Mango Panna Cotta ~ Indianized with a bit of cardamom, ginger andSaffron - Happy New Year 2012

New Year and New Resolutions!! new resolutions???....well I don't even think I completed my this year's resolutions!!!....so as one joke goes 'My New Year resolution is not to make any New year resolutions' :)....just take life as it comes and be happy!... Be Happy I say -- can anyone be just happy with what one has?....we always want more, its human nature right!!... Wishing all my Friends and my silent and secretive readers a very Happy...

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Best of the year 2011

And here it is...sneaking up on us ever so quietly and quickly! "THE END OF THE YEAR"!! Cannot believe that year 2011 is already leaving us and we are gearing up for the new year 2012. Lots of new things have happened in the past year, lots of things which I looked forward to and some which I haven't looked forward to. Thanks to Srivalli, I decided to take part and post for Srivalli's Best of the Year 2011 event, so that I can go back up and...

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Rava Kobari ladoo / Ravva Coconut ladoo

So how is everyone doing?...Is everyone busy with the holidays coming up?... We went around San Jose and San Francisco.. Christmas tree watching or should I say beautiful lights around the city watching...:) This anyway wasn't very much possible back in the east coast, where it used to be cold and snowy sometimes that making a trip to downtown seemed as big hassle than enjoyment. That's what is different here...My plants are still sitting on...

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A quick twist on the regular breakfast or snack - Podi Idli - Steamed Rice cakes tossed up with delicious lentil powder

Fun time is almost here...its almost Christmas and New Year's is around the corner! More importantly school vacation is almost here and Kids will be home 24/7 for 2 weeks. Well one more week for that to happen, but I need to get prepared before vacation starts...sound proof my ears, increase voice pitch, increase in high energy and decrease on sleep!!! Isn't that the way to go?...How much we like our kids spending a few days at home hoping...

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