Annie's Diary

In our home in Kerala, we used to light the candle in the evening at about 6pm and pray the Trisandhya Japam. This is a tradition in India, mostly in Hindu homes where they will light not a candle but a lamp using oil and a small thread. If you take a stroll at this time you could see a divine light coming from each home. But in christian homes like ours we light a candle and say the prayer called "Trisandhya Japam". Today I would like to share it with my malayalee readers(if any) ;) This prayer is also known as "God's Angel Declared" in English or "Karthaavinte Maalagha" in Malayalam. It is a very small prayer and can be followed easily everyday without fail. I am sure it will bring lots of blessings to your home. ത്രിസന്ധ്യ ജപം കര്‍ത്താവിന്റെ മാലാഖ മര്‍ത്തമറിയമിനോട്‌ വച്ചനിച്ചു; പരിശുദ്ധാത്മാവിനാല്‍ അവള്‍ ഗര്‍ഭിണി ആയി. (നന്മ നിറഞ്ഞ മറിയമെ....) ഇതാ ഞാന്‍ കര്‍ത്താവിന്റെ ദാസി, നിന്റെ വചനം പോലെ എനിക്ക് ഭവിക്കട്ടെ. (നന്മ നിറഞ്ഞ മറിയമെ...) വചനം ശരീരിയായി, ...

Hi all, It is long time since I have blogged anything and thought of sharing the recipe of Parippu curry. I had a dinner party yesterday night following the blessing of our new rental house in Saudi. The dishes I prepared were Kerala boiled rice, parippu curry, chicken curry, fish fry, carrot thoran and pudding. Everyone liked parippu curry the best (my good luck) and for my bad luck it was over in few minutes... I had prepared only less amount of it and couldn't supply more :) This is the first time I am preparing food for such an occasion and that too for 9 people. I am very much happy that it was a success. They all said it was a very delicious dinner and I was in the seventh heaven of delight. I bragged about it to my parents too. So I will stop bragging more :P Parippu Curry Home Style Ingredients: Parippu- 1 cup (of 250ml size) Grated coconut- 1 cup Cumin seeds- One pinch Green chilly- 3 (small size) Shallots(chuvanna ulli or cheriya ulli)- 6 Garlic-2 Turmeric powder- 1/2 tea...