Overnight Oats – Breakfast On The Go
- 16
- April
- 2023
Breakfast is one thing that I deal with my non-dominant hand! I either skip it altogether or just settle with any left-overs! I have been planning to put it on the priority tabs for years! Each time, when I make myself aware of the benefits of eating a good breakfast; I make a huge: checklist […]
Lemony Millet Bath
- 03
- April
- 2016
Other Names Sawa Millet Lemon Upma. Let me tell you one thing…there was no recipe search for this millet! Well, our forefathers were eating millet for centuries. Only in the recent two-three generations, we shunned this incredible grain and switched over to rice (which is not completely bad or anything). When I procured millet at the […]
Oats Kanji – Food For Thought
- 22
- November
- 2015
Kanji (Porridge) can be enjoyed daily. However, we tend to look back to such recipes only when time compels. Like, when flu strikes! When nothing else taste right, its the savior dish! For kanji, traditionally they pair at least two grains and tad bit of spices…such as tymol, cumin, garlic, pearl onions in my home. The […]
Multi Grain Idly – Healthy Eating
- 25
- August
- 2015
Other Names Sathu Maavu Idly, Health Mix Idly. Multi Grain Idly. When I say healthy eating…it is not about achieving triceps or staying unrealistically thin! Its just healthy. All about feeling great, having more energy, improving your outlook, and stabilizing your mood. When making changes to the diet, most people drift completely and look lost very soon. […]
Wheat Idly – Procrastination Recipe
- 22
- August
- 2015
Procrastination comes to me naturally, I am actually good at it! Just leave a couple of assignments and see…how I perform. I’ll put it in a cold box and leave it there undisturbed for years. A day before my deadline…I’ll rush to dust it out and do the best to finish it up! Needless to […]
Sawa Millet Upma – Its Simple
- 13
- August
- 2015
Remember that time, I was almost like a Food Maniac rather than a food blogger? And, how I happily admitted…that I enjoy cooking and how therapeutic it was and all?? Well, I would like to take it back! Yeah, It really sucks to cook at the end of the day. Hmmmm, I would rather plunge […]
Lemon Barley Upma
- 11
- November
- 2013
When it comes to grocery shopping, especially health food…I trust my instincts and am never disappointed! So, this time…I surprised myself by getting this barley pearls. I always had a special likings for those old-world grains! Oh yeah, I purely bagged it out of impulse! Hmmmmm, you see…probably, I score in negatives for my creativity, […]
Barley Puliyodharai – Reluctant Gourmet
- 23
- April
- 2013
I never made barley dishes and never thought I ever could! But, now everything has changed…my culinary creativity is well-honed and my cooking is decent…thanks to food blogging. And, I had something brewing in my mind for a while…the recipe itself is an inspiration from my family’s favorite dish “Iyengar Puliyodharai‘. Since, many have […]
Mixed Vegetables Couscous Khichdi
- 03
- August
- 2011
Wheat Cous Cous Bath: Ingredients: Wheat Cous cous – 1 cup Mixed vegetables – 2 cups (carrots, beans, peas, corn kernels) Green chilies 3-6 sliced Garlic 6 cloves chopped Purple onion 1 large chopped Salt Mustard seeds 1 spoon Cumin seeds 1/2 spoon Olive oil 1/4 cup. Method: Heat oil in a wide vessel. Add […]
Navadhanya Dosa – An Insight Into Nine-Planets!
- 26
- April
- 2011
Nine Planets (Navgrahas / Navagragangal) Sun (Surya/Suriyan) -Wheat (Geghu/Gothuma) Moon (Chandra/Chandhiran) -Paddy(Chawal /Arisi) Mars (Mangal /Chevvai) -Lentils (Toor/Thuvar dal) Mercury (Budh/Bhudhan) -Green gram (Hara Moong/ Pachai Payaru) Jupitor (Guru/Brihaspati) -Garbanzos (Chana/Kondai Kadalai) Venus (Sukra/Sukiran) -Val Beans (White Rajma/Avari) Saturn (Shani/Sani) -Black Sesame (Ellu/Til) Two Satellite planets (Ubha Gragangal): Rahu -Black gram (Ulundu/Urad) Kethu -Horse gram […]
