Shravan – the holiest and also the busiest month as per the Hindu Calendar.Holiest, because the entire month is devoted to Lord Shiva. And every day of this month is an auspicious day for the beginning of everything new.This is also a month of fasting. Irony is, Shravan is full of festivals. Every week. I’ve… Read More Shravan, A Month Of Fasts And Festivals
TOMATO JAM at home. Tangy, sweet with a dash of spice, it’s fast and simple to make. No skinning or boiling or blitzing, just chopping. The thing I love about this jam is its consistency. Unlike sauce, this has chewy bits of tomatoes that makes it more fun. All you have to do is deseed… Read More Homemade Tomato Jam
I love sprouting beans and legumes at home; I find it very therapeutic, keeping a tab on how their tails grow long and glorious. Sprouting may look like an easy process but it needs the right technique to extract all the goodness. It’s a process where seeds and legumes are germinated and eventually cooked for… Read More Health At Home
New adventure today. Aka KHARVAS, a milk pudding made of colostrum. What’s colostrum? you ask. It’s the first form of milk when the 🐄 or 🐃 gives birth. It’s an ubiquitous dessert in Maharashtrian households; made by a super simple process of mixing colostrum with milk, sugar or jaggery, a pinch of grated nutmeg and… Read More Kharvas – Milk Pudding
Lockdown has made me a huge fan of Instant Food Mixes. With the absence of househelp and backbreaking chores to do all by ourselves, it’s understandable that we go foraging for shortcuts. Here’s where Instant Mixes come to rescue. Like this splendid Vermicelli Payasam. Laced with nutty dry fruits, vermicelli and sweetness in perfect measure,… Read More Vermicelli Payasam
Mahabaleshwar is now a perennial tourist destination. Its undoubtedly beautiful in winters, but in monsoons its heaven. We are just back from our weekend trip on Sunday and the smell of oxygen-loaded fresh air and the pitter-patter of rains are still afresh in my memory. After a lot of thoughtful consideration, we’d booked ourselves at… Read More Hotel Regal – A Woodside Retreat, Mahabaleshwar
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