Tag: alternative
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Pottu-vellari – A natural Summer thirst-buster
This fruit is called as Pottu vellari in Malayalam. Blonde cucumber/Snap melon in English. One of the summer fruit(Read about other Summer fruits of Kerala here) which is easily available in few places in Kerala. Pottu Vellari got its name because of the cracks that appear on its skin when it gets ripe. I used…
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Gardening series – Red flame Ivy
☘️Murivu kolli/Murikooti/Muriyanpacha(Malayalam) Red -flame ivy/ Vrana ropani(Sanskrit) Family: Acanthaceae Botanical name: Hemigraphis colorata Blume 🌱This is one of the must have plants in every house 🌱The plant is famously known for healing wounds & stopping any external bleedings due to it’s antibacterial properties present in the leaves. 🌱Most of the households in Kerala will have…
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Homemade Kajal/Kanmashi
Finally ticked one more item from my to do list. I never ever thought that I would make Kajal at home. This method was not the traditional one, but still I made it so even you can ;) . While everyone consider Kajal as a part of make up, let me tell you that it’s…
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Homemade orange peel powder
We have been buying many 🍊 oranges this time and I was collecting and drying the peels for a while. Last week I grinded them into powder and using it as scrub, face pack, bathing powder etc along with other ingredients. Since they are organic oranges , the powder is edible too. The whole house…
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