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Now talk about same ingredients taking form as different dishes! The grated carrot and coconut finds its way in yet another form, now the famous Vadas! We had this recipe bookmarked for a long time but since this involves deep frying I had been avoiding it and saying no to Athamma whenever she asked for this. Finally Athamma decided she will do it herself and not wait for me. Well not that I say no to any deep fried loves. But it does sound good right when you say you don’t want to eat fried stuff!. She got all the things ready and said there is no going back now. So what else to do but to fry these lovely ones! Hubby dear won’t have anything to do with these. Well its his loss we thought and enjoyed dipping them hot in tomato sauce. We packed some for parents too and they too really liked it. Its really hard to make Konda eat any of these, so didn’t even bother forcing her to taste. While Peddu was more interested in licking the sauce. Kids, I tell you, they are least interested in th…

Idlis have always been my favorite. Not sure if I liked it more because my brother didn’t like it. Well that’s a thing of childhood. While we were young, it was always a case of me not liking what my brother liked to eat. How else do you think, I kept my Amma busy? If Sree likes Pongal, I don’t like it. Sree hates idlis, I simply loved it. And he still hates it! I guess I made sure of this likes and dislikes till I was 10 to 12 years old. This was extended to even vegetables.The ones he ate, I made it a point never to even touch. I do remember saying its very difficult to ruffle his anger, so these were some of the antics I resorted to get him fight with me. Well nothing worked out, expect Amma getting wild at my behavior!

Having crossed that age and having kids of my own, I understand what a challenge it must’ve been to my parents. I was always saying they loved my brother more than me. Now I know how much that must’ve hurt them, cos my Konda says the same now. She feels I …