Last week while driving to work, I heard a radio show host mention that a natural way to condition the hair was to apply a combination of mashed bananas, olive oil and leaving it on for about 30 minutes. She heaped praises on this wonderful concoction and went on and on about how beautiful and luscious the hair turns only after few uses. My reaction when I heard that was “Ewwww, no way am I going to smother bananas on my hair and make it all ooey-gooey, sticky and then walk around the house with that stuff for 30 minutes”! …
Jeera Rasam (Jeerge Saaru)
This is a typical Rasam recipe from Karnataka. This is also a simple recipe that does not require lot many ingredients and can be done in a jiffy. So it is a good one to prepare when looking for a change or when hard pressed for time. Notes: I didn’t think much of this rasam while taking the picture. But after reading Uma’s comment I realised that it looks thick like a Sambhar than a Rasam. There are 2 reasons for this, one being that at home we like our rasam thick and also the amount of Toor Daal is…
Lima Beans Curry, Garlic Rasam with Avocado Boats
Come Sunday and this is a regular meal at our house. I have been making this for almost 3 years now and strangely none of us are tired of eating the same old stuff. One week I use Lima Beans and the other week I use Black Eyed Beans. I also make oven baked potato fries and a salad/kosambari to go along with this. I make different salads each week and sometimes make this easy and simple avocado boat salad. The subzi and the salad go well with chapathi/roti and as always the playa, saaru, salad goes well with rice…