Soothing out cough

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Posted by vidhya | Posted in Health care | Posted on 25-08-2010

Instant cough relief can be attained by this method…
take about 7 pepper balls….chew them….swallow only the juice and not the solid part.
the juice will send in a hot feeling. After u r done with all the juice swallowing….spit out the solid part. the relief is really there for a very long time.
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How to make a quilt?

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Posted by vidhya | Posted in Household tips | Posted on 15-06-2010

I recently tried out making of a small bedding and a rug. These can also be termed as quilts. I wanted to put down a few steps of how to do it but somehow it dint turn out to be very explanatory…. so I decided to look through the internet to see if anyone has [...]

Avoid Constipation

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Posted by vidhya | Posted in Health care | Posted on 07-06-2010

There are a lot of home remedies for constipation that can help without really having any side effects…
1. Eat raisins before going to bed at night (normal ones or the large ones…both are ok)
2. Eating 2 bananas (big green ones) everyday
3. eating oat meal
4. Drinking a lot of water (really a lot)
5. Eating a cup [...]

Keep Pigeons Away

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Posted by vidhya | Posted in Household tips | Posted on 28-02-2010

One of my friends was having a tough time cleaning up the balcony every day after all the pigeon dirtying…..
I tried finding something that could help her….
The most popular response was…keeping a doll of an owl on the balcony….The pigeons are frightened by the owl ….
but the owl must be moved around often (once in [...]

Pondugal/Sumangali prarthanai

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Posted by vidhya | Posted in General | Posted on 20-01-2010

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 [...]

Some tips that I found interesting….

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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 [...]

Coconut semiya

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Posted by vidhya | Posted in Kitchen Tips, Recipe | Posted on 27-11-2009

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

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Posted by vidhya | Posted in Kitchen Tips, Recipe | Posted on 28-10-2009

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 [...]

Paruppu podi

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Posted by vidhya | Posted in Kitchen Tips, Recipe | Posted on 28-10-2009

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 [...]

Pulikachal – To make tasty puliogare

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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 [...]