The major problem you face when on any diet is hair loss. After I started sharing my diet recipes, I often come across messages asking what I do for hair loss. Usually biotin is suggested, but I have never taken any medication. I try to take care by natural remedies.…
Last week I spent five days in Delhi with my food blogger friends and enjoyed it so much. I will be writing about my adventures in Delhi in a while. As I was away from home, I didn’t even check my blog for the last seven days. After coming back,…
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…
Gooseberry known as Nellikkkai in Tamil is very good for health and is rich in iron. Mom used to tell me that one gooseberry is equal to one drop of blood. But I used to hate to eat gooseberries in its raw form. It is sour and tart but when…
On our way back to Madurai from Palani we travelled through a village. A lady was selling these arinellikkai / small gooseberries. In Madurai it is very rare to get these arinellikkai unless we have a tree in the house. So I just bought 2 cups of the gooseberries and brought it…
Last week I visited my mom and stayed there for 4 days. An aunt who lives there in Coimbatore came to meet my mom. When she came she brought with her a lot of arinellikkai / gooseberry taken from the tree which she grows. This kind of gooseberry is hard to see…
Gooseberries are very healthy. There are a variety of dishes using goose berries. My mom prepares this rice often. This is a very simple dish but tastes heavenly. This rice goes well with lime pickle and vadagam. I also prepare coconut chutney to go with this. This also makes a…
Today is the final day of week long Blogging Marathon#4 organised by Srivalli. I opted to blog on preserves for all the seven days. Today I am posting one more pickle which is so yummy. I have never tried it by myself. Usually mom prepares it and I know how…