I was looking for the rituals for performing pondugal and I found a very nice description on indusladies.com http://www.indusladies.com/forums/functions-festivals-rituals/5293-sumangali-prarthanai-and-pondugal-2.html . I could not login into idusladies directly as I forgot my password. However, I would like to than the person who has contributed this elaborate explanation.
The description goes as follows:
Buy a 9 yds saree in silk [...]
Posted by vidhya | Posted in Health care | Posted on 31-12-2009
Crossing legs:
Do you cross your legs at your knees when sitting? Although we may believe that this is the lady-like elegant way to sit, sitting this way cuts down circulation to your legs. If you don’t want varicose veins to mar the beauty of your legs and compromise your health, uncross your legs every time [...]
I have been in charge of the kitchen from last 8 days…. I wanted to make something different…..nice to eat and easy to make. As usual…amma’s recipe worked.
It is imitating sevai using semiya.
Coconut semiya
Ingredients:
1. Semiya
2. Salt
3. Water
4. 2 tbsp cooking oil
5. Grated coconut
6. Mustard
7. Curry leaves
8. Red chilli
9. Groundnuts
Prepraration
If semiya is non roasted fry the semiya to golden brown colour (without oil).
Boil water and [...]
Thenga podi:
Thoram paruppu (thuar dal) – 2 tbsp
Kadalai paruppu – 2 tbsp
Ulutham paruppu (urad dal) – 3 tbsp
Pepper – 10
Salt – to taste
Oil – to fry
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Perungayam (hing, asafoteda) – to taste
Red chillis – 10
Fry each of the paruppu (dals) separately in oil till golden and keep aside to cool. Grind all [...]
Most of us carry lot of food items when we travel abroad…..most of the times it is some MTR ready to eat stuff….how long will that last? Also, how many of us really like the taste?and it is quite a heavy hit on the pocket if you want to buy a lot of it.
Instead, why [...]
Posted by vidhya | Posted in Kitchen Tips | Posted on 21-10-2009
Here is a nice recipe to get the puliogare paste home made…
You can store it for long and mix it with rice whenever you want to have puliogare. I took this mixture with me when I went abroad it served me very well.
It is my amma’s recipe…. I promise, it is great…
Ingredients:
Pepper
Jeera
Red chilli
Dhania
Methi
Asafoteda
Copra – finely [...]
Posted by vidhya | Posted in Health care, Skin Care | Posted on 09-10-2009
I have this pimple sort of thing at the tip of my nose and it is very very irritating. Although I havent done enough to make it go away….one of my friends suggested a remedy.
She says….crush garlic and apply the juice on the pimple like outgrowth and it will disappear soon…
I have not yet tried [...]
I read somewhere that Tulsi is a natural herb that can increase your immunity power and also helps faster recovery from flu.
I dont know this for sure as I have not tried it. But since it is a harmless herb…I think its worth trying (at your own discretion os course)
Tulsi can control swine flu and [...]
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one of my aunts is an expert in koalm/rangoli patterns. She is also very fast and innovative in creating on the spot design patterns.
Ganesh chaturthi is coming up an
d so I though I’ll help some interested people with some kolam patterns drawn by my aunt….
all these are pics of the kolams drawn by kadambari perimma…the [...]