After two days of sweet dishes, we now explore some spicy bakes. Though everyone participating in this Baking marathon is doing sub themes, some how I didn’t try to choose any theme. I didn’t even try to organize my posts and drafts. My drafts folder is like a puzzle box…
How many of you have tasted paal ice? For those who doesn’t know what is paal ice, it is like kulfi and during summer, there are so many street vendors selling paal ice in small carts. They come to every street and stop at every house. All the kids would…
If you are a regular reader, you must be familiar with the Recipe Request page I have started a few months back. I thought that if I can fulfill some of my reader’s wishes for recipes, I would be really happy. I have been getting so many requests and some…
You will be wondering why I chose to do a cookie from Samoa while the alphabet I needed to do is W. When the A-Z theme was announced, there was a problem with some alphabets as there are no countries starting with them. Those two alphabets are W and X.…
Today for the alphabet I, I am taking you to Iraq for to taste an authentic cookie made during Eid. Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a western Asian country. Its capital is Baghdad. It shares its boundaries with Turkey in the north, Iran in the east, Kuwait in…
For the alphabet D, I take you to one of the countries in the Carribean Islands. Dominican Republic is one of the countries in the island of Hispaniola. Its capital city is Santo Domingo which is the largest city in the Carribean region. Christopher Columbus landed here and this is…
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…
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…
Happy Tamil New Year to all my readers Today is the first day of Tamil New Year. Also known as Chittirai Varusha Pirappu, this day always close to my heart. Today we started our tour to various temples early. We had a nice darshan at Sai temple and then we…
Today it is time for our visit to Goa, which is the smallest state of India. It has it boundaries with Maharashtra and Karnataka and Arabian sea at the western side. When I think of Goa I think of its beach and the tourists. The cuisine of Goa is so…