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Yeah, we’re going to Anita’s,
Yeah, we’re goin to have a party……….

Before I get on to talking about the party, I just wanted to mention the question I had asked in the previous post.

Yes, it was a dried out coconut, also called copra, without the shell. I knew most of you would recognize it. I had tried to crack a coconut and the shell split to reveal a whole coconut! This usually happen when the coconut has been kept for a long time and the water inside it dries out. Copra is what coconut oil is extracted from. Copra is also used in various Indian dishes and also to make a very tasty dry chutney powder, which I shall post at a later date.

So, Anita is having an <a href=”http://madte…

Let me say I have been preoccupied with something since yesterday! And like as with everybody else, I am more interested in finishing that job before I could think of a blog post right now. But I really didn’t want to miss out a post for various reasons. First being, few dear friends have said they log on to read me, the first thing they get connected and when they don’t see anything new, they get disappointed. Now I can’t disappoint friends, can I? And second being, I can’t really be away from posting, even if its a simple chutney that I am going to blog about. I won’t say I am so addicted, maybe a wee bit.

Anyway, Amma said a couple of days back, that Peddu can now repeat till ‘F’ and she especially love the way he says F. Now I wanted to see how he says. And I really had a gala time laughing at the way he twists his tongue and says “Fiii”, not sure if he designed the word himself. Thinking of which, I remember the time this weekend, when I was asking him to put off the fe…

When I think of raw tamarind, I get transported to my childhoods days, spent in eating those right off the tree! When I was about 8 years old, we lived in a smaller town. The house was surrounded by acres of empty place and there was a big compound enclosing it all. We had many trees like Tamarind, Mangoes and lots of other ones. During summer, when the tamarind tree is full with its yield, my friends used to climb the tree and shake it down. I used to be one standing below, eagerly waiting to pick the first one. And once we had our load, we all used to gather around and enjoy these tangy ones. Wow, that crispy raw Tamarind, it looks that light shade of green, when you bite it, its juice gushes out. That taste is something, that will forever linger on your taste buds! The seeds are then dried for a while and then thrown on coal and till now I have not tasted anything that good!

Tamarind is something we use in everyday dishes. And the specialty dishes like Pulihora, Fish Curry I have…

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When Zlamushka announced that she had chosen to showcase Nupur’s blog, One Hot Stove, for her event Tried & Tasted, I headed there. This blog is one that I read regularly and she writes very concise and informative posts, not to mention her good collection of recipes and knitting projects. I am also an admirer of Dale.
I chose to try out her ragda patties. It is something I’ve eaten but never made at home. This was just the thing to have with a steaming hot cup of tea, especially on a cold and rainy (the monsoons are finally here) evening. And I was planning to make a batch of my tamarind…