mayurisjikoni

Guest No. 2 on the blog         My second guest on the blog is my dear kaki (chachi) Charulata. Always there for me, my helper, my adviser and my sympathizer. She probably has heard a million woes from me and never has she once said "oh no Mayuri not again." She started a fashion designing course which she had to leave half way. However her love affair with fabrics didn't end there. While I run a mile(or rather miles) away from a sewing machine and needles, she developed a passion for stitching since she was 8! At that age I probably was helping my mum peel carrots and potatoes and reading books.My kaki is an ace quilter. She creates magic with patches. I've watched her work with tiny squares, rectangles, circles and all sorts of shaped fabrics to magically create a masterpiece. I truly admire her creative talent. As kaki always says ' I just love cutting it up and stitching it back together!'       She's used her talent with fabric and design to ...

Making fasting a bit more healthy       Usually when we all fast, I think we land up eating more than normal. I always find that the food we prepare for fasting is so much tastier even though we don't use many spices. Most of what we prepare during fasting is full of carbohydrates. However these are good carbs, high in soluble fiber and have low glycemic index, as long as your preparation is not fried. I don't like the fried puris that are usually prepared during fasting as I find them too oily. So a good alternative to the puri is farali theplas or even farali rotli (roti). Yes, you read right farali rotli. Delicious with whatever farali sabji you make.        Some of the healthy options for fasting and also to incorporate in your daily diet are amaranth (rajgira), buckwheat (kuttu), water chestnut (singhara), little millet (samo, sama), tapioca (sabudana, sago). Can have these in grain form or in flour form to make pancakes, parathas, uttapams, idlis...