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Skanda Shasti is the Hindu festival for Skanda, also known as Karttikeya and Murugan. It is in October or November each year.
Muruga was born of Siva’s mind and is brother to Ganesha. He has a dynamic power that awakens spiritual cognition. He is the God of yoga (in its true sense — not just asanas), [...]
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It has been a rocky week. The whole world is in turmoil. How are you? Here, people are in shock. I have spoken to share traders who are dumb founded. There were few people in the local shopping centre today. My friend in a furniture store tells of people browsing but saying they just cannot [...]
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Welcome to Fall in the Northern Hemisphere. As we slide into Spring here - daylight saving starting this week - I thought that I would inspire you with some dishes just fabulously suited for your seasons. Some gentle dishes reminiscent of Summer but right for Autumn. Enjoy!
The photo is from last Autumn - April showing [...]
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I haven’t posted a Tempting! post for a while. There are a lot of wonderful links to catch up on! Today, there is a wide variety of dishes.
But to start, a post on how to make plastic - out of milk and vinegar! Yes, those same ingredients that we make paneer out of! Oh my [...]
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A while ago I made Makhana Palak - a wonderful dish of lotus seeds in a spinach gravy. This was the first time that I had used Makhana - I found them in my local Indian grocery after seeing them on the internet, and then Vegetarian In Me posted the Palak recipe. I made it [...]
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My poor camera. Usually it is like an ever present extension of my arm, but lately it has been more like an artificial limb hidden away in the closet never seeing the light (or shadows) of day.
But the arrival of Spring, that shifting of the sun so slightly Southwards, brings tantalising shards of light into [...]
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I am so weary. I took a sickie today. Now, that is really funny - it is my business, so taking a sickie is sort of weird. But I did, for most of the day at least. It was nice to rebalance myself and remind myself of the priorities in life. The busy-ness of work [...]
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It was a quiet night. End of the week wind-down quiet. Lying on the couch watching TV quiet.
What I saw first was the sky light up with a bright orange red flash, then a resounding “boom” that scared the life out of me. I crept outside onto the balcony to see whether it was an [...]
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There is a book that I love - The Monk’s Cookbook. It is full of wonderful, easy and always delicious recipes. Many of them are Sri Lankan in style, so not so far from Tamil style food (would be my guess). This is a quick side dish or salad.
The recipes are from an Aadheenam (Hindu [...]
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My brother calls beetroot the King of Vegetables. I agree.
To roast them, scrub them clean. I don’t peel them raw - the skins slip off easily when they are cooked, or can be eaten along with the flesh. Top and tail them and cut into large chunks.
Drizzle with olive oil and some honey (or a [...]
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