I am so exited to share the pictures of the pink shade flowers from our garden from spring to fall season. I totally enjoy these flowers and hope you also like them. Two more flowers are expected to bloom up in the coming weeks. I will add them later. More color shades like purple, yellow … Continue reading Pink Shade Flowers From Our Garden 2019
This is the only spinach that I knew, when I was growing up... In our hometown, it is the most common spinach used by people. It is a tasty one too. We grew this one in our garden here, but I think the keerai from our hometown tastes better. One of our daughters likes this … Continue reading Sivappu Keerai (Red Spinach) Poriyal
I already posted another kovakkai poriyal, but this one is a different kind of preparation and different taste. After making this poriyal, it is hard to tell that it is made of kovakkai. Also it is little more time consuming than the first method, let's see how to prepare it now. Ingredients Kovakkai -------------------------- 1 … Continue reading Kovakkai (Ivy Gourd/Tindora) Poriyal #2
Today, I want to share about prayer shawls. Nine years ago, a prayer shawl ministry was formed in our church, St. Bartholomew faith community in Wayzata, MN. They announced that if you are interested to crochet or knit, you can join in the ministry, even if you don't know to do, they would teach you. … Continue reading Prayer Shawl
This is one of the tastiest spinach poriyals. A few years ago, one of my friends gave some mysterious seeds that I then sowed in our garden. I wasn't sure what it would grow into, but it turned out to be a very healthy, green plant. I wasn't sure what to do with it, or … Continue reading Swiss Chard Poriyal
Being one of my favorite perennial flowers in our garden, it blooms from summer to fall. The flowers are a little fragrant and loved by bees and butterflies. These flowers are known to spread out over time and take over nearby spaces as it grows. So, I try to replant the excess plant in other … Continue reading Phlox
This is a simple and healthy side dish for rice. In this recipe, I used fresh green beans from our garden. Cutting this into small pieces will take some time, but you can use frozen french cut beans as well. Ingredients Beans (cut into pieces) -------- 2 cupsParuppu usili idly ------------------ 1Grated coconut ---------------------- 1/4 … Continue reading Beans Paruppu Usili
