I was craving for something sweet and sour and remembered Gojju Avalakki my friend’s mum used to make. Gojju Avalakki is a savoury (sweet, sour and spicy) mixture made of poha (beaten rice flakes). Making this involves a bare minimum amount of cooking, just boiling a spice water that would be poured over crushed poha. [continue reading → ]
Last week we had our annual UAE food bloggers Gingerbread Cookie decorating meet-up at Sally’s (My Custard Pie). Afternoon full of sugar n spice and all that’s nice about a group of food crazy camera wielding fooderatis (Fooderati Arabia). Take a look at the video I’ve put together… says it all Enjoy!! Here Comes the [continue reading → ]
I love the company of dogs… and cats… and plants. When I first left home I not only left behind my human family but also my family menagerie of three dogs, three cats, two rabbits and close to a hundred potted plants. Home to me is a large garden, and a houseful of pets licking, [continue reading → ]
Diwali is the Indian festival of lights, and is symbolic for the victory of good over evil. Having grown up in northern India I have experienced Diwali in all its pomp, not so common in my native land Kerala where Diwali celebrations are rather low key. Diwali for me means hot oil baths, smell of [continue reading → ]
I am little worried about translating Pradhaman to mean something in English, this has two reasons, firstly ofcourse the obvious, there are no desserts in the West that compares to the Pradhaman, even the rice pudding that the West enjoys gets a little fluidity and a different set of flavours when made in the sub-continent. Secondly, [continue reading → ]
I think the world is divided into two broad categories of people – the lauki lovers and the lauki haters. This poor gourd (bottle gourd or calabash) is much maligned for its insipid watery-ness, and uninspired beauty (or lack of it). In my family, when it comes to this green vegetable, the lines are drawn [continue reading → ]
Running a little busy with some writing assignments, and when you have to work you just can’t, I was supposed to announce the winner in a post yesterday but just didn’t get around to, I did put the name up on my FB status, so incase you didn’t notice the lucky winner for the Braun Multiquick Cordless is [continue reading → ]
The house stands on the downward slope of a hillock, only partially visible from a distance, its red tiles forming asymmetrical patterns in a kaleidoscope of green stretching across the horizon. Each summer, right before monsoons ravage the baked countryside, we loyally return to our family home in this hilly hamlet called Thiruvilwamala. In order to reach [continue reading → ]
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