Women and children are a key component of home finances. In many villages around the world, they often join their fathers and spouses in the fields, working long hours, and performing laborious –yet underpaid- tasks in hopes to help their families. Unfortunately, poverty and the need to survive day-by-day makes people focus on the immediate need of securing food and shelter; the long-term goals that could be achieved through education go untouched. These same
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We all love pancakes. Here’s a staple in almost all South Indian’s diets. Dosas are very similar to pancakes, except that they are savory and more crispy. These are really easy and can be served with many different things, most commonly sambar (vegetable stew) or spiced potatoes. Try them out this week! Ingredients: 1 cup gram (chickpea) flour 1 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 1/2 teaspoons mustard seeds Olive oil For
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A popular dish in Kerala is fish curry. This is a definite staple in everyone’s home and is really easy to make. Of course, it is delicious too! Try this recipe this week. Tip: Serve the curry in the pan that you cooked it in. This will improve the taste! Tip: Eat with Basmati rice. Ingredients: 500 grams (either King Fish or Pomfret), cleaned and cut into pieces 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 tsp
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Two weeks ago Isel and I said goodbye to our first home here in Wayanad, stashed our belongings in to an auto-rickshaw and made the bumpy and twisty ride to our new home in Valad. The air is cleaner here, the lifestyle more calm, and the stars and moon ascending over the hills at night can take one’s breath away. That being said, the first few days were definitely quite hectic, organizing and buying pots,
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As promised earlier this year, we are starting a new blog series called The Grand Masala, which focuses on traditional South Indian cooking. We are starting this new series off with Pepper Coconut Chicken Curry. How delicious does this sound? It is really easy and something that everyone should definitely try! Ingredients: 2 pounds of chicken breast , cut into cubes 1/4 cup onions, finely chopped 1 tbsp. garlic 1 & 1/2 tbsp. ginger 1
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