Jayashree Writes

 I was going through a good reads list of Best Books when I saw that Charlotte s Web was on it.  This has been lying on our book shelf for a...

From the hot weather of Chennai, I transported to chilly post winter Wisconsin in March of 2005 within a couple of years after my foray into...

 Have you heard of Yam ?? Image credit: wikimedia commons Well, yam is a family of plants that produces edible tubers. It comes in different...

 Millets are called sirudhanyam in Tamil translating to small grains . Traditionally varieties of millets like kodo millet, pearl millet et...

 There is a vegetable commonly available in TamilNadu known as vellai pooosanikkai which translates to white pumpkin. Image credit: wikime...

 My father enjoyed good food and family outings to restaurants were almost a weekly occurance. During our vacation trips, he used to insist ...

Upma (oopma - the u is like the u in put not the one in cut) is a commonly seen item in South Indian kitchens and we make it almost every we...