Some Rants, some spice n curry and some dentistry!
Ingredients: 1 Cup wholewheat flour 1 Tbsp Almond meal 1 tsp Baking powder A Pinch of salt 1/2 Tsp of ground Cinnamon 2 tsp Sugar 1 Egg, slightly beaten 2 Tiny or 1/2 of a regular banana, mashed 1.5 Cups of Whole milk 1.5 Tbsp of melted butter plus extra to coat the waffle iron…
Yes, my dad’s birthday is closely followed by my dearest mom’s:) Today, my mom turns a year younger 🙂 that is what I feel every time I see her! She never seems to grow old and I really envy her for that 🙂 She is the most active woman I know of. She keeps herself…
Having a school going kid at home poses many challenges in the morning. Among them, the most important being what to pack for lunch! This is a million $ question which I dread to even think of! And to top that, we all have the guilt factor of whether the meal is nutritionally healthy for…
Today, my dearest dad turns a new leaf around in his life. Here’s wishing him a Very Happy Healthy Birthday to the most self less dad in the world!! 🙂 To give a short description of my dad, he is a doctor by Profession ,a traditional Family doctor, whom we so miss these days. He…
Today as I happened to walk past my garden, couldn’t help clicking these beauties which adorn our garden. Some of these have stories to tell 🙂 Lots of them have been bought from Nurseries in and around Lalbagh either during our son’s birthday or during the Flower Shows. They have been tendered lovingly by our…
Dharwad Peda is a sweet which I never heard of or saw before coming to Bangalore. The very first time I ever tasted these were during my Seemantha (Baby Shower) function. Though, I must admit that they were not the best ones that I have had. Then many years later, it remained a forgotten sweet,…
During the Ganesha Chathurthi this year, we were travelling and hence were not able to celebrate at home. We have a tradition of keeping our Ganesha for a whole year through and immerse the following year after bringing a a new Ganesha home. To please the Ganesha, we prepare a lot of delicacies 🙂 So…
Today is Varamahalakshmi Pooja/ Varalakshmi Nombu. I was introduced to this festival after marriage at my in-law’s place. You can read about this festival here. Am not a very religious person and don’t do Poojas or visit temples on a regular basis. My prayers happen at a heart to heart level mostly. Am a very…
It’s been raining bananas in our house for the past one month, literally! 🙂 Two plants (or are they trees?) decided to bear fruits at the same time and also ripen at the same time and so we were left with tonnes of Bananas. After all the distribution, we were still left with lots. It…
I belong to Sourashtrian Community from Madurai which is popularly known as the “Pongals” 🙂 That’s the kind of relationship we share with this humble dish. The story is no different in my house. We love our Pongal and it features in our menu atleast once a week. Normally, it is served with sambar, as…
