Do we all have the lives that we have always wanted? From morning, this question has been dancing in my head… If I take a look at only one example in my life, which is this blog, I would have the answer. It is a clear NO, most of the time. This blog just happened, and now what it has become was something I never fathomed it would be. Similarly, everything in my life has happened like that, some things that I never expected would happened, but nevertheless happened. No wonder why Allah is called “the Best Planner”. Just like the proverb, “Man proposes, God disposes…” 🙂 Today, Rasha’s exams started. And it started with Science – something that she hates. I asked her, “How was it, molu?” She very innocently replied: “The teacher gave me four sheets, three sheets I’ve done correctly, but the fourth one I know…
Vazhuthananga Parippu Curry ~ Brinjal Dal Curry
Even though I love cooking, there is one thing I dread to do – making curries for afternoon rice. We, being from the land of coconuts and paddy fields (which are fast disappearing unfortunately!!!) are so stuck to our rice eating habits that it is so difficult to get rid of it. Thankfully, my HD is OK with anything he gets to it, but my D definitely wants rice – can’t blame him, they have had this habit from the beginning. When umma is gone for her long breaks, I struggle to plan out the afternoon curries. There has been times when I have made a big “chatti” full of sambar, enough to meet the requirements for a week and I get to see my poor D’s expressions every time I come back from office. How wouldn’t he, after having that sambar from Saturday right till Wednesday? On Thursday morning, while I will be…
Madras Mutton Curry
Yesterday was a mad day – fast but fun. Office was busier than usual, considering that I had to leave by lunch time to pick my umma from the airport. The airport was crazier than usual – she took almost 2 hours to come out after immigration and baggage check, which was pretty maddening. I was alone to pick her up and waiting was making me going crazy. Finally, after braving the roads, we reached home by evening, after which I had a small rice meal and dozed off for almost an hour and a half, when I had thought of just half an hour. Woke up to find loads of guests at home, in the form of relatives who are in town as part of their summer vacation holidays. The best thing to happen was the compliment I got from a very seasoned tea drinker, my D’s elder…
Mutta Omelette Curry | Egg Omelette Gravy
I just cannot get over my cookbook obsession. I had promised myself I wouldn’t order anymore online as I have no space to keep my current cookbooks. I’m bathing – literally – in papers of recipes and then all the cookbooks that I had promised myself that I would not get any. Yesterday, while surfing Book Depository, I found some amazing little cookbooks for Australia Weekly, which I have seen in stores over here and cost literally a bomb – yeah, cookbooks are absolutely expensive in this part of the world! You know how many I ordered, 10 of them!!! 🙁 Now I don’t know where to go and put them in. The funniest part is that these will all come to my office address and I bet I will raise a few eyebrows out here. Sharjah witnessed the biggest book fair ever in November last year and I…
Mixed Vegetable Curry
Even though weekends are meant to be for relaxing, for me, it’s otherwise. I try my maximum not to take up anything during the awaited Friday and Saturday weekend, but then somebody plans out something, and I automatically become a part of it. There goes Friday relaxation for a toss. Then Saturday will be filled with all chores you had earlier planned to be split between two days, and at the end of the day, you wish that Sunday was also part of the weekend. I never seem to get out of it somehow… So here I am, on a Sunday morning, feeling exactly like the dog character, Snoopy!!! *Read – my eyes!!!* I had a suggestion from Sini of Kitchen Magic to include more vegetarian recipes on the blog. When I was browsing through my recipe index, I did notice that there is a dearth of vegetarian recipes, meaning recipes where vegetables are…
Matar Kheema – Chicken Mince and Peas
Life takes very curvaceous turns. Sometimes you are on a high, and when you feel you have reached the peak, it can drag you down in the most awkward way. When life moves the way it wants (or the way God has destined it to move!), we realize how vulnerable we are, to the uncertainties of life. We do not know what is in store for us, coming up in the very next moment. All I do every time is to pray to the Almighty that He does not grant such surprises that I may not be able to take mentally, in fact, for everybody. Some people are strong, some may look strong but at the back of things, they are brittle. Yesterday was such a day for me – I was excited in the morning but then in the evening it took a different turn. Alhamdulillah, things came back into place but then it made…
Dahi Murg – Yogurt Chicken Curry
Sometimes, you feel things are not going well. But then, when you think a bit more deep, things are not that bad as it looks! That is my case now. Most of the time, I feel very negative about things but then when I ponder on matters on a different perspective, things don’t seem to be that bad. I believe that is a real good sign – the Almighty is with you, watching and guiding, ensuring that you are there doing things right and legal, and making things better. OK, philosophy apart – I sometimes like to go on and on, but then I need to put a full stop!!! Oops… that’s an exclamation mark. Hehe… Today it’s a chicken recipe again, that I adapted from a cutout from the Wknd magazine. We are a total non-veg family. That doesn’t mean we have chicken, mutton or beef everyday. But fish,…
Simple Chicken Shorba
I’m seriously excited about so many things happening on blogosphere. I got in with some skepticism but then I am so happy to get a lot of positive feedback and warm welcome from many of them. I really do not know how to jot down my happiness. 🙂 There’s so many events also that are happening, but I feel sad that I am not able to participate. I know that it is through participation that you get your blog to far more people, but then due to my current situation of not getting much time to tinker around the kitchen, I am forced to limit myself to whatever recipes I already have in store with me. But once things will get sorted out (I am sincerely hoping by April!), I should be able to participate in events. Today’s recipe is an easy yet flavor packed curry. I guess shorba is a…
Beef Dal Mash
Seriously, on Fridays, being at home in this part of the world is actually strange. For the last eight Fridays, I’ve been busy with my certification classes and now this Friday, finally when I am relieved to have ended that, my HD gets busy with his set of programmes!!! So here I am stuck at home and doing this post… I stay in a place which is very multicultural. In fact, Dubai is known to market itself on the basis of multicultural coexistence. You can find the whole world here, literally in one place. Those who are living in Dubai or who have been here would definitely vouch for what I say. We have a Pakistani restaurant downstairs and we have keep ordering take aways whenever possible. Their food is very similar to our north Indian cooking and they have such awesome tikkas and kebabs. This is one such recipe….
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