In various recipes, I have been mentioning Sambar powder. ...the magic ingredient.....Sambar is mainly dependent on the sambar powder for i...

Happy Pongal to you all!!! இனிய பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்  Pongal is a festival of farmers,  celebrated widely in Tamilnadu ,Andhra, and K...

"Amma, have you tasted the "Real Italian Pizza", asked my daughter. I said 'no'......she got all the necessary ingre...

One more recipe is brought in for you all from my Travel diary...... Last month, I was in Tirunelveli, visiting all the Nava Tiruppathis, ...

 NACHU KOTTAI KEERAI   also known as Lettuce tree leaves  have innumerable health benefits. Also known as நச்சு கெட்ட கீரை, which means, i...

Was so blessed to be in Akshardham in Ahmedabad..... was so taken aback at the size, cleanliness and their water show...this being my first...

AADI MAASAM.................. such an auspicious  month..... Though traditionally it is inauspicious to celebrate marriages in this mont...

Curry leaves.......karuveppilai.......kadi patha.......... though used as a seasoning, have  amazing health benefits. In India, when we bu...

Karumbucharu - kalkandu pongal....... a new combo, right? i have made it newer by combining brown rice and millet also along. Sugarcane j...

 I happened to read in Times of India , where Modi ji himself has said, his mom used to make this paratha twice a week and now he makes it ...