Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Oil Free Nippattu
With the soaring temperatures deep frying is a pain. Morning hours before 9am, I’m worried about loosing creative time, evening hours I’m too tired. So with the success or cookies and Karachi biscuits I reckoned I could bake the jar snacks instead of deep frying it, After all Iyengar bakery also has bakes its nippattu…
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VivekaChudamani, of rituals.
Viveka chudamani 8-13 Arthasya niscaya desto vicarena hitokotih Na snanena na danena pranaya mastena neither sacred baths nor any amount of charity or any pranayama gives us the knowledge of the self. The knowledge of the self is possible only when we send our thoughts along the rails of arguments laid down by salutary advice of…
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Anjeer Palada
In the coastal houses one of the dishes made on any occasion is the paramanna, or what is more famous as Paalada. With the lockdown and not really being in a mood do things I decided to improvise. I had black rice that Dr.D had got from Manipur I did try making rice out of…
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Bisu Parba of the Shivalli Brahmins.
ಯುಗಾದಿಯ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು. Marrying into a Non coastal family has an advantage of its own, we get to celebrate most festivals twice. Like Yugadi. The Chandramana Yugadi or the Lunar calendar is followed in my in-laws house while in my natal home we follow the solar calendar. The Vaishaka sankrama, heralds the new year for many…
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Karachi Biscuits.
The lock down has been great, I have run out my standard nibbles. So I decided to try out making the Karachi biscuits at home. Essentially I modified the Nankatai recipe. Ingredients: ¾ cup plain flour. ½ cup powdered sugar. ¼ cup custard powder ¼ butter ¼ cup tutti-frutti. 2tbs broken cashew ½ tsp baking…
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pariyaya
Udupi Pariyaya. This was written for last week’s prompt. And I promptly forgot to post it. ಚೆಲುವು ನೋಡಮ್ಮ ಚೆಲುವು ನಮ್ಮ ಉಡುಪಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣನ ಚೆಲುವು. ಒಂದು ಕೈಯಲಿ ಕಡಗೋಲು ಹಿಡಿದು, ಒಂದು ಕೈಯಲಿ ವೆಣುವ ಹಿಡೆದು Udupi the temple town on the west coast of India is the home for lot of things, the famous Mitrasamaj which still maintains its…
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