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The Pongal festival is connected to the harvest season in the South of India. Sweet Pongal is one of the dishes made down South during the festival.Pongal VesselIngredientsCow’s milk.Traditional vessel for boiling milk.Raw turmeric stick.Limestone paste.Chunks of jaggery.Rice.Channa dal.Dry grapes.Almonds.Walnuts.Cashew nuts.Cardamom powder.Cloves.Ghee.Ripe banana pieces.Chickoo pieces.Fresh black and green grapes.Roasted peanuts.Roasted ...

Many times it so happens that somebody in our family ate less or did not have anything at night. Thus some of the rice that we had cooked that night remains. Some of us would decide to throw the remaining rice. When there are so many people going without food, ...

My contact with Vishal Bhatia of Eat Street LSD goes back to 3-4 years ago, when he used to run only Big Sandwich from a few establishments in Mumbai. I had interviewed him for Eve’s Times magazine. As luck would have it, I saw his profile on Linkedin and contacted ...

1. Take 1 cup each of tuar dal, chana dal and rice, 1 ½ table spoons each of udad and moong dal and 6 red chillies. Roast for 1 minute in an already very hot kadai. Remove the mixture onto a plate till it cools down. Dry grind the contents ...

1. Phenyl and other house-cleaning chemicals can cause allergy in some people. Alternately, some neem leaves can be boiled in water, diluted in a bucket of water and some rock salt added to it. If this liquid is used for cleaning the house, it cleans well and is also effective ...