I love following recipes from blogs. One of the major reasons I love them is because I have a picture to see how it is supposed to look like when a ‘real person’ makes it. I am a very visual person and if I am using a cookbook, I usually pick the most goodlooking [...]
Archive for August, 2006
29 Aug
Snake gourd-$ 65, winning an auction -priceless
Sometimes you do things against your better judgement. And when that happens you end up with a $ 65 snakegourd ( known as padavalanga in Malayalam). In our church we usually have auctions of stuff that people grow in their homes. These events can be fun, but they do turn competitive sometimes, and that is [...]
15 Aug
Tale of two pestos
Parsley leaves and flower
Althouth we make pasta quite often, we have never made pesto before. Pasta and pesto sound so close, no wonder they are made for each other. I had some parsley growing crazy in my garden and some of them had started to flower which meant that if I dont act quickly, they [...]
13 Aug
Palappam
‘The lacy edge‘
Palappam is a quintessential Kerala Christian breakfast. Usually reserved for Sunday breakfasts or for special gatherings, the prepwork for this dish starts the night before. They are also nicknamed ‘lace appams’ because of the lace like fringe of this appam. Kids are notorious for just eating this lacy part while leaving the thicker [...]
