Flower show at Lalbagh, Bangalore

Flower show at Lalbagh, Bangalore, Karnataka

Home made chocolates

Assorted home made chocolates

Jackfruit - recipes - Different types

The tender jackfruits are used for making side dish, called chakka thoran.

The mature jackfruits are used for making chips, called jackfruit chips, chakka chips, chakka kondattam etc.

With the ripe jackfruits chakka ada (jackfruit jam with rice and jaggery steamed) are made. It is one of the delicacies of South India, especially Kerala.

Butterfly park

From Bannerghatta Butterfly Park in Bangalore.

Snake

A friend sent me this photo of a snake which was found in their outside toilet.

Papaya seeds

Papaya seeds

Mala vana, Kerala

A nice click during our picnic to Malavana kadathu, near Chendamangalam, Kerala.

Rangoli

Rangoli in front of an Indian house.

Mint leaves in the kitchen garden

Mint (herbal plant) grows in a bottle in the kitchen garden.