The Greenhouse

An Asian grocery shop recently opened in my home town. The owner is Vietnamese I think. But the shop has all kinds of Asian foods. I found the poha there

Nog Shine

My sister makes this very tastily. She adds groundnuts too.

My mother made some cracker like snacks recently for the festival.

Thai Pongal

Pongal is a harvest festival dedicated to the Sun. It is a four-day festival which according to the Tamil calendar is usually celebrated from 14 January to 17 January. Thai Pongal is one of the most important festivals celebrated by Tamil people in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry, and the country of Sri Lanka, as well as Tamils worldwide, including those in Malaysia, Mauritius, South Africa, the United States, Singapore, Canada, Myanmar (Burma) and the UK. Thai Pongal corresponds to Makara Sankranthi, the harvest festival celebrated throughout India. The...

Zanna

@NogShine yum, good idea!

Nog Shine

I'm eating them.

Zanna

mmm lucky you

@NogShine I learned about this in Tamil class haha :)

Nog Shine

9:29 AM

How are your Tamil lessons going ?

The snacks look like these

Zanna

my teacher's older son had a major operation just before Christmas. Then last week I myself had a bad cold and didn't want to pass it to my teacher and her family, so I cancelled the lesson (I exchange lessons, not money. I learn Tamil, and teach maths/science/English) so we had I think 4 weeks off from lessons :O So I have forgotten all Tamil -_-

@NogShine oh yum... looks so delicious. What is it made from?

But my teacher gave me a writing book to learn grammar now, so I can do some studying today. I don't know how I am ever going to learn to speak Tamil but I can definitely learn to write some things haha

Nog Shine

@Zanna Ohh! Are you better now? May your teacher's son gets well soon.

Zanna

Yes I am fine, thank you. I got better quickly. I wish the same for my teacher's son

yesterday I was teaching only the younger son. They are both very nice, but the younger one is extra cute haha

Nog Shine

@Zanna The recipe is time consuming but it's easy. Rice flour and sesame seeds are used.

Zanna

sesame is so tasty. one of my favourite ingredients

Nog Shine

9:41 AM

Wait.. I will share the recipe.