A delicious side dish with gravy prepared using Flat Winter Beans. This can be also be prepared with any type of sprouted beans that is available. Time Required: 40 Minutes
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Plant Summary: Found this creeper growing wild near the steps leading to Pearl Valley. The rare combination of purple petals with bright yellow stamens is eye catching. The common names of this creeper are bittersweet nightshade, bitter nighshade, felon wood, climbing nighshade, blue bindweed, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, felon wort, violet bloom, trailing bittersweet, [...]
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Gojju + Ambode = Gojjambode. Deep fried crispy lentil dumplings in a tangy sweet curry. This is a very authentic dish of South Karnataka. Time Required: 40 Minutes + Soaking Time
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Baagilali Kai Mugidu Valage Baa Yaathrikane Shileyalla Vee Gudiyu Kaleya Baleyu …..
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A side dish with gravy using Spinach and Cottage Cheese. This is an extremely popular dish in North India. Time Required: 30 Minutes Serves: 4
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An unofficial auto stand has come up in front of our apartments. The same autos gather in the morning and the drivers are rude, arrogant and are very specific about where they are going to ferry the customers. They love people who travel long distance and give their best smile to them and won’t stop [...]
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Welcome the summer days with this smoothie. This is a complete meal by itself. It is filling, it is nutritious and it is so slurrrpy! Time Required: 10 Minutes
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Carrot sticks tossed in Chives. Time Required: 5 Minutes Ingredients: 4 – 6 Carrots, Peeled and Chopped into sticks 2tbsp Dry or Fresh Chives 1tsp Olive Oil 1tsp Crushed Peppercorns Salt to taste
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March is the beginning of spring in South India and it is always a stress time for us students cramming for the examinations. The walks during the short breaks in the evening from studies would be relaxing under the various flowering trees like Gulmohar, Yellow Gulmohar, Rain Tree and Jacaranda. Jacaranda! The sight of this [...]
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Picture1 – Bandipur Another favorite getaway of ours is Bandipur. I have lost count the number of times we have visited this place. Between the Western Ghats and Niligiri Mountains lies this splendid eco system where animals, birds, reptiles, insects, flowers, trees, moss and ferns co-exist on rolling hills, it is a place on this [...]
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