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Happy Makar Sankranti                  " Til-gul ghya ani gud gud bola ", which translates to 'eat these sesame seeds and jaggery and speak sweet words'.  A festival that bonds all communities and encourages us to love all.     Makar Sankranti is the only festival in India which is based on the solar calendar and not the lunar one. That means it falls on 14th January every year and sometimes on 15th. This is another festival celebrated by all in India, just the names vary. Pongal, lohri, uttarayan, makar sankranti, maghi. khichdi. Day and night are equally long on this day.  Eating sesame seeds and jaggery during winter is considered good for health. Some parts of India, kites are flown on this auspicious day. Read this for more information about this festival. Yesterday, during our community ladies meeting, I learnt how to make a proper kite for the first time. When I was teaching in school. we usually just painted on ma...

soft and seedy When you bake a bread at home and it turns out nice, it is a very satisfying feeling. Though it takes a lot of arm muscles to knead the dough for nearly 10 -15 minutes, I just feel so glad and happy when the bread is baked. Yes, I do need to invest in a dough kneading machine, but till then arm muscles will have to do. When you knead the dough, do not make the mistake of trying to pull the dough and tearing it. This will break up the gluten structure and the bread will not have a nice soft texture. Knead the dough with the heel of your hand, turn a quarter circle, knead and fold, so on and so forth. When I first started baking breads, I tried out rolls initially before I ventured into baking loaves.If you do have a dough kneader the task becomes easier. This bread reminded me of the famous Warburton seeded loaf which, I have ever so often when I am in UK. They add a variety of seeds which you can. I just had sunflower seeds. updated 20/04/2016 ROSEMARY SUNFLOWER SEED BRE...