where dry coconut leaves are lit. The festivities then progresses through the display of various kolams (effigies) a poomaram ...

Straw properties: · Straws are made from dried fallen coconut leaves in a chemical ... Epicuticular natural wax in the leaf makes it hydrophobic and anti-fungal Straw making process: • Collection of ...

An average of 4.8 out of 5 stars from 17 ratings Thoran is a dry vegetable curry from Kerala ... add the mustard seeds followed by the curry leaves, cumin seeds and dried chillies.

I like to think of the coconut tree as a highly strategic thinker ... the better to soak up sunlight; its broad leaves stretch out like a leafy solar panel. The fruit itself grows so high ...