Morning Shot - a healthy way to start your Day! CHEERS!!!

With season's fresh Amla | Gooseberry easily available in our local market, Appa, who loves Amla, got 2 kilos of the same! Amma has pl...

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Choco Honey Walnut Banana Smoothie - A nourishing, delicious and easy to make Smoothie!

Frantic Monday mornings, after a restful weekend are a sure shot creativity boosters as they always motivate me to make a filling, nutriti...

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Pomegranate Lemonade - A toast to the PINK of Health!

Pomegranate is a powerhouse of antioxidants and a host of nutritive value. Including it in our diet is very beneficial. This is the season...

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Pudina Rasam - Mint flavoured Indian Soup!

Mumbai's monsoon appears to have been impacted by Global warming! Since past few days, in the first week of august, we have been recei...

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Beetroot Rasam - a delectable, tangy Lentil and Tamarind based Soup with the goodness of Beetroot!

Beetroot Rasam - another of Amma's triumphant attempts at making us relish her favourite Beetroot! Simply love this Rasam! Apart from ...

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Kiwi Lemon Pear(ed) Smoothie! - A refreshing Summer Cooler!

I have been wanting to make lovely Kiwi smoothie but for want of a lemon I had not made it! These days the lemon is very dry and to get a ...

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Mango Banana Soy Smoothie - A nourishing delight!

Summers I love to have something light yet filling and nourishing. As a result I tend to whip up many types of smoothies with the season&#...

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Mango Lassi - Thick and smooth mango flavoured yogurt | A Summer Special!

Amma had made a list of items that she would love to make before the Mango season ends. I had got lots of mangoes and a variety of them to...

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Hot Chocolate | Hot Cocoa - A comfort drink!

I am a choco lover! And the bitter the better! I love dark chocolates and love the Lindt and Whittaker dark variants! Sometimes to ind...

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Summer Glow - A refreshing summer cooler

Summer, we love to prepare a medley of fresh juices apart from eating whole fruits. Tea times invariably become fresh juice time as fresh ...

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Pineapple Banana Soy Smoothie

Sometimes I love to have a smoothie as my early morning breakfast, especially when I am in a RUSH! These smoothies are totally natural, sw...

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ABC OLade - A great detoxifing, delicious juice!

Early morning we love to start the day with a refreshing glass of freshly made juice. Today I tried a different combination - A drak, B ot...

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Ammama's Rasam - Rasam as prepared by my Grandmom - An instant version!

Amma makes a different type of Rasam that is instant, has no Rasam Podi, simply delectable and this was the Rasam that her Amma, my grandm...

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Kothamalli Moru | Coriander Masala Chaas - a refreshing cooler!

With Winter bidding adieu and Summer slowly heating up things, refreshing cool drinks become the order of the day! Coriander is intrinsi...

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Musk Melon Soya Smoothie - A refreshing shake!

I love fruits - just like that, in fruit salads, in shakes, juices...any way....if made in a healthy manner! I love to experiment with var...

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Carrot Orange Ginger Zinger - A refreshing energizer

COG Zinger...is a refreshing filled with antioxidants and an immensely delicious juice! COG??? Carrot Orange Ginger...Appa and his penchan...

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Panakam - A traditional Summer Cooler!

We generally prepare  Panakam on Thai Poosam - the day when Poosam Nakshatram | Star falls in the Tamil Month of Thai. On this day Lor...

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Pineapple Rasam

After the hit with Lemon Pineapple Rasam, I was keen to try making pure Pineapple Rasam without the tang from Lemon! Luckily this time the...

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Lemon Pineapple Rasam

The fruity flavour of Pineapple in tangy Rasam is something we love! We had tasted Pineapple Rasam on our trip to Madurai and we loved it...

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Lemon Rasam

Winters have a special connection with Rasams. It is so refreshing to sip a hot cuppa of this elixir...and when there are so many tangy mo...

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