Jan 27 2009
Have you guys seen “Dances with the wolves”? It’s a really fun (long) movie. And oh, Kevin Costner But, please don’t watch the director’s cut – now that’s really LONG. Anyhoo, the movie has fun Injun names, like so – “Stands with a fist”, “Kicking Bird”, “Hair in the Air”… the names are attributed [...]
Oct 28 2007
Everybody is talking about Danimma(telugu) aka Pomegranate. First it was Jai and Bee @ Jugalbandi and then Manisha with those waffles story. (Btw, congratulations Manisha !!!! ) Inspi’red’ I bought one the other day. Rich in antioxidants, the little red (sometimes white) arils looked like brightly glowing rubies. The fruit I got tasted very sour. Yes, [...]
Mar 27 2007
Loads of carotene and yet delicious. A very good dish to help infuse all the goodness of Vitamin A. So let’s prepare some raita. –ingredients———————————— Carrots grated – 1 cup Whole (can use 2% too) plain yogurt – 1 cup Water – 1/2 cup Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Curry leaves – 3 Dry red [...]
Dec 30 2006
The months of December and January (mid Dec to mid Jan, actually) are of utmost importance to people who perform the Dhanurmaasam vratham - esp. Vaishnavas. The Dhanurmaasam vratham is done as prescribed by Andal aka Goda Devi. Read more about Andal here. Andal/Goda Devi has written 30 songs/poems which popularly go by the name “Tiruppavai”. [...]
