food courier

A passport for food TK Babu’s courier company specializes in sending food stuff to your loved ones abroad International Connecting Express, Food for thought. The most popular food items sent abroad are khaju katli, murukku/thattai,pulikaachal , thokku and pickles. Babu’s company (Ph: 9840068348) charges about Rs 1, 600 for sending 500 grams, but the more you send, the lesser expensive it will be. Sending 10 kilos will work up a charge of Rs 6, 000. California, New York and Seattle are the most preferred destinations

Pune's Bakery with fame

The scent of a loaf Kayani Bakery in Pune has been dishing out fresh shrewsbury biscuits, sourdough breads and mawa cakes since 1955, oldest bakeries in Pune Camp’s East Street. In the air the shrewsbury biscuits, nankhatai , khaari , and sourdough bread disappear from the shelves in the blink of an eye. cheese papdi, elaichi butter etc, which are some of our top selling items, apart from the shrewsbury biscuits and mawa cakes,” says Kayani. Vintage charm The ginger biscuits, nankhatai , sourdough and milk bread too have equal takers.

innipooh basket shop at mamallpuram

All you need in one basket beach shop, Innipooh, at Mamallapuram, stocks baskets and products made of recycled rice bags. Bags, storage and bicycle baskets in various sizes are available. Baskets come in tiny, mini, small, medium and large, with or without handles (handle length can be customised too) as required by the customers. Large bike baskets come with a strong support bracket. The mini can be strapped to the handle and can be used to keep your mobile phone. There are wastepaper baskets (can also be used as an umbrella holder) and tray sets.

In 2014 Trudi hired another local from Mamallapuram. A Thulasi, who is a seamstress, along with Vanitha S, makes useful shopping bags, mats, cushion covers and pouches with recycled rice bags.

“When I came to know that space was available for rent on Othavadai street, I decided to open Innipooh in August 2015, and T Jyothi manages the show over there,” says Edmunds, who markets Innipooh baskets on social media. Edmunds soon started producing many new items — bags, zip cases, cushion covers made with recycled rice sacks, handmade silk/cotton scarves and also beach products. She points out that Innipooh is a not-for-profit organisation, and profits are used to help people. She visits Mamallapuram twice a year. @ Innipooh, 34, Othavadai Street, Mamallapuram , 9790996002

minimum feng shui tips

FENG SHUI TIPS

Clean the family altar or the space which you most often use.

Place sea salt in the four corners of the home in a container for 48 hours, collect and wash them with your hand. The sand absorbs negative chi that was present in your home.

Cleanse your home with crystal salt and a drop of diluted yellow  turmeric while mopping the floors to re-energise the quality of chi.

Use frankincense aroma powder or granules and allow the smoke and aroma to move in and around your home to cleanse the crevices of negative chi.

Declutter  the place where you keep your valuables and place a amethyst crystal.

Activate the south-east corner of the living room with healthy green plants or a water feature to usher in prosperity.

Bring in a potted Peace Lily and place it at the east side of your living room or balcony, for growth.

Floral arrangement in the foyer close to the main door, or purple flowering plants, will garner wealth chi.

Crystals and figurines of birds in the north-east side strengthen relationships.

Turn on bright light at the center of your home.

mahabalipuram

Idlis served with joy Kalaimathy, the idli lady of the Fisherman’s Colony in Mamallapuram 

She makes sambar and chutney at home. Three idlies, chutney and sambar for Rs 20.

A sandy bottom by the ocean

When you walk into Sandy Bottom cafe you cannot but notice the art work and the funky decor of the cafe. It screams the personality of Anna, a German tourist who first came to Mamallapuram four years back and not only fell in love with this town but also in love with Mumu, a surfer and the founder of Mumu Surf School

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Today Mumu and Anna (now married) run this quaint, soulful little cafe adjacent to the surf school on Othavadai Street. Anna, an environmentally conscious person, decided to decorate her cafe by using material from a scrap dealer. Every piece of wood work, tables and chairs or the little window on a wall is re-modified. With oodles of patience only she could have done the intricate graffiti, or the designs on her walls

    The cafe is filled with a variety of flora and, of course, many stray dogs always find room to lounge here. Every dish is decorated in detail and she often uses the ingredients as a bowl too. For example, if you order a papaya-based salad, she prefers to serve it in the papaya shell, which she thinks is not only pleasing to the eye, but in a small way saves water.

Recently in a drive to avoid the use of plastic whenever possible, Mumu and Anna introduced steel straws. Anna says, “I hope that more people will be inspired to use steel straws when they know its an option.” Germany is known for its breads and Sandy Bottom serves its own breads.

Her cafe can seat a maximum of 10 people at a time. It’s a good option if you want a cup of hot chai, fresh juice and a good time by the sea. Look out for it at the end of Othavadi Street.