My kids have two days of swim class on week days every week , they swim from 30 minutes to 1 hour on those days sometimes they use swim cap to protect from chlorine and sometimes they say no to it. Also after the class they head bath and to protect their hair from chemicals,…
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Homemade Curry Leaves Powder | Karuveppilai Podi
As promised in my previous Curry Leaves Chutney post, I am here with the homemade Curry Leaves Powder . I don’t have such a big Curry Leaves plant in my backyard or my mom but my Anni (Brother’s Wife) parents have few Curry Leave Plants in their farm so when I requested they had sent…
How to dry and store Oregano Leaves | DIY Dried Ajwain Leaves
Two years back We were invited by our friend to have lunch at their place. While looking around her vegetable garden Ajwain / Oregano Plant caught my eyes. She bought it from an Indian store and it was in a pot. I got a small teeny-weeny stem from her (chumma varuvoma 🙂 ) and I…
Homemade Firm Paneer For Gravies
Homemade firm Paneer with perfect texture and no crumble is always a dream for me whenever I see expensive paneer blocks in stores. I am the one like paneer from my childhood in my family. Recently my kids joined that club and came to know their liking from the parties we ate. So I started…
How to soak Dry Fruits for Christmas Fruit Cake | How long to soak the fruits in Juice (Non-Alcoholic Version)
Here comes a detailed post on how to soak dry fruits for Christmas fruit cake (plum cake) either in alcohol or juice and how long to soak and how to store the prepared fruit mix. Here the post speaks in detail about both alcohol rich and non- alcoholic (juice based) fruit soaking methods and its…
Homemade Mascarpone Cheese Using Ultra Pasteurized Heavy Cream
I have not started giving coffee for my kids so I postponed several years to make Tiramisu Cake at home. But whenever I go for shopping I never forget to look at the Tiramisu aka coffee cakes placed at bakery section of those stores.. After moving to new place my job of admiring cakes never…
How to make Sundakkai Vathal | Sundried Turkey Berry At Home from scratch
Sundakkai Vathal | Sundried Turkey Berry This is my mom’s way of making sundakkai vathal/sundried turkey berry at home. Last year when I was there she made the vathal for us and so I clicked the pictures of her making. Hope this post helps you to learn how to make the vathal in traditional way….
Homemade Raw Rice Flour | How to make Rice Flour Using Raw Rice from scratch
This homemade rice flour tastes great for all snack items when compared to store bought flour. The preparation is very easy and i have provided them with step by step pictures, do follow the same when you make it!!! Last week i made this rice flour in bulk to make several festive snack (except red…
Homemade Wood Pattern Cake Board | Homemade Fondant Covered Cakeboard From Scratch
It’s my 1 month plan to make round tier cakes with jungle theme for my daughter’s 5th birthday. I so planned the cake base/board to be in rectangle shape so that in front of the cake I make a pond for ducks as shown in below picture. When I looked at stores for rectangle cake…
How to make Animal Fondants for Jungle Theme Cake | Marshmallow Fondant Figures
Recently I made Jungle theme cake for my daughter who turned 5, before coming to the main cake post I would like to make a separate post about the fondant work in the cake. The cake cutting happened in the evening so I couldn’t find time to click the cake in natural light, though I…
Homemade Sugar Cane Juice | Karumbu Juice | கரும்புச் சாறு with Step By Step Pictures
During weekend purchase I got whole Karumbu/Sugar Cane in Korean Super Market and was happy to taste it. In our last India trip during summer break I wondered when my daughter sipped the sugarcane juice without any leftovers. So I purchased especially for her and tried the juice at home. The work is bit messy…
Falooda Sev at home | Faluda String Hoppers
For this month South Vs North Challenge, our challenge recipe is falooda and for that I didn’t get falooda sev in Indian grocery, so thought of making it at home. For Ice cream faluda version I planned to use strawberry ice cream and so I made strawberry sev for the first time and it came…