Parle Golden Arcs

Delicious Rolls with  Orange Filling. Available @ all leading supermarkets. Price Rs 35 / (150 g)

Vegetarian Samayal of South India & Festival Samayal by Viji Varadarajan

Cookery books by Viji Varadarajan '' Vegetarian Samayal of South India (Price Rs 204) & Festival Samayal (Price Rs193)'' available @ Landmarkonthenet (India) online store !!

Buy 1 Get 1 offer from Domino's Pizza

Here's the  photo of  todays offer from Domino's Pizza - Buy 1 Get 1 free !!

Britannia Nutrichoice 5 Grain Biscuit

Most consumers believe that to in order to stay healthy one needs to make certain compromises on some good things in life. Whether it is missing that extra hour of sleep over early morning exercise, or eating unappetizing foods over that extra oil-dripping samosa. At the same time most of us agree that good nutrition cannot come from one kind of food alone, but from a healthy combination / assortment of several healthy ingredients put together. Britannia NutriChoice 5 Grain Biscuits are a perfect answer to those looking for healthy eating options without as much making a compromise on taste, or convenience, or health.

Because Britannia NutriChoice 5 Grain biscuits are made from 5 carefully chosen healthy cereals (Oats that help reduce bad cholesterol, Corn which promotes heart health, Ragi a good source of both Calcium as well as Fibre, Rice low in fat, and Wheat that provides wholesome energy). These biscuits are delicately sweetened with natural honey, and come in a unique large oval shape. It is this large size and the healthy combination of the ingredients, that make it an ideal hunger buster for those in-between meals time hunger.

Britannia NutriChoice 5 Grain biscuit pack contains several small single serve pocket meals packs, so that one is never far away from pacifying hunger on the move. So whenever you miss your breakfast, or succumb to those unhealthy evening snacks, you can relish the goodness of health with Britannia NutriChoice 5 Grain biscuits. Information from Britannia.

Celestial Kitchen Tool Set - 4 for food photography

Bought this Celestial kitchen tool set 4 pcs from Snapdeal online shopping. These kitchen tools are best for food photography. Not recommending for cooking purpose. It costs Rs149 / set. Cash on delivery option also available.

Brand: Celestial 4 piece kitchen tool set

Set contains 1 slotted turner, 1 turner, 1 skimmer and 1 ladle

Material: Nylon and steam beach wood Sleek and stylish utility items for food photography.

 Finish: Black matte

Dimensions: Slotted turner, turner, skimmer and ladle - 13 cm each 

Product code: RMR-GMKT-103

World Environment Day - June 5, 2013

Britannia Masala Chaas

Britannia Masala Chaas

Britannia has launched Masala Chaas – a light Milk based Beverage.

To replicate the experience of homemade chaas, Britannia Masala Chaas has natural ingredients like Jeera, Curry Leaves and Ginger added to it giving it the authentic homemade taste and feel. It is best had chilled and leaves you with a “cool ehsaas”. It's a low calorie drink and  good for summer too !!!

Chaas has been an integral part of India’s cuisine, no meal is complete without a glass of buttermilk. Packaged Chaas has emerged as a fast growing category driven by convenience, consistent taste and new age lifestyle. There is a strong preference and shift seen towards usage of convenient, ready to use, foods as people do not want to invest time in preparing them. Britannia Masala Chaas offers the same experience without the “ jhanjhat” of preparing it.

Happy Pongal

Hindus start off the brand new year with Pongal, a festival of harvest thanksgiving. The four - day festival which also marks the end of cold winter months and the beginning of spring, sees many visiting temples for prayers and food offerings to the Gods, whilst some boil rice in earthen pots until they boil over ( Pongal means ‘’ boiling over’’ in Tamil ‘’ ) - a symbol of prosperity and bountiful harvest for the year yet to come.

A Very Happy  Pongal to all my Blog readers, Mail Subscribers, Facebook followers, Twitter followers, Google+ followers & Networked blog followers    !!!     

Happy New Year

A Very Happy New Year to all my Blog readers, Mail Subscribers, Facebook followers, Twitter followers, Google+ followers & Networked blog followers    !!!                                              

Karwar Cuisine by Sindhu Dubhashi

New Cookery Book  - Karwar Cuisine by Sindhu Dubhashi 

Traditional recipes from a small coastal town of Karnataka. Very useful cookery book. Separate recipes for breakfast dishes, tea time snacks, lunch, variety fish and seafood specialities,… Original price of this book is Rs275/. I bought this book through Homeshop 18 online store @Rs193.

The Suriani Kitchen by Lathika George

The Suriani Kitchen by Lathika George (Very useful cookery book in Kerala cuisine. I've bought this book (hard cover) through Homeshop 18 online store @ a very lowest price of Rs317. Actual price of this book is Rs495. Please choose cash on delivery option. Now this book is also available @ DC Books and Indulekha online stores in Malayalam (Suriani Adukkala).

New Book Case from Houseful Furniture, Mumbai

Shelly Book Case - Photo from the website of Houseful Furniture, Mumbai

New Book Case

I bought this new book case through net from a portal "houseful". Found the products good and reasonably priced (Price Rs3090). Delivered within a week from order (assembly was offered after 3 days of delivery, but my son and husband assembled it easily, without waiting for them). Saving for us was time and travel expense to shops hunting for this.

I am not promoting this portal, but just want to mention the options / avenues available. Please visit the website of Houseful Furniture to get more details and offers.

Vettila Chellam

Vettila Chellam

Vettilachellam is a brass carry case, primary used by those habituated to chewing betel leaves. These were used to store / carry leaves and other accessories (arecanut, lime, tobacco, etc). There are many varieties of vettilachellam, some with very ornate,fine design work.

These are not at all seen now a days and exist only in antique shops and in traditional houses.

Photo of Pallankuzhi or Gurpale or Mancala (Oldest board game)

Pallankuzhi or Gurpale or Mancala (Oldest board game)

Gurpale is one of the oldest form of board games of India. The board featured is handcrafted by my paternal grandfather Late Rama Kamath 85 years back, for whom wood craft was a hobby. This is my prized possession now. Sadly I too forgot how to play this board game.

Happy Diwali

Happy Diwlai wishes to all my blog readers, mail subscribers, google +, facebook followers, twitter followers and networkblog followers

MTR Kulambu Masala

MTR Kulambu masala for Poondu (Garlic) kulambu, Kara kulambu, Thakkali (Tomato) kulambu, Vattal kulambu, Kathirikkai (Brinjal) kulambu and other kulambu preparation. Kulumbu is a main curry, goes well with rice in Tamil cuisine. MTR Kulambu masala avaialble in Chennai @ all supermarkets.

Here's the recipe of Kara Kulambu

Happy Ganesh / Vinayaka Chaturthi

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all my blog readers / subscribers / followers / friends !!!!

Homemade dishes are Unniyappam (Godu appo), Mysore Pak, Ronti (Tukdi), Tamil style Mani Kozhukattai and Puran poli.

Photo of Tirunelveli Halwa & Other Sweet & Snacks

Tirunelveli Halwa

Tirunelveli halwa is famous all over Tamil Nadu. This is made from wheat and unlike conventional halwa, Tirunelveli halwa is very soft and melts in the mouth. It’s structure is jelly like and with a golden brown color. One will never forget the experience of Tirunelveli halwa. One of our close family friend who hails from Tirunelveli gave a small pack to us. Here’s the photo.

Sweets & Snacks from Kerala

It is a tradition during Cochin GSB (Konkani community) marriages to distribute a pack of sweets & snacks to close relatives. My niece Sujatha Sundaresh got married on Sunday and we too got a pack of sweets & snacks. Here’s the photo.

My new camera Nikon CoolPix L120

My new camera Nikon CoolPix L120 (Diwali gift from my family !!! )


Trail photos

Garlic Peeler

Garlic Peeler

A garlic peeler — really, a small plastic tube — takes the work and mess out of peeling garlic. Just put a whole garlic clove inside the tube and roll it back and forth, pressing firmly. A fresh garlic clove is ready now !!!

Available @ leading supermarkets (Santhosh Super Stores, Anna Nagar) & gift stores in Chennai (Price Rs52 -60 / 1 garlic peeler ).