Today I am starting another Mega Blogging Marathon. If you are a regular reader of my blog, you would be familiar with the Blogging Marathon group which I am part of. Every year there would be two Mega BM during the months of September and April. Last year during September…
Vinayagar Chaturthi is celebrated all over India every year in a grand manner. Idols of Lord Ganesha floods the streets. After pooja, the idol is immersed in river, pond or sea. Usually mom made kozhukattai and sundal for neivedhyam along with some rice flakes and jaggery. And we never bought ganesha…
For last week’s Fondbite’s Bake Along, Subhashini chose a very healthy cake recipe using ragi flour. As you all know ragi or finger millet with so many health benefits. I read somewhere that it is rich in calcium, has a high fibre content, makes a great baby food, good for…
As promised yesterday, here is the recipe for the cheese dip I made to go with the Garlic Bread Sticks. The original recipe from allrecipes had mustard in it. But as I didn’t have it in my pantry, I just skipped it. And when I was reading the reviews,…
There was one more Recipe Request from one of my readers asking for the recipe of garlic bread sticks. I love garlic flavoured breads and bread sticks sounded so interesting. When I was browsing through so many recipes, I saw some cute twisted sticks and some roughly shaped sticks. And…
Home Bakers Challenge, started by Priya is a monthly challenge in which a group of bloggers try our hand at various types of baked goodies. Every month a member of the team chooses four or five dishes and the other members choose a recipe of their choice to try.…
Today is the day I love the most. Everyone is busy celebrating Varalakshmi Pooja. But unfortunately, I couldn’t do it as it has not been a year since my mom expired. But I couldn’t miss narrating the pooja to you. Every year I will be very busy for the three…
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Today is the 18th day of Tamil month Aadi and it is celebrated as aadi perukku. This day is celebraated to welcome the river Cauvery in Tamil Nadu. Usually rice varieties such as lemon rice, puliodharai, coconut rice, pongal and thayir saadam are made with vadai and payasam. Rituals are performed…
My mom used to make the world’s best pickles. She had so many fans in the family. Every year she made jars and jars of avakkai, vadumangai, nellikaai and maangai oorugai / pickles and gave them to relatives and friends. When she became sick, she tried to make it atleast…