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Again the days have come and gone, more like months have come and gone...and the year is quickly passing by. Though we are still not totally out of the clutches of winter in some parts, in other parts spring has already been showing its beauty. I continue to clicks lots of pictures of flowers as I so fascinated by all the different types of flowers nature has in store! I
I just can't believe how fast the days go by when you don't notice...that's what I think! And so slow goes a 'day' when you keep thinking when will the day end! Well that's how slow a day goes when you are home caring for a sick child at home. My little one was sick..not really really sick...he has been coughing his lungs off for the past 2 days....
Though I love to bake and eat sweets, I am not completely and sweet person. If I get a chance, I would probably go for spicy dishes first, then to the sweet. But I am won't omit sugar completely! :) I love sugar, tho I can't eat it now a days...it tempts me so! I try to keep myself away from it basically for health reasons. Especially
This post has been sitting in my drafts for a long time...well to say actually lots of recipes are sitting in my drafts for a long time and the corresponding pictures in my pictures folder - resting! They both are not able to get together at all! I am sure the drafts are longing for the pictures and the pictures are longing for their drafts. Hopefully I will be able to bring both of
I totally completely forgot about my blog anniversary (which passed by me couple of days ago). This tells you how much out of the loop I have been with my blog! How much I wish I could start posting everyday, but it just not happening. Lots of other stuff take up my precious time. And not only that I have been trying my other hobbies and so they have also kept me away f
With Holidays around the corner and all sweet and chocolaty all the time is what I see around me. And this is the time I feel like eating spicy all the time. So lets take a different route from the sweet section to the spicy section! In times of need, you would try anything desperately ...Isn't that right? Well that's how my life works sometimes. Well maybe not every time, but may
Well December is already here, which means few birthdays in our family and holidays for sure! Which also means lots and lots of cooking. I am hoping I can make some new dishes using some real easy ingredients! I will be sharing them with you guys so stay tuned! Dishes which will be easy to put together in time for busy days! I am hooked on to Pinterest these days. There are some real co
Wishing everyone a Happy and Prosperous Deepavali!! May your life be filled with happiness, health and wealth. May you be happy always and may positive energy surround you always! :) I hope everyone had a fun day today eating all the yummy goodies and lighting lots and lots of diyas. I hope people in India and elsewhere where you are able to play with firecrackers have had loads of fu
Its so easy to get side tracked with so many "other stuff " to do in life. Thus is the story of my blog. Side tracked to the bottom of my 'to do' list and feeling the pressure of neglect for the past few months! Too bad of me know!! I am not going to promise anything, I know I have made promises to get back on track, but never could keep up with any! I will just try!! With Diwa
Sorry to post this so late....as usual I was caught in many other things other than the blog...I am hoping to get back to blogging as soon as possible :) (excuses...excuses).. The winner of WTML for September, chosen by Gayathri is Sara of Sara's Tasty Buds for her entry Thengai kozhukatai. Sara - Please send me your address in India so that I can pass it on to Gayathri. Please
"Walk Through Memory Lane - Festival Theme" Hi everyone, I am here again guest hosting another event called 'Walk Through Memory Lane', brainchild of Gayathri of Gayathri's Cook Spot. A lovely event which takes you time back into your childhood days and reminds you of all the yummy food you enjoyed as a child. Here is a chance revisit them and recreate them in your kitchen. As with the f
Last month has been kind of hectic and also this month has lined up a few activities for me. so I am kind of busy and am going to be kind of busy till the end of this month. Till School starts that is...then hopefully everything will fall in routine, which again we will come to not like and will be looking for a change...:) haha isn't that the way of life!! Anyways, here I am with t
This is my first guest post. Sreevalli of Ammaji's recipes was so kind to ask me to do a guest post long back. But due to my computer problems I didn't get a chance to get to it till now! Thanks Sreevalli for asking me to do it! :) I chose this simple sweet recipe for this special post called "Junnu". I am sure whoever has tasted this in the past would really like to revive this memory yet agai
Days just fly by when kids are at home. Keeping them occupied and entertained is very big hassle which I guess every Mom faces! Same story goes with me. Especially my younger one....he either gets bored very soon or wants to do tons of stuff all at the same time. And so my struggles with him continue...in a sweet way! Its been a while I posted here...tho I want to post, time just pa
Things have been pretty busy around here, Inlaws, kids vacation, friends...busy and fun time! Very very busy weekends as we are pretty much out of the house all day! Can't think of a more fun stuff to do, but things do come our way and we are making full use of time we have in hand! MEC is being hosted here again after a long time. This time the theme being, Microwave Easy Cooking - Si
Hi everyone! As 15th June rolled by, Kid's Delight has come to an end. I would like to thank Srivalli for giving me this opportunity to host this wonderful event on my blog. It's so good that I got so many new ideas and so many new dishes to try out for my kids. Many of them are not only kid friendly but also Smitha friendly!..haha...ya I would love to cook and eat all these wonderful dishes!
As always I have been missing in action :) But I am enjoying my days as my In-laws are here and days have gotten a bit busier than usual. As my daily schedule has changed a bit and we slowly getting used to it, school also got out for summer and with both kids at home hollering at each other and making as much sound as they possibly can, I surely can use a breather from both of them!
Reminder: Please remember to send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! Well BM # 16 is coming to the end today! I am glad I was a part of it and am really glad that I could do both weeks. I hope all you had as much fun I had cooking up and dishing it out to you guys! I will be ever grateful to Sr
Reminder: Please remember to send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! As the long weekend is here, I got some time to relax and enjoy at my mom's house. With my sis also coming over, the kids are enjoying with their pinni and babai! So now I get some time to really breathe, after a hectic last week. Having differe
Reminder: Please remember to send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! This dish might be a new one many of you guys...as not many might know that we do get chicken sausage and that too without any casings (which is usually pork casing). Not many stores carry this tho! We have to look around to see where this is avail
Reminder: Please remember to send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! Like I said before on my quinoa blogs..I fell in love with this grain, because of its closeness in taste to rice. Believe me it tastes so much like rice that you can eat it like rice everyday. Cooking it is not difficult and it is as versatile a
Reminder: Please remember to send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! Huevos Rancheros is a Mexican dish which is served as breakfast. Its mostly served on a warm tortilla which is like a roti, topped with sauteed onions and tomatoes, which is then again topped with eggs. When I first time had it, toppe
Reminder: Please remember to send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! I have come to know Rice noodles only very recently, maybe 2-3 years ago. The only sevai I knew was vermicelli, which are also known as wheat noodles, Bambino. But I think I am liking Rice noodles much better, tho I do still like my Bambino!
Reminder: Please remember to send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! Can't believe second week of the BM has started so soon. 7 days have gone by so fast and now for the first time I am going to do the second week of the marathon too! Wow I cant believe my self that I am going to do it continuously! I am happy
Just a quick reminder, please do send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! For the 7th and final day to Group 1 of BM #16 here is a perfect summer and fall dessert! I tend to divert towards warm desserts even in summer. Warm desserts with cold ice creams are just to tempting and are nothing but heavenly to e
Just a quick reminder, please do send in your Kid friendly dishes to Kid's Delight - What Kids love...for Summer! ENDS July 15th! For today, I have a easy breezy recipe which all kids love! My kids love it a lot and i enjoy it with them too. I am sure no kid or adult is going to say no to this refreshing drink! It can be made to how you like it. How sweet or how sour you li
Another crowd pleaser and kid friendly dish for any party or for a quick snack at home is this very simple and easy dish known as Mini bagel pizzas. Which kid doesn't like pizza right!? Best of all, you can have any topping your kid wishes. I think this dish is too good when you want to involve the kids in cooking but don't want to deal with a whole lot of mess of the dough and flou
I love to have dough handy, so that I can make what ever I think of easily and without thinking twice about whether I have this ingredient in my pantry or that stuff in my pantry! I am talking about ready to mix dough and mixes. Even I like to keep Murruku mix ready with me. In case I need murukku quick within an hour or so, this really comes handy, as it is pre-mixed, I just have to mak
During summer months, its natural to feel to eat light and healthy. I guess it because of the sun and the amount of sun light we absorb during the day. If I eat anything heavy, I feel so uncomfortable and uneasy. That's why I like easy to put together stuff, so that I don't have to spend much time in the kitchen. For this reason I love the semi-homemade dishes! One of our family favo
Ya I know that's a long name, but what else could I name it?...It does have all the said ingredients and the name should reflect what the product consists of, so that's why the long name :). I have made so many Banana bread these past few days....why? because I had tons of bananas which were past the eating point. The best way to consume them is to make a delicious banana bread and al
Writing after a long time...hmm I am having to think what to write. There is a lot to put into words, but it going to take some time to get my flow back I guess! With so much happening, my motivation had been at it highest low...hmm is there anything as 'highest low'...well you know what I mean...I am trying my best to get back and pursue my interests and get back in line of doing what
Hi everyone! Here I am, back again after a long hiatus! Had some mishappenings on side, which made it difficult to post. Tho I was missing it very much, I had no choice, but to lay dormant for a while. First, after my computer crashed and was fixed, it crashed yet again, this time taking all my new pictures along with it. I was very much disappointed and frustrated. I didn't w
Nandana nama samvatsara subhakankshalu Wishing everyone a very Happy and Prosperous UGADI! A very Happy New Year to all celebrating! Happy UGADI and Happy Gudi Padwa!! I know I have again disappeared... I am having problems with my computer yet again... Hopefully they will be resolved soon... Till then enjoy the UGADI Pachadi! :)
Its going to be raining here for the next few days...Rain = winter in CA = kinda cold and chilly too... not pleasant at all...well better than winters in East coast, but East coast is having spring like weather right now!...Grass is always greener on the other side isn't it! Whats better than to have spicy and crunchy pakodas during the rains...brings back memories of the childh
Wishing all the women in my life, and all the people I have come across in this blogging journey a very happy "International Women's Day". And also to my Mom who has been my inspiration who has been supportive in all ways through this Journey. My MIL, who has given me some good and interesting recipes and is supportive too. And my Sister, who has been a person who I can
Rasam is a tangy and sour soup which is mainly South Indian. though South Indian, there are many types and versions of how its made. I love having hot hot fresh rasam in a glass before my meal. It just feels very refreshing and comforting. Rasam is usually eaten with rice, by mixing it with rice. Since it is thin, it can also be consumed as soup, when you are sick or not! :) R
There was a time when I didn't know the difference between green lentils and whole masoor dal or red lentils. Since they both looked the same I thought they both are one and the same. Since I didn't use either of the lentils that much, I didn't know the difference in their cooking times either. Now I know the they both are different, other than the looks which is the whole red lentils are
If I ask my little one what should I make for lunch, he will reply Peas rice....little does he know that egg also goes into it and its more like an Egg rice instead of a Peas rice. He doesn't mind eating it everyday, only I do get bored of making it everyday! I guess he just likes the taste of what goes into it! He will say I don't like onions..don't feed me onions, but then he sees th
Bendakaya is the most popular vegetable in my house. Every week we have to have Bendi fry or any dish which has Bendi in it. I use it in rasams, sambars and pulusus too! My kids, along with me love it a lot and so no one had any complaints when I make any dish with okra. I just wish I had a constant supply of okra all the time! :) well my grocer is not too bad in carrying fresh ones most
Having Canned or frozen channa / Chick peas on hand is quite useful for those rushed mornings. When using canned chick peas, you don't even have to cook for long. I usually soak channa overnight and then freeze them, so that I have them ready whenever needed. Any kind of chick peas is fine. While you find of white or kabuli channa for the canned ones, we can always get black and the
Here is another simple and easy dish which I am sure your kids will enjoy! My kids do and I love to eat it with them. Its pretty quick and very easy to make when you have cooked rice ready. If you are going to make this the kid's lunch box, you can always grate or shred the carrot the night before and keep it ready. Shredding one carrot doesn't take much time and therefore this rice get re
Eggs are very common in my house. I use them almost everyday. There might be a day or two when I may not use them but my fridge is always stocked with eggs. Though we don't eat more than 1 per person per day, I think having one per/day is good for your health. Egg burji and hard boiled egg dishes are a favorite of my old son and my husband. My younger one prefers them little lesser than t
HI Guys...I am back again with Blogging Marathon # 13....the only reason why my blog gets some blogs posted by me! The only way I get up and do something for the blog, otherwise my busy life just takes over and I don't find enough time to blog hop or even write up posts! I always promise myself to write and be regular but that doesn't seem to happen very often! Something or the other
When ever my Mom or my MIL is here they used to make all the podis, garam masalas and pachadis for me. But these days I try to make them myself and learned that they are not very difficult to make. This is a recipe I got from my MIL. Its called Dhaniyalu podi...My kids call it brown powder :) Its a simple podi which is like a life saviour to me. My kids like to eat it with anything lik
Hi Everyone! How is everyone doing? I hope you missed me :) just kidding!! Hopefully my computer problems are solved for the time being and I will be able to blog more often! Well what can you say 'Technology'...its likes you or it doesn't! But for sure I am loving my iPhone technology...as it has helped me in not missing a day of my photo blog :) I could use it very easily to post pic
Click HERE to check out Siri's Fund drive for Vaidehi Ashram for Destitute Girls. Click HERE to check out the Babycakes Pop Maker (Code - RU9) I am sponsoring as a raffle prize in this fund drive. Click HERE to check out the post on how wonderful the Babycakes Pop maker is. Click HERE to check out the Jewellery set (Code - RU22) my friend is sponsoring as a raffle prize. Click HERE t
Click HERE to check out Siri's Fund drive for Vaidehi Ashram for Destitute Girls. Click HERE to check out the Babycakes Pop Maker (Code - RU9) I am sponsoring as a raffle prize in this fund drive. Click HERE to check out the post on how wonderful the Babycakes Pop maker is. Click HERE to check out the Jewellery set (Code - RU22) my friend is sponsoring as a raffle prize. Click HERE
Click HERE to check out Siri's Fund drive for Vaidehi Ashram for Destitute Girls. Click HERE to check out the Babycakes Pop Maker (Code - RU9) I am sponsoring as a raffle prize in this fund drive. Click HERE to check out the post on how wonderful the Babycakes Pop maker is. Click HERE to check out the Jewellery set (Code - RU22) my friend is sponsoring as a raffle prize
Hello everyone...Today I am here with a very beautiful message from Siri, from CookingwithSiri, who is conducting a fund drive for some really beautiful children, an ashram actually, Vaidehi Asharam, for girls who are less fortunate than us, but who totally deserve the happiness the world can offer. Please hop on to her blog to read about them and the fund drive, and please
