Green Bitter Gourd

Fresh green bitter gourd harvested from my vegetable garden. Very very bitter and have good amount of Iron in it. The soup is ultra bitter but tastes better with other ingredients like Onion, garlic, tomato, chili etc.

Purslane Salad Kozhuppa or Uppu Cheera Salad

Purslane is a common plant in Kerala. It grows along with grass in your backyard or on the roadside. Some are having red stem and have yellow flowers. It is rich in Omega 3 which is usually found in fish etc. As good as Spinach or Cheera, it can be eaten fresh as Salad or cooked like Cheera Thoran etc. This veggie is used by Tamilians etc and used abroad by Turkish, Greek, Spanish and Americans... To make fresh salad of Purslane: Chopped fresh Purslane chopped large Onion crushed garlic + red chili+ tomato salt and pepper lemon juice and virgin Olive oil Mix well to use.

Carrot Beetroot Salad

Fresh grated Carrot, Beetroot, Capsicum, Green Chili, Olive Oil, Salt and Vinegar. Good for a starter or side dish for Chapathi etc.

Okra or Bhindi Masala

Lady's Finger or Bhindi Masala with a hint of Ghee and sauce of tomato. Good for Chapathi/Bread/Porotta etc.

Chicken BBQ in Kerala simple grill

As long as the Chicken is BBQ-ed on Charcoal, it tastes good. Here we used a "Meen Chatti". I got a portable BBQ Grill from Rediff.com and did BBQ on it as well. Good time pass on weekend evenings.

Sweet and Bitter experiences in growing fruits

The Grape harvest was sweet. But this Robusta Bananas destroyed in a recent fire was a hard and bitter experience for me. As you see, it was a huge Banana bunch but was taken down by the fire in a few minutes last week. A lot of dry leaves and waste were lying near it and a little carelessness from my side did the unbelievable damage.

Grape Harvest at Ollur

The first few bunches of Grapes was harvested at home in Ollur today. Although the bunch was small, Grapes were sweet and we felt very excited to have them after almost 2-3 years of pruning and cutting off the flowers. Next flowering season is expected in August from my last years records. I will give some extra nourishment to boost the growth and flowering. May I can have a real cool Grape Juice at home 100% organic..!!