tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73736500667274844692011-11-03T04:11:17.301-07:00Hello,I am Meera.When my friends started talking about blogs,I just had no idea what that was.But they helped me figure out what it means after all:)so here I am with my own blog:)Meera's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06210653619669129430noreply@blogger.comBlogger611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373650066727484469.post-82809613988134937022007-09-03T20:39:00.000-07:002007-09-03T21:03:38.289-07:00

Jeena,i decided to make the pancake:)but made a few changes.Instead of all purpose i used wheat flour.I started making the batter with water, i forgot to add buttermilk.So when i remembered i added little yogurt.Then for the filling along with banana,i also added a mixture of freshly grated coconut and jaggery.It turned out realy good:)Husband said he liked the filling and ate the filling minus

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Made Kadala Payasam and it came out real good:) Recipe for Kadala Payasam. Take a cup of chana dal and pressure cook it.Drain the excess water using a strainer.It should be well cooked,now using your fingers mash them well.If you use mixie,then the dal will be really pasty smooth,which i dont like.Take jaggery as much as you need and put that on a sausepan along with some water.Keep it in low

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Recipe follows: Take a medium size Zuchini.Cut them in to small cubes and let it cook with water enough to cover it and a pinch of turmeric.When its half done,add crushed garlic,cumin seeds and green chili.Stir well and let it cook.Add some dry coconut powder(if you are using fresh coconut,thats fine too).When its cooked and the water is almost gone,add salt and mash it with a spoon.It doesnt

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this is our pet dog,his name is pepper:)my son wanted a pet dog and we got him one last year.he was 6 months old at that time.after neary an year away from him,he didnt forget us!!.

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back from vacation:(feeling soo lazy!!posting a couple of pics:)we made this platform at the back of our home recently, to watch sea :)its beautiful,especialy in the evenings.you can see the small lights in the fishing boats.

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Thanks to Vcuisine :) ever since I saw those cookies in her blog,i wanted to make it. So I did try her recipe but had to make a couple of changes. I didn’t have dry coconut so I didn’t use it. And after adding a few drops of milk I added water to make the dough .But I must say I loved those cookies. Thanks viji:) Double clik on the pic to see the stars shining:)

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Cucumber kichadiI like this simple side dish.Chopped cucumber ½ cups. Add enough water to cook and add salt too. Once it’s cooked and the water is gone take it away from the stove.Grind ¼ cup of coconut, a small piece of onion, 1/4 ts cumin seeds. Grind this to a smooth paste and add 1/4 ts mustard seeds. Run the mixer one more time so that the mustard seeds would crush .Add this to the cooked

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Easy fish fry:)Take chilipowder, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, black pepper powder, salt, a few drops of lemon juice. Mix well. (I don’t add water in this since the fish would already have enough water to let this powder spread all over.).Take a pinch and taste it to see if it needs more salt. Apply this mix on fish pieces liberally. Make sure fish is covered very well in this powder.keep

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Chocolate chip cookiesAccording to my son and his friends, I make the best chewy chocolate cookies in the world ;) Now you all know how kids talk:)But I have to say this recipe is the best recipe for chocolate chip cookies. Before I got this recipe, they never came soft. I got this recipe long time back, before I had this blog thing in mind, so I cannot say exactly where I got this recipe from.

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It was fun taking pics of this squirrel. First it looked at the swing for sometime. Then climbed on it and started playing by getting down and then climbing back again:). watching that was a fun time pass for me:)

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When I heard about Zen potato, I thought let me try to make one.So I took two potatoes and kept them in a place where it won’t be disturbed ;) I heard for a Zen potato to grow it needs to be left in a calm and quiet place. So after a week or so, we got these beautiful Zen potatoes. It could last for more than a couple of weeks in this way.

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Tomato cucumber curryThis is an easy curry for lunch.Cut tomatoes and cucumber in to cubes, slit two green chilies. Put all of them together in a pan and add enough water to cook, add ¼ tea spoon of turmeric, and salt. Let it cook.Take half a cup of coconut, small piece of garlic,1/4 tea spoon of cumin seeds. Grind this to a smooth paste by adding enough water.Add this to the cooked vegetables.

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Take half a cup of Urdu dalOne cup of rice-long grain (or parboiled, I sometimes use jasmine too.)pinch of fenugreeks. add this in urud or rice.(if you don’t have fenugreeks, no problem) Soak them for 6 hours at least. you can soak them in morning around 10 am. Grind them at around 4 or 5 pm. Grind them in to a smooth paste by adding enough water. When you grind rice, don’t add too much water in

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Egg roastTo make this you need2 onionsA piece of gingerGarlic1 TomatoPepper powderRed chili powderTurmeric.And of course boiled eggsJSlice two big onions thinly. Slice garlic and ginger too.Heat oil in a pan. Fry onion, garlic and ginger well till they become slightly brown. Add pepper powder, red chili powder and turmeric (according to your need).Stir well. Add chopped tomato. Stir well till

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Coconut dosaMy son and I, we both love this dosa:). But won’t be able to make this often as the right type of coconut won’t be available all the time.You need fresh coconut for this .The coconut should be in between tender coconut and mature coconut. The inside won’t be too jelly like or too hard like a regular coconut. Sometimes when you open a coconut you would get this soft type of coconut and

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Cranberry coffee cakeI found this recipe from the book-cook what you love by -Bob and Melinda Blanchard¼ cup unsalted butter melted1 cup light brown sugar packed2 ts cinnamon powder½ cup coarsely chopped pecans/walnuts/almonds½ cup fresh or frozen cranberry coarsely chopped.Mix all these together and keep aside.2 cups all purpose1 ts baking soda1 ts baking powder½ ts salt¾ cup unsalted butter at

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I got this recipe from the internet but made a few changes.1 cup all purpose flour½ cup sugar2ts baking powder½ ts salt½ cup milk1 egg2 tb melted butter1 ½ cup strawberry slicedTopping-½ cup flour½ brown sugar¼ cup butter(room temperature)Chopped nuts(walnut or almonds)Mix all these together and keep it aside.Heat oven at 375.Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Add milk ,egg and

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This is the only name I know for this snack:)And as usual one of the easiest to make.Make potato masala as you normally do. Make small balls out of this masala. Make a thick besan/gram flour batter with water and add little salt and red chili powder . Dip this potato balls in this besan batter and make sure it’s well coated. Deep fry, till golden brown. Ready for tea.

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This is the entry for Trupti's (http://thespicewholovedme.blogspot.com/2007/02/mexican-pizzasand-event-update.html) "Spring Fling 2007-with Family and Friends in the Kitchen"event.My son,a 6th grader got interested in this food blog.He wanted to make for us something to eat ,right after lunch!!I said okayyyy. After sometime he gave us this sandwich,presented beautifully. He wanted to type the

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When I think about tea cakes what comes to my mind is the Eastern bakery in Trivandrum. I remember, they used to have the best freshly made bread I have ever tasted. If you go there at around 3 pm, you can get the still warm, soft bread. It would be difficult, even to cut it, since it’s very very soft. I also buy the Amul butter to go with that:),that lil girl in her color full dotted dress is

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My husband loves the Christmas cake we get in Kerala. I think it’s almost the same as plum cake. I love the icing on that a lot. I was looking for that cake recipe and a friend gave me that recipe. I did not follow it exactly .I made a few changes. Once I make this I don’t have to worry about tea time snack for a week .A piece of this and tea is all he needs:)This is the way I make it.One cup

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Some days I will be in a mood for non stop cooking. So this Saturday after cooking for lunch, making one more additional curry ! ,I baked our regular tea time cake. I baked chocolate chip cookies for son. After that I made pastry puffs and then thinking what if they come out bad, I made pie crust to try it differently. I hate those days when I feel this way. I just need to cook, cook and cook. It

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Cook tapioca in the same way I mentioned in the posting below. Take it off the stove and drain the water. After draining the water, mash it well with a wooden spatula. Doesn’t have to be pasty.In a small mixie jar, take 2 table spoons of coconut, 1/4 tea spoon of cumin seeds, a small piece of onion and one or two green chilies. Add enough turmeric powder to give the yellow color. Grind it well,

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An escape from everyday tea time snacks:)kappa,mulak chammanthy and just to sooth the burning tongue, a few pieces of mangoes.Put tapioca pieces in a vessel with enough water to cover it.Once it starts boiling take it off the stove and drain the water.Return to stove with fresh water and cook,adding salt.After its cooked well,drain water and its ready to eat.It would taste better if you can

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Thank you bee and jai ( http://jugalbandi.info/) for this jack fruit -JFI:) . This is one of my favorite’s. Never bought canned jackfruit before as I thought It can never give me the real taste. But decided to give it a try for the first time. So I went to this Vietnamese store and asked the owner and she pointed to a shelf where I saw this jack fruit in cans. She also said there is frozen jack

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I got this ladies finger/vendakka/okra- recipe from a TV show some time back. Until then I knew only mezhukupuratti , theeyal and sambar with vendakka.this recipe is really tasty. You need- One medium sized onion thinly sliced. One medium sized tomato ¼ or more cup of coconut milk. Chili powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder,garam masala powder and salt. Take small okras (about 10/15).Cut the

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When I heard talks about comfort food, I thought what would be our comfort food!! Didn’t have to think much. when we are all sick, this is what we all love to have.Kanji,payar thoran,chammanthy,pappadam(not fried in oil when we are sick, microwave only:)) and kadumanga.nothing tastes better than this:) So this is our comfort food:)

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I made it and it came very good:)

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Thought i should share this link.I felt so proud of these ladies.When i see serials with women 24/7 crying and blowing nose,talking about- this is our fate,we are women,we are helpless etc ..This picture is a breath of fresh air:)Scroll down to see it.http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=108468

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Rice putt is actually easier to make than gothambu putt.Take a cup of rice flour and sprinkle it with warm water mixed with salt. Keep on crushing whatever lumps you come across. One way to see if the rice flour is ready is by making a ball of this. If the ball keeps its shape in your palm, and don’t fall apart, it is ready. If there is too many lumps, you can put it in the mixie and run one or

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Our all time favorite dinner is this-gothambuputtu.what can we call in English? Wheat cake? HmmmAnytime if I give a choice to the guys for dinner they wouldn’t even listen to the menu ;) they will say-putt. It’s always gothambuputt. Well it’s easy for me since the left over curries from lunch will go easily with that, along with a ripe banana. For son, all he needs with this is pappadam and a

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When I talk about fish curry what comes in to my mind is a movie! Doordarshan used to broadcast other language movies every Sunday sometime back .One of the movies was Mudal Maryadai. Sivaji and Radha was the main characters I think.. It was a beautiful movie. In that, there is a scene where radha brining MEENKOLAMBU to sivaji and he is eating, that. When I saw that, I felt my mouth watering. I

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Even if there are only one or two mullappo sometimes, it smells sooo good .Especially at night .

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Almost every time we go home, the season for chakka would be over.At least this time i hope we will get atleast a couple of them!!I just love those sweet,juicy,fruits:)This one is just behind our kitchen and i heared last year the tree was full of chakkas that some of them were touching the ground,not so uncommon though!

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I don’t get ripe plantain that often here. Once I saw very ripe plantains in Hy –Vee but couldn’t see the price for that. When I asked the person who was arranging vegetables, he came and had a took at those ripe, plantains with black spots in it and told me, ‘take as much as you want!! I am not going to charge you for them’! Wow, I couldn’t believe my luck!! I love making ethakappam or just

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When I got a fresh coconut (a rare thing nowadays!!)And saw the bottle of jaggery(sarkkara) I knew what I wanted to make for tea yesterday. Something I love kozhukkatta.Another easy recipe .Take a cup of rice flour. Make dough by adding warm water mixed with enough salt for your taste. Add a few cumin seeds too. Keep it aside,Put a steamer on stove. I use the vessel to make idly, and use the flat

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You need one cup toor dal. Half a bag of spinach, chop them coarsely. Two small tomatoes, cut them in to 4 , Two big garlic pods cut in to 4,One small onion, cut them in to 4.Put all these together in a pressure cooker. Add a tea spoon of turmeric and salt and cook. I normally let 2 whistles.After it’s cooked, add ¾ table spoons chili powder, 1/2 coriander powder, 1/2 ts roasted and powdered

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IdiyappamBoil 2 and a half cup of water. Add a few drops of oil. And salt. Once it boils add two cups of rice flour. You might want to add more hot water if the flour is really dry. The dough shouldn’t be watery.Heat water in idly cooker. Oil idly plate, and seva nazhi. Put the dough inside seva nazhi and press it on to the plate. Sprinkle fresh coconut. Then steam cook it. Wait for about 5

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MorukachalMost of the time I don’t make it the normal way with coconut. I make it the easiest wayJBeat yogurt (about 2 cups-one and a half cup yogurt and half cup water). If it’s thick add enough water to get the right thickness you want. I don’t add too much water, because I like it a bit thicker.Take one big garlic pod, a piece of ginger, one big green chili. Crush them.Heat oil, adds mustard,

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I learned this from my MIL. Even though she is a 100% vegetarian she would make all non veg things for her kidsJ.she wouldn’t taste it but it comes awesomeJHard-boil 4 eggs.Take half a cup coconut (dry or fresh).grind it a couple of seconds along with a small piece of onion ,half a tea spoon of cumin seeds and a tea spoon(according to your taste) of red chili powder.Slice one big onion thinly,

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The story how I got this recipe goes like this:We were watching the Vishu program and there was this program about Kalabhavan Mani. A very good actor. He was showing how they make chicken curry in their part of the world. Watching that my husband said it looks so tasty .I thought let me give it a try! He did not give any quantities of ingredients. The program ended in the middle of an

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thanks to asha for her delicious recipes of chocolate and walnut cakes .i made a few changes but it came out realy good.

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I am talking about old is gold.I don’t consider all old things are gold. But there are a few things I just love, fascinated with, obsessed with.I love old movies. When I watch a new movie it doesn’t stay in my mind after the movie is over. But the old movies has more life in it, more emotions in it and I feel more realistic. Even though people might say the acting is sometimes a bit over or even

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This blooms only at night,a rare sight:)

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This is infront of our home:)its beautiful.

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I dont do certain 'must do it' things in my cooking:).If iam making payasam for my home,i dont bother to fry cashew and kissmiss and cardomom etc.I think its a lot of effort to do it:)Even without that it comes out good;)Atleast for me!!But if iam making it for guests i try to do it properly.Some times i feel even the smallest things are very hard tasks!! When i see a recipe,if i find a name that

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Take a ripe mango.If they are not too sweet that would be better.Peel the skin and cut them in to cubes.Add enough waterto cover the mango pieces.Add some turmeric ,one or two green chilis sliced in to two ,and salt .Let it cook.Take half a cup of coconut(fresh or dry),half a teaspoon cumin seeds and grind it,add enough water to make fine paste.Once the mangoes are done,add this coconut mix in it

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Slice raw banana very thinly.Extremely thin.Take a bowl with enough water to cover the cut bananas.Add about a tea spoon of turmeric in that,and salt too.You should add salt according to your liking.Even if you happened to add a little more,dont worry because you will drain the water after about 5 minutes.Take a plate and put a paper towel in it and spread this bananas on that paper towel.Then

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My son and husband both loves fried chicken with dosaJ They can sit and eat it forever it seems. This is how I make the fried chicken.A pack of ready to cook chicken. All you need to do is cut it in to small pieces and wash.Make a paste of ginger and garlic. In a bowl,mix red chili powder,turmeric,ginger garlic paste,pepper powder,a few drops of lemon juice and salt. Add the chicken pieces in

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I was bored cooking shrimp in the same way. Today tried it differently. As usual another easy recipeJShrimp- one pack (I use the frozen shrimp)Chili powder- one table spoonCoriander powder- one table spoonTurmeric – ½ teaspoon.Ginger piece- cut in to thin long piecesOnion – a small one choppedGreen chili – 2 or 3 cut in to two.Kudampuli – One soaked in warm water.Coconut milk – thin coconut milk

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One of the easiest curriesJ. If the gravy and other side dish for lunch looks red, I use green chili for aviyal. (there would be one gravy/curry and two side dishes most of the time) .One item will be gone if there is a non veg item . Or else normally I use red chili powder.I use almost all the vegetables in it. We say ‘aviyal paruvam’, that means a messJ So, by making a mess of vegetables you

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I was making an ‘easy chicken thoran recipe’. I got it from one of the TV shows I guess. then boss told me it tastes like the masala for mussels. so we decided to try that.I never tried mussels before. I used to eat it when we go to Trivandrum. there is a restaurant called sagara at vazhuthacaud junction. It will be crowded always. As soon as one person gets up the next one would be sitting. It

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Today is Easter.As usual i made Easter Appam,i call it KINNATHAPPAM. It's made in a bowl.Also made beef curry.I have been making this ever since i got married ,every year as a tradition that my father used to do for us.After lunch today Boss and i was talking about our childhood days for about 2 hours.I told him,how my father used to make Easter and Christmas, special for us. First of all,he did

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The way i make easter appam is very easy.Grounded coconut - one cup (fresh coconut.)Rice flour - one and a half cupYeast - 1/2 to 3/4 tea spoonOne cup luke warm waterSugar - one table spoonAdd yeast in luke warm water and add sugar in that.Mix well and keep it till form/bubbles come.Mix coconut and rice flour and add this yeast mix in it and mix well.Dont add too much water,add only enough water

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The pecan pie i make is a mix of a couple of recipes:)Crust recipe-All purpose flour - 1 cupButter - 3 tbShorterning - 3 tbSalt - pinchSugar - 1 tbIce water - about 4 to 5 tb,enough to make a dough.Mix all of these together and add ice water little by little,and make a dough.Cover it in a plastic wrap and keep it in the fridge ,till i tell you to take it out:)For Pie fillingPecan - 1 1/4 cupEgg -

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My Mil gave me this recipe.I love this.Bitter gourd or Egg plant.Stir fry cut vegetable in little oil. Do not deep fry.Toor dar -1 cup cooked.Coconut -she wrote one half of a coconut. I could say about 1 and a half cup.Chana dal-1tspBlack pepper-1/4 tspRed chili-10 or 12Kayam--littleTamarind-according to your needJaggery-"Roast coconut,chana dal,peppers,kaya- all thsi till brown. Grind it well.

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Cilantro-2 bunchesEgg plant-small-1/2 kgGreen chili-5Tomato-2Garlic-5Onion-1 bigCumin-1 ½ tsRed chili powder-1 tspCashew nuts soaked-6 or 7Coriander powder-1 1/2tspCoconut-1 cupChop cilantro coarsely and put that in boiling water. Then drain it. In little oil fry green chili, garlic and cumin seeds. Add coconut in this and stir for a couple of minutes. Grind all this well.Chop onion and tomato

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I will post the recipe that’s the easiest one, to begin with:).My favorite- Urulakizhangu Mezhukupuratti,i feel unfair to call it potato fry!!This is the way i make it:Cut potatoes not too thin not too thick. Not too long not too short:)Heat oil. Add these potatoes in it, add red chili powder, turmeric powder, salt and mix it. Cover for a few minutes and then open it. Keep stirring till it’s done

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These are a few of my favourite things..Its raining here.Its good to see the rain and the fresh clean look outside.But somehow it lacks a beauty that we see in our KALAVARSHAM/MONSOON in Kerala.Its wonderful,its so so so beautiful.Seeing rain is nostalgic for me.I remember getting up early mornings listening to the sounds of rain,when we were at home back in kerala.We were going to celebrate Onam

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