First meal of the week – Pongal
Just as assured as sun rises every day in the east..there are few rituals of every one which do not change over time. For us it is ‘Pongal’ being the first meal of the week. It is an equation that does not need any proof : Sunday AM= pongal 🙂…
Poondu satham / Garlic rice
This is a simple recipe but a very helpful postnatal diet. I had made this several times and found this as the easiest, yet a tasty way to include garlic in my postnatal diet. I found this recipe in a supplement of a tamil magazine. Ingredients: Cooked rice – 2 cups Small…
Ragi Rice Balls And Ragi Porridge
When I read the word ‘endangered recipes’ in the FAHC announcement, the first dish I thought of was ‘kali'(களி). Kali is a ball made with ragi -rice mixture and koozh (கூழ்) is the porridge form of it. Ragi known as finger millet is considered the poor man’s diet. In many tamil cinemas you can hear the…
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…