Mac under the Mango tree

My dear social friends, brothers and sisters ...  Vanakkam, Namaste and good day!. Last month, I visited India and I will share some interesting experiences from that. This blog is about pazhamkanji or pazhayasoru or pazhayakanji.  Have you heard about this?. It is tough to pronounce for sure.  This is one of our traditional food, and I am very glad to see this back. What is Kanji? - Kanji is a popular dish in the state of Tamil Nadu. In old days, among the daily working classes, it is a staple nourishing breakfast dish, although consumed often for lunch.  Whoever coming to work in farm, always used to have this for both breakfast and lunch with few different side dishes.  Not only farm workers, I have seen this with daily construction workers too. Whenever we were kids, we used to have the same for breakfast at farm along with farm workers. For a surprise, I saw this in all big hotels this time and I could not believe the same. :) Pazhamkanji or pazhayasoru or pazhyakanji has made i

My dear social friends, brothers and sisters ...  Vanakkam, Namaste and good day!. Last month , I visited India and I will share the latest progress and latest experiences from farm. This blog is about palm trees. Two years back, I planted around 100 palm trees. Here is the old blog: https://blog.prabakarpaulsami.com/2021/11/planted-100-palm-trees-palmyra-palm.html I visited my farm, happy to see some progress and sharing the same here. The interesting fact is that, after two years of planting and waiting, I see now two leaves. :). Not all trees survived, but many survived our last year drought. It took two years, to see some visible progress as see you below. Many trees still have just one leave as you see below. Palm Trees take longer time to grow. An average growth rate is: 3 to 10 inches per year. What does it mean: This plantation is for next generation. I am sure that, I will not get any benefits from this plantation.  But, preserving/growing this tree for next generation. It is