A Break in Coorg!...

I am 'just' back from my holiday in Coorg/Kodagu, Karnataka...As suggested by my blogger friends I am glad to share a few pictures as a separate post. The Resort where we stayed. The Mangalorean style entrance of the resort. The Beautiful valley of Coorg/Kodagu in Karnataka.The pretty Madikeri town.Kodagu district. The Coffee plant bearing the berries. The coffee estate.We had to walk a little through...

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Potato Bondas

How about hot potato bondas with a hot cup of tea for a rainy evening?..I make this snack very frequently for the evening tea and never knew until from Sia who confirmed this to have originated from Karnataka.My special thanks to you Sia, who helped me realise about this.Here we go with the recipe of the Mangalorean Aloo Bondas, I mastered from my ma-in- law, my second submission to RCI-Karnataka...

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Puliyogare/Tamarind Rice

Dear Asha, also known as the "Blogger Queen" is a lovable, likable person, who reaches out to all with her care, love and encouragement.Any objection? :)..Well,I had been 'pestering' her lately with umpteen queries, pertaining the recipe, checking up whether it belonged to Kannada cuisine and with her gallons of patience answering to each and every one of my silliest questions saying,"I know it is...

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My favourite Cook book and a few facts.

The Birth of the Cook book.Fifteen young, enthusiastic men in a well known town in Tamil Nadu Join hands and form an association as a part of Round Table India(RTI).Their Table gains recognition, popularity and compliments flow.The men indulged more in social activities and continued their hard work, again for the Table.In spite of much pressure,their young and active counterparts 'brilliantly' discouraged...

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A Mid name Meme..

This had been a pending post since I had been asked to do a 'Middle name Meme' by the cute Sirisha and the sweet Zlamushka!.Sorry to keep you waiting, girls. Posting right away with not much of mental preparation or attatching the Meme with a recipe post. Here are the rules: * Players, you must list one fact that is somehow relevant to your life for each letter of their middle name. If you don’t have a middle name, use the middle name you would have liked to have had. * When you are...

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GBP-Curry leaves powder-Preserve the Greens!..

Blame the scorching summer in Tamil Nadu!!..most of my plants started dying out.Feeling much disappointed I discouraged myself working more with the Kitchen garden patch, except for a few saplings of curry leaf plants.They demanded to be watered twice, daily, in the shadow of other shrubs, to be protected from the direct heat of the sun.Forward 5 months..Viola!.. The greens survived !!..They are...

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