March 15th, 2010 
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It was one of those days when I wanted to have a light dinner and decided to make a salad. I looked in my fridge and searched for ingredients for the salad. I had some boiled Black Chick Peas/Bengal Gram (Karutha Kadala) and Cucumber in the fridge. I saw an Asian Pear/Apple Pear lying in [...]
August 10th, 2009 admin 
Since, I am on a Calorie Reduction Plan, I need to plan for every meal well in advance. I don’t have the luxury of indulging in packaged or ready made foods like burgers, pizza and so on. For lunch, I decided to steam a few veggies along with garlic and chilly flakes. I used frozen [...]
July 24th, 2009 admin 
Peanuts – I love them in any form – be it raw, boiled or roasted. Peanuts are high in protein but they also have high calorific values, and hence are not recommended for those who want to lose weight. As an example, 1 cup of dry roasted peanuts has 850 calories. Isn’t that a huge [...]
April 7th, 2009 admin 
I tasted a wonderful appetizer at my friend Revathi’s house. She had used Sun Dried Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Strawberries, Almonds and other ingredients to make the Italian appetizer. Ever since, I have been inspired to try out a salad using strawberries and sun dried tomatoes. I love the red color of this salad. Ingredients Strawberries – [...]
December 8th, 2008 admin 
There is a special Salad made using Red Onions and Green Chillies in some parts of Kerala like Kottayam. This salad is known as Sarlas or Sarilas. I don’t know how it got that name but people from Kottayam seem to be familar with that name Nevertheless, this is the best salad which I have [...]
July 23rd, 2008 admin 
This is an easy to make Healthy Salad which can be eaten alone or with Biriyani, Fish Fry etc. Ingredients Onion – 1 Small Green Cucumber – 2 Green Chillies – 2 Black Pepper Powder – 1/2 tsp Salt – 1/4 tsp Lemon Juice/Vinegar – 1 tsp Preparation Method Wash cucumber and peel off the [...]
