My friend, Chandresh had posted about today being the World Idli Day in our WhatsApp group and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to write about idlis. First, a dedication – this post is dedicated to Kashiana, who is the only sardarni known to me who loves Idli […]
The picture below is of my beautiful mother eating a salad :):). The effort involved is clearly seen. She is totally pissed off with me because I forcibly feed her vegetables. To all my school friends and other friends out there, who are all ardent supporters of my […]
Yesterday for Holi, the special in our house was Tikki. Since Hareesh was in town and he loves “chaat”, I thought of making Tikki. This Tikki though has a twist …. it has no potatoes. This is made with “Jimikand” or “senai kizhangu” or Elephant Yam. The other […]
Yesterday we took the metro to Jayanth’s office in C.P. Since we boarded the train at about 4.15 pm there was hardly any crowd and we managed to enjoy the ride sitting throughout. The one thing that was different though, many people had their masks on ! With […]
Our living room balcony always has a tray of water for the birds, whether its summers or winters. The pigeons of course are the main visitors but every now and then we get to see other birds, even sparrows. There is a crow that comes early in the […]
I have been following Aruna’s blog Aaharamonline.com for a few years now because she posts awesome vegetarian recipes. A week back I happened to read her post on “Roasted Red Bell Pepper Chutney” and thought of trying it as an accompaniment for vegetable rava idli. The link to […]
“He held his hand out, And my hand held firm, On the pack of goodies.. ……A traffic light, Stopped the movement, And a slight hunger, Made me reach for it, Then the bundle of rags, Filthy, unclean, With no other thought, Except to get… Something free. What made […]
On a hot dry afternoon in 1970 in Dehu Road, my dad brought two guests with him for lunch unannounced. Amma was new to cooking and I was a few months old… She struggled and managed to put up some lunch for Appa and his two colleagues. That […]
Every year in January the Bengali Saraswati Puja is celebrated in our condominium complex. I have bought the bhog coupons a couple of years but never managed to visit the puja pandal or eat there. This time also I saw the announcement rather late but luckily met Kittu […]
Amma (my mother-in-law) was a great cook – if there ever was a Masterchef competition for only South Indian vegetarian food when she was alive, she would have won it easily. She could make the same vegetable every single day of the week and each day it would […]
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