Dry Ginger Coffee

The winter is moving over and making for the summery hot days pretty soon.And we had some unprecedented rains which took us by surprise and gave us all some really sore throats.This tea is to soothe those horrid throats.This chukku (dry ginger) kaapi(coffee)- an easy and effective home remedy for cold, is made out of palm jaggery which is also an excellent source of calcium and lots of other stuff.

To make enough for 2 people

You need 

Palm jaggery 3 tablespoon

Peppercorns 2 tsp

Coriander seeds 2 tsp

Water 200 ml

Fresh/dry ginger 1 inch piece 

• Crush all the above in a blender and add it to the water and let it boil down to half the original quantity.
• Sieve and drink hot to soothe that hurting throat.

You can increase or decrease the ingredients to suit your taste.But its more effective if you drink it regularly for a few days and make it more strong.You can add tulsi leaves to this too.

Sending this to BWW #75 of Black and White Wednesday - A Culinary Photography Event created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook, now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar, and hosted this week byLynne of Cafe Lynnylu  

Find the Host line up for Black and white Wednesday here

Freezing peas

Do you buy frozen peas in the market?Try this instead peel fresh peas and store them in ziplock pouches in your freezer.

Peeling peas makes a wonderful pass time for kids too :)

Sending this to BWW 73 

Hot chocolate : BWW#72

Enjoy a cup of hot chocolate on a cold afternoon.

I sent this picture too for this week's BWW.

Sending this to Black and White Wednesday - A Culinary Photography Event. created by Susan of The Well-Seasoned Cook and now organized by Cinzia of Cindystar

Rain shelter

Mumbai rains are the best!Who doesn't love rains.This birdy was taking its shelter from the pouring rains on our parapet.

The Rose

Symbol of love and friendship - the Rose.

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. Leo Buscaglia 

Cooling kulfis :)

I enjoyed making these and having them on a nice cool rainy Saturday afternoon :)

Check for the recipe here : Mango kulfi

Sending this to BWW event at Roma's BWW week 42 and Susan's. 

Evening snack

Can you see how beautifully the squirrel is holding its tiny food morsels!