About 6 months ago or so, we bought a not so fancy bread machine with the idea of baking our own bread, pizza dough and such after I got this idea of baking our own bread at home from another health blog. So I was really thrilled when we started baking on the bread machine [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Whole wheat bread
Posted in Whole wheat bread, baking, bread, bread machine, healthy recipe, loaf on December 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
White Nymph, it is..
Posted in Amaryllis, white nymph on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
On my earlier post on Amaryllis, I had mentioned about my Amaryllis for this season – I have a total of 5, one each of White Nymph, Red Lion, and three Apple Blossoms. Turns out, White Nymph is ahead of my other Amaryllis bulbs in blooming I think it took about 4 weeks or so [...]
Karuppu Kondai kadalai Puzhi Kuzhambu
Posted in Kondai kadalai, Puzhi Kuzhambu, black channa, curry leaves, drumsticks, madurai, moringa, tamil recipe, tagged tamil food, tamil recipes on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Black Channa dish with Indian eggplants and drumsticks – another classic recipe from Tamil Nadu (mostly popular in Madurai region). Born and brought up in and around Madurai region, when I was a kid – my mom used to make this dish almost once every fortnight with home grown drumsticks/Moringa from my grand mothers home [...]
Live cricket on Dish network
Posted in channel 576, live cricket, zee sports America on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I seem to be getting emails from Dish almost twice a month (or even more) about Zee Sports America on channel 576. Unlike earlier promotions, this time Dish seems to be pushing for a 1 year package deal for $149.99 Not a bad deal, if you have time to watch cricket
Mango Kulfi
Posted in Misc, kulfi, mango kulfi on December 19, 2007 | 6 Comments »
An easy to make mango kulfi recipe with readily available canned mango pulp, condensed milk, evaporated milk, and whipped cream. Ingredients: 8 oz light condensed milk 8 oz mango pulp 8 oz evaporated milk 8 oz whipped cream (not in picture) finely ground cardamom per taste finely chopped pistachios (optional) Preparation: Combine evaporated milk, condensed [...]
Billa – Tamil Movie
Posted in Ajith, Billa, Misc, Nayantharawehrenberg, tamil movie on December 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
STLtamilmovies is screening Ajith’s Billa tamil movie in St. Louis. Detailed movie review on Billa can be read here. Movie information: Ajith, Nayanthara, Namitha, Prabhu, Santhanam Direction: Vishnuvardhan Music: Yuvan ShankarRaja Where/When: Wherenberg St. Charles 18 Cine, 1830 First Capitol Dr, St. Charles. 63303 December 23rd 2007 Sunday @ 6.15 PM Ticket information: Adult : [...]
Amaryllis
Posted in Amaryllis, bulbs, indoor gardening, red lion, white nymph, winter gardening on December 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The other day I had a blog post on Winter Blooming Amaryllis. So about a month or so, I took my amaryllis bulbs that were dormant in my basement and cleaned up the bulbs a bit (careful enough not to harm its roots), changed the soil and put it in a spot where it would [...]
Beets ‘n Rice
Posted in Misc, beetroot, beets, health, indian recipe, recipe, weight loss on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Beet/Beetroot – you got to love this root vegetable. Beets are high in dietary fiber, folate, potassium, manganese, vitamin C, iron and magnesium. The nutritional value and health benefits of beet makes it ideal for: Maintaining optimum health Weight loss Here is the recipe for Beet Rice – this rice has a mild sweet taste [...]
Madhavan’s Evano Oruvan
Posted in Evano Oruvan, Misc, madhavan, stltamilmovies, tamil movie, wehrenberg 16 cine on December 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
STLtamilmovies is screening Madhavan’s Evano Oruvan tamil movie in St. Louis. Detailed movie review can be viewed here and stills/trailer here. Movie information: Madhavan, Sangeetha, Seeman Direction: NishiKant Music: G.V.Prakash Where/When: Wherenberg St. Charles 18 Cine, 1830 First Capitol Dr, St. Charles. 63303 December 15th 2007 Saturday @ 3.00 PM Ticket information: Adult : $10 [...]
Curry Leaf Plant
Posted in CFL, curry leaf berries, curry leaf plant, gardening, indoor plant care on December 6, 2007 | 10 Comments »
The other day I had posted an article titled Curry leaf berries. So we thought we will try our green thumbs on growing curry leaf plant from the seeds. We knew its going to be a big challenge growing this indoor and winter isn’t really a favorable time to grow plants from seedlings/berries. Anyway, I [...]
