Comments on: Kashayyam for what ails me. http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/ All that flavorful brownness in one savory packet Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:11:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JoPa http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-261681 JoPa Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:43:40 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-261681 <p>Kool :-)</p> Kool :-)

]]> By: Raj http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-230146 Raj Sun, 08 Feb 2009 18:47:18 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-230146 <p>Its that time of year again for Kashayyam.</p> Its that time of year again for Kashayyam.

]]> By: Shalu http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-184611 Shalu Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:44:56 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-184611 <p>This is too funny...two weeks ago I tracked down my parents while they were travelling in India so I could get their recipe for "yellow milk" (turmuric milk with honey), which is usually used to cure sore throats. Sure I could have looked up the recipe...but there was some comfort involved in letting my parents know I was sick enough to need that. ;-)</p> <p>It was a temporary fix for the sore throat, but the long term cure was more a comfort one. =)</p> This is too funny…two weeks ago I tracked down my parents while they were travelling in India so I could get their recipe for “yellow milk” (turmuric milk with honey), which is usually used to cure sore throats. Sure I could have looked up the recipe…but there was some comfort involved in letting my parents know I was sick enough to need that. ;-)

It was a temporary fix for the sore throat, but the long term cure was more a comfort one. =)

]]> By: CoffeeFace http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-184402 CoffeeFace Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:33:32 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-184402 <p>I too used to rebuff kashyyam in an attempt to be cool and take Dimetapp like all my little friends so I could miss just as much school. But nowadays when vacation time is a priceless commodity, kashyyam and maybe even turmeric with warm milk is essential. I fought the latter for years due to my irrational aversion to warm milk, but hey it does the trick and brings back those memories of times patti and thatha were visiting and I got the decidedly western disease of chicken pox.</p> <p>Do you all remember Gripe Water? I just know that it comes in a bottle wrapped in blue paper. It actually tasted pretty good and is supposed to help with stomach problems.</p> I too used to rebuff kashyyam in an attempt to be cool and take Dimetapp like all my little friends so I could miss just as much school. But nowadays when vacation time is a priceless commodity, kashyyam and maybe even turmeric with warm milk is essential. I fought the latter for years due to my irrational aversion to warm milk, but hey it does the trick and brings back those memories of times patti and thatha were visiting and I got the decidedly western disease of chicken pox.

Do you all remember Gripe Water? I just know that it comes in a bottle wrapped in blue paper. It actually tasted pretty good and is supposed to help with stomach problems.

]]> By: Laksh http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-184251 Laksh Mon, 24 Dec 2007 17:39:47 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-184251 <p>A N N A,</p> <p>Hope you are feeling better. Your post brought back achingly sweet memories of home remedies. I make the manjal+ milk + pepper + clove concoction here each time anyone I know has a sore throat and sniffles. I swear it works!</p> <p>Laksh</p> A N N A,

Hope you are feeling better. Your post brought back achingly sweet memories of home remedies. I make the manjal+ milk + pepper + clove concoction here each time anyone I know has a sore throat and sniffles. I swear it works!

Laksh

]]> By: Divya http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-184249 Divya Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:51:30 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-184249 <p>Just scanned all the remedies and they seem to require a level of expertise - mommy seems to be an essential ingredient. But if you're stuck on your own, spend a minimal amount of time in the kitchen, and have difficulty telling your sonph from your zeera, here's a simpler remedy that I discovered a few years ago:</p> <p>Boil some water. After it has boiled, add some fresh lemon, maple syrup and chilli powder. Stir and pour.</p> <p>It acts as a good decongestant as well as keeps you hydrated - and it's delicious.</p> Just scanned all the remedies and they seem to require a level of expertise – mommy seems to be an essential ingredient. But if you’re stuck on your own, spend a minimal amount of time in the kitchen, and have difficulty telling your sonph from your zeera, here’s a simpler remedy that I discovered a few years ago:

Boil some water. After it has boiled, add some fresh lemon, maple syrup and chilli powder. Stir and pour.

It acts as a good decongestant as well as keeps you hydrated – and it’s delicious.

]]> By: PS http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-184246 PS Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:15:29 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-184246 <p>Anna, I totally got ur malayalam english here! It's so great to see these malayalee words written in english. Like u said I have no idea if jeega vellum works, but it is sooo home to me when I drink it or hear the words --- and by home I mean all he GOOD things of home.</p> Anna, I totally got ur malayalam english here! It’s so great to see these malayalee words written in english. Like u said I have no idea if jeega vellum works, but it is sooo home to me when I drink it or hear the words — and by home I mean all he GOOD things of home.

]]> By: Harbeer http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-184122 Harbeer Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:50:34 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-184122 <blockquote>I am a sucker for onion seeds</blockquote> <p>I fervently believe that coriander (aka dhania, aka cilantro) seeds should go in everything. Like...everything.</p> <p>And ginger cures everything. My mom soaks haldi root in water and drinks it for her diabetes. She also claims that if you steep cinnamon in water (overnight at room temperature) and drink that water every morning, you'll never have high cholesterol. Of course, a few almonds soaked in water overnight will cure everything also, in addition to their reputation as "brain food."</p> <p>The ultimate desi home remedy is that first morning pee, though. (I've been told ;-)</p> I am a sucker for onion seeds

I fervently believe that coriander (aka dhania, aka cilantro) seeds should go in everything. Like…everything.

And ginger cures everything. My mom soaks haldi root in water and drinks it for her diabetes. She also claims that if you steep cinnamon in water (overnight at room temperature) and drink that water every morning, you’ll never have high cholesterol. Of course, a few almonds soaked in water overnight will cure everything also, in addition to their reputation as “brain food.”

The ultimate desi home remedy is that first morning pee, though. (I’ve been told ;-)

]]> By: Cliff http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-184086 Cliff Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:35:49 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-184086 <p>My mamma always said- "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know whatcha gonna get".........no wait.... that's not my mamma it is Forrests' mama. My Mamma said, if you have a sore throat drink a glass of warm milk with turmeric ( 'haldi' or 'mannjal'). I never listened to her till a few years ago and made endless trips to the Doctor and took antibiotics. These days- I follow the legacy she left behind. and I am good as new in a couple of days, no doctors, no antibiotics. Also,according to my wife, including plenty of veggies and fresh fruits in your diet helps you maintain a reasonably healthy body. That of course is a gentle threat and we have no choice but to follow that rule as we ( kids and me) are in her captivity.</p> <p>Happy Holidays y'all. Merry X'mas, Happy new year to all you fine folks at SM. Also, to all the contributors, lurkers like me and trolls.</p> <p>Have a happy, healthy, safe and peaceful hoilday season and cheers to new beginings in 2008.</p> <p>Cliffy</p> My mamma always said- “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know whatcha gonna get”………no wait…. that’s not my mamma it is Forrests’ mama. My Mamma said, if you have a sore throat drink a glass of warm milk with turmeric ( ‘haldi’ or ‘mannjal’). I never listened to her till a few years ago and made endless trips to the Doctor and took antibiotics. These days- I follow the legacy she left behind. and I am good as new in a couple of days, no doctors, no antibiotics. Also,according to my wife, including plenty of veggies and fresh fruits in your diet helps you maintain a reasonably healthy body. That of course is a gentle threat and we have no choice but to follow that rule as we ( kids and me) are in her captivity.

Happy Holidays y’all. Merry X’mas, Happy new year to all you fine folks at SM. Also, to all the contributors, lurkers like me and trolls.

Have a happy, healthy, safe and peaceful hoilday season and cheers to new beginings in 2008.

Cliffy

]]> By: Kalari Raja http://sepiamutiny.com/blog/2007/12/21/kashayyam_for_w_1/comment-page-1/#comment-184053 Kalari Raja Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:21:10 +0000 http://sepiamutiny.com?p=4918#comment-184053 <p>nia, Anna is too sick right now to bother giving translations. So here goes... Meen = Fish Inji = Ginger Vellum = Water Kashayyam = Herbs + Secret ingredients + Alcohol + Special prayers.</p> nia, Anna is too sick right now to bother giving translations. So here goes… Meen = Fish Inji = Ginger Vellum = Water Kashayyam = Herbs + Secret ingredients + Alcohol + Special prayers.

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