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When I saw this recipe for roasted cauliflower and tofu curry in WeightWatchers.com I immediately knew that everybody in my house would love it because I roast cauliflower and tofu separately quite often. I wonder why haven’t I tried preparing such a combo before seeing that recipe.

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For an “idli-hater” that I was it is a big surprise to me that I’m trying so many types of idlis. Over the past couple of months I have been affected with “whole grain fever” and this has made me to include whole grains in almost all the dishes I cook. I’m going to blame a lot of food blogs for this condition of mine. This includes DK, Usha, Priya just to mention a few. Read the rest of this entry »

Like many babies born in India, my first solid food too was ragi/finger millet porridge thinned with milk. I think most of you would know this already; it is sprouted ragi, sun dried and powdered along with pottukadalai (split chana dal) and with or without almonds and other nuts. My connection with ragi stopped there and I did not eat anything made with ragi or ragi flour for the next 23-24 years. After moving to US, I saw ragi flour in the Indian grocery stores and bought one packet out of curiosity without knowing what to do with it. Read the rest of this entry »