Kaatuyanam rice? Some of us may not be heard about the name..(maybe most of us?) Because today youngsters have forgotten most of the traditional food followed by our ancestors and have already begun eating beef burgers and ham pizzas. Why didn’t we understand that we should at least give important for nutrition than that of […]
Briyani briyani! Who are the true die-hard devotees of the majestic dish called briyani? This legend dish came and conquered the whole country right? No, I am not out of the topic dude:) Well, I am a pure heart devotee of briyani too! Briyani has an interesting history behind but now I am going to […]
Mapillai samba rice? It’s called bridegroom’s rice! Why is it called like that? Let’s explore Mapillai Samba Rice Benefits. In olden days, the bride used to select her groom in a competition where many grooms across India will participate. She judges the groom not by seeing his wealth or likelihood but his strength! The groom […]
This topic brought me back to my childhood memories where my brother was so small to fit inside the children basket of the trolley when he took a handful of raisins packets and put in the trolley as my father was moving it. Yeah,we take raisins much. We took them morning with milk, breakfast like […]
These kidney shaped beans are found mostly in delicious delicacies like always- favourite halwa, ladoo, payasam, kaju katli, kesari and also added in mouth savouring recipes like briyani and yummy cashew mushroom. They are also added as a main ingredient in chicken, prawn and paneer gravies. My stomach is beginning to craving for it:( Coming […]
Walnuts are one of the oldest tree fruits known to man from 7000 BC. It is native to the region of Balkans streaching eastwards to Himalayas and Southwest China. The romans actually called walnuts as “Jupiter’s royal acorn”. Who is my uncle and one of the best doctors in South. (No wonder he has a […]
Dates come with combination of craving sweetness and wholesome nutrition. They come in different varieties in which the black dates and red ones are very available. Black dates are believed to have originated around in Iraq, and have been cultivated since ancient times from Mesopotamia to prehistoric Egypt. The ancient egyptians use dates to make […]
This topic of benefits of sesame chikki “Ellu mittai” brings me back to the childhood memories. Once I and my older brother went to a small stall to buy something to eat when we get bored (yeah,we get hungry when we get bored lol!). The string of colourful helium filled potato chips packets caught my […]
This topic brings me back to the mouth-watering memories where my mother boils peanuts in the cooker and gives them to us as an evening snack. We also buy two cones of 10 rupees each during our 8-hour long bus travels when we go to our grandparents’ home, Devakottai. Me and my brother love to […]
The wicked effects of added sugar are becoming increasingly more evident! People are turning back to natural substitutes. Today, the over consumption of sugar is the number one reason for American obese epidemic. For an average person who is having a BMI of 25, the WHO recommends only 6 teaspoons of sugar. It is […]
