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  • Recipe Val Beans in a peanut gravy (Mochai kuzhambu)

    Val Beans in a peanut gravy (Mochai kuzhambu)


    Lunch time at work has become something to look forward to with a few colleagues from Andhra, a chance to taste some good food and get ideas and recipes first hand. The recipe to be presented today... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my[...]
  • Recipe MIL's Simple Tomato Rasam (Thin Tomato Soup or Pepper water)

    MIL's Simple Tomato Rasam (Thin Tomato Soup or Pepper water)


    No two rasams are the same. Isn't it true that the rasam your mother makes is very different from what your MILs makes? Why? even your mother's could be different from your grandmother's although... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my[...]
  • Recipe Spiced Yogurt with Adai (lentil pancakes)

    Spiced Yogurt with Adai (lentil pancakes)


    Around here, weather is still the big news. Even after applying "flinty Chicago toughness" to DC for a year, the federal government had to close for 3 days in a row. The schools are out till the day...
  • Recipe Thick Lentil Stew with Pumpkin and Butternut Squash

    Thick Lentil Stew with Pumpkin and Butternut Squash


    "Yes we Can" Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva used the phrase effectively to win his country the chance to host the Olympics in 2016 and beating Barack Obama at his own game -...
  • Recipe Chicken roast with potatoes

    Chicken roast with potatoes


    Green Earth I felt guilty when I read that our demand for the softest tissue to wipe our behinds is the reason behind cutting down of decades or century old trees. Unlike in Europe where mostly...
  • Recipe Black Eyed Peas Sundal

    Black Eyed Peas Sundal


    Expectations - the act or state of expecting - is the literal dictionary meaning. Thoughts of "expectations" and how it affects life having been making the rounds in my head recently. Expectations in...
  • Recipe Swiss Chard Challenge - Roundup 3

    Swiss Chard Challenge - Roundup 3


    I opened the Home section of the Washington Post last Thursday and was pleasantly surprised to be reading about Malabar Spinach. It pleased the author with its hardiness and love of the sun. The sun...
  • Recipe Cooking for a party!

    Cooking for a party!


    The big gathering of friends that we have been putting off forever finally happened. We had to pick an occasion and DD2's birthday presented itself at the opportune moment. We had a manageable sized...
  • Recipe Guess Revealed! Finally!

    Guess Revealed! Finally!


    I got impatient with the cantaloupe plant and harvested the fruit before it was time. But the tender fruit tasted crisp and sweet with the texture of a cucumber. So a Cantaloupe it...
  • Recipe Simple Lunches - 17  (Expressly cooked fit for a party)

    Simple Lunches - 17 (Expressly cooked fit for a party)


    We all get invited to parties or invite others for a party and get served or serve restaurant bought food. If the parties you go to are in a close geographic area the food and the menu gets boring...