Carrot, Beans, Okra, Egg plant, Tindora… ah… boring to repeat the same! Why not try out a new veggie? I shop groceries at an international fresh market. In the vegetable aisle, there are so many veggies that I haven’t tasted in my life! The name “Zucchini” amused me and I bought it too. I started […]
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Grand Canyon National Park | Grand Canyon West Rim – Skywalk | Grand Canyon South Rim – A Short Tour We visited the West Rim and the South Rim of the great Grand Canyon, in the month of November 2008. Fall had just started there. We admired the colorful trees in the Grand Canyon National […]
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Rava Dosa is one of my favorite dishes. Unlike ordinary dosa, this recipe does not need much time for fermentation. For making ordinary dosa, we need to the leave the batter for about 6-7 hours to ferment. For Rava Dosa, the ingredients need to be soaked for just 1 hour. This is apt for the […]
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This is my first winter at Chicago, the windy city. It’s freezing cold here. Last night recorded the maximum chillness of -15°F, with the wind-chill of -30°F! Chicago saw the first snow for this winter on December 1st 2008. Since then, we have been seeing only snow showers. The average Chicago winter produces 38 inches […]
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Pongal is the harvest festival celebrated in Tamilnadu on the first day of the Tamil month “Thai”. Rest of India celebrates this harvest festival as “Makar Sankaranthi” or “Lohri”. Starting from this year, Pongal/Thai thirunaal officially marks the beginning of the Tamil New Year! Sakkarai Pongal – Sarkarai Pongal is prepared with the fresh milk […]
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It was early morning. I lay in the bed sleeping peacefully. Ganesha was immersed in his laptop dutifully concentrating in his office job. Suddenly Ganesha came near me and I heard him saying “Google has ranked u #1”. Was it a dream? I got out of bed with a jerk. Ganesha embraced me with joy […]
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