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  • SNACKS - SWEETS

    Sarkara Varatti

    Today I am so happy as I received a mail from Naari Sakhi regarding my interview. Yes, It got published. If you want to know more about me, please click on the picture below to read my interview.      And to celebrate this happy moment I am sharing with…

  • DIWALI SNACKS - SAVORY - SNACKS

    Kordois- Savoury Version

    Here is the other version of Kordois I posted yesterday. I made these for ICC this month. Srivalli chose the recipes for two versions of kordois from Sunita’s blog. Yesterday I posted the sweet version and today here I am with the savoury version. When I posted the sweet version…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SWEETS

    Kordois -Sweet Version

    For this month’s ICC, Srivalli selected an Assamese recipe – Kordois. These are prepared for Magh Bihu festival. Even before knowing the name, I have prepared this several times before marriage, after watching a TV show. We used to make both sweet and savoury versions at home. And we used…

  • COOKING BASICS

    Fresh Figs

    I saw fresh figs two years back. OK don’t laugh at me. We don’t get fresh figs here at Madurai. So if you are like me, then this is the post for you. Just know how fresh figs look like. When on a road trip to Shirdi, we went to…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SWEETS

    Pista Pedas

    This post was supposed to be for Rakshabandhan. I almost sat before my PC when I got the phone that mom was hospitalized. So I shut down my PC and started to my mom’s place. I even forgot to take the rakhi for my brother. And the following days were…

  • SAVORY - SNACKS

    Onion Rings

    I love to watch Eat Street which is aired on Fox Traveller. They show many street foods from America and Onion Rings are made in majority of the shows. When speaking of onion rings, I also remember a cookery show where the onions are double coated with bread crumbs to…