Sweet fenugreek pongal

Mothers always want to give their children  their best. You are right, for a nursing mother, lactation is always an issue. I had  spent hours browsing to find lactation aids. But now, I don’t. The reason is rediscovered the power  of garlic and fenugreek. I add them to my diet in all forms, by all means. I [...]

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Honey wheat bread

I was much inspired by my fellow bloggers Anita, Priya , Monisha, Asha  by their culinary experiments in baking. I have been wanting to indulge  in bread making for long time but never had the time and heart for it. I  found that this is a perfect chance to learn bread making. I must thank Nandita for inspiring me  [...]

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Pasta with Lima beans and spinach

Whenever I announce that ‘I am gonna make pasta  today’,  ‘Pastaaaa’ (read with lower tone) stretches my hubby  and nods with  no other go and on the other hand, ‘Paastaaaa’  (read with high tone) screams my daughter out of joy. What a scenario? But I vote for pasta always and we get  the majority and win. It [...]

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Cinnamon cake

I am  comfortable with the  cake mix cakes rather than measuring and sifting flours and starting from the scratch,  but everytime I make  a difference in it either by adding nuts,  choclate chips. This time I mixed white cake mix with the recommended oil , water and eggs and  divided the batter into two . In [...]

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Kala jamun

‘Thank your mother, brother, father, sister or friend. Thank the weather or thank the farmer. Thank your neighbor’,  says  Meeta of What’s for lunch Honey. She asks us to dedicate a thank you dish for someone special. What a great chance!
I came here in 28th week of my pregnancy and you can guess how worried  would [...]

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