Pongal or Sankranthi as we call it, is the harvest festival of South India.It signifies the bountiful harvest and rice boiling over to symbolize prosperity.It comes in mid January in the auspicious month of ‘Thai’ and is a four day festival comprising of – * Boghi festival* Pongal* Maattu pongal* Kaanum pongal Pongal is a…
7 ‘secrects’ of mine!
Malar of Malar’s Cuisine has passed on this ‘Keativ blogger ‘ award.Thanks Malar!!!You made my day! Rules for accepting this award: 1) Thank the person giving the award 2) Copy the award to your blog 3) Place a link to their blog 4) Name 7 things people don’t know about you 5) Nominate 7 bloggers…
Buckwheat Poori
Buckwheat and buckwheat flour are some of the ingredients that are very new to me.Until I landed here, I had just heard about these food stuffs but never got a chance to try them out. I got a pack of both buckwheat and the flour and I first tried out recipes with it.My first encounter…
Fruity Yogurt # 2 and a 25!!
Its really,really cold here and today it is -7 degree Celsius!All I can think of now is a warm bowl of soup or a piping hot cup of tea/ coffee.But that’s not what I am going to write about now. Today’s post is a fruity yogurt .This pic has been in my draft for more…
Potato Capsicum Masala
For all those potato and capsicum fans,here comes a simple dish with the two vegetables that never fail to be omnipresent in our pantry! This goes well as a side dish with steamed rice and also with Chapathi I used: Potatoes- 2 large,peeled and cubedCapsicum- 1 large,cubedOnion-1 ,choppedTomato-1 ,choppedGinger-garlic paste- 1 teaspoonChilli powder- 1 teaspoonCoriander…