In the sacred grove after the prayers prasadam is offered to gods. Slow cooked in an uruli over a wood fire, its mulled with the scent of smoke. Chunks of candy sugar, coconut, holy basil, and chethi flowers, generously garnish the prasadam, which is nothing but Sarkara Payasam.
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According to the Raw Food Movement, at least 75% of the diet must be living or raw. But can raw food taste good? One bunch of mums think it can.
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I recently had no bake cookies at a cousin’s place, crumbled over ice cream these cookies filled with dates tasted rich and deliciously decadent, and ofcourse I loved the fact that it needed no baking and took just minutes to put together. The original recipe had an egg and butter in it – I...
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This recipe was a result of a case of sour grapes, that happened recently. Quite simply I picked up a bunch of green grapes that were a little too tart, so it sat languishing in the fridge where the cold temps was doing nothing to slow down the ageing process. I googled frantically, I...
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Of all the smells that envelope my family home, the prominent ones are seasonal. The coffee blooms – can anything be more redolent than the smell of coffee blooms. Why hasn’t anyone bottled it yet? The orange blossoms, the mango blossoms, and the sickly sweet smell of overripe jackfruits bursting at the seams –...
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Thank your for dropping by, I am moving my recipes to my new webblog: eatWRITEthink – click here for Moist Vegan Chocolate Cake (with Avocado). See you there!
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Muhallabiah is a very simple and yet a rich tasting Rice & Almond pudding from the middle east. Flavoured with rose water or orange blossom water, and topped with pomegranate and nuts, a spoonful of this creamy pudding can send you into throes of ecstacy, if there’s such a thing. Anna of Morsels &...
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I rarely have had any ‘me’ time since the birth of my daughter a year and a half ago. I blog or work on my scripts when NT sleeps – basically during the afternoon naptime or late at night when the whole family snores into oblivion. So you can imagine how frazzled I feel...
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