Picture(s) of the Week ~ Living room centre table

Since my living room holds the colours beige, brown and green, the centre table reflects the same. I clicked these while (dusting the glass, to be true ;)) rearranging  the conchs and the potpourri, the usual stuff on the table. ...

Read More »

Tweet

Idiyappam with Ishtoo

It always makes wonder how the name 'Ishtoo' got popular in Kerala and presume as an attempt to sound like the English, when they named this mild curry, Stew..probably! Amma wanted to make idiyappam and ishtoo for breakfast, the dish which evokes the reminiscences of our childhood days, the day sis and me were busy packing off from Kottayam. She had a hard time on the day with unannounced power...

Read More »

Tweet

Picture of the Week ~ With Love from Singapore!

And I unpacked the very exclusive courier package I received from my sister ... The products were supposedly meant for my daughter but should I say I conveniently flicked half of them? ;) My son uses the black Google tee and the red one, my cousin sis. Lush - I have totally fallen in love with this one.The seductive fragrance of this hair moisturiser stays for days! Addictive Lush! Have...

Read More »

Tweet

Veechu Parotta ~ plain & eggless ~ step by step recipe!

I wonder at times how this South Indian Tawa Bread got its name! Did it acquire from Veesu ( a throw ) colloquially adapted as Veechu ? It makes me thinking! When I googled for this much common South Indian nan, surprisingly I ended up with a very few search results. I came across egg veechu parottas, stuffed ones and a few more but not even a single step by step whole recipe for...

Read More »

Tweet

Tomato Onion Chutney

Ripe red tomatoes blended with onions and sautéed to perfection will be the right definition for this heart warming chutney. Or if you are on the look out for a tomato chutney that fairs well with a week's shelf life I highly recommend to try this one.. Ingredients Ripe tomatoes (less sour variety will be better) - 1/2 kg Big onions - 3 nos or 1/4 kg, sliced thin lengthwise Garlic - 5-6...

Read More »

Tweet

The Perfect Pound Cake

I simply loved the Perfect Pound Cake recipe,  the 'Sweet Punchers' had announced for the month. The cake I started to bake as a teenager and that I make until now; probably the one I'd whipped up the most number of times...the simple vanilla or the tea cake I had learnt from my mom which calls for equal weights of the 4 major ingredients, flour, butter, eggs and sugar.. The measurements...

Read More »

Tweet