘Buddha’s hand’.Well,that’s the translation…
Left over idlis usually turn into Idli upma not only because they are easy to prepare but it also happens to be Lil angels favorite snack.But last week when we had some leftover idlis from breakfast I made this masala idli that I had bookmarked at Srivalli’s blog.It was yum and I am sure to…
A couple of months ago,we were expecting some guests for lunch.Having prepared the dishes ,we got a call that half of the group would not be coming.That left us with a whole load of leftover rice.We converted it into rice crisps the next morning. Soak the leftover rice in water for 15 minutes and drain…
Unmatched are the joys of using herbs from the backyard.After reading the Herb Bible,I ‘cultivated ‘a huge bunch of fenugreek leaves and coriander.The next batch was mint and coriander.I took no special efforts to grow the mint.After using up the mint leaves,I simply planted the stalks which had some roots and with in a few…
