Girls are girls, aren’t they? As we set up and get settled into our new abode, I once very subtly reminded HD that we should be getting a little mirror for the kids’ room. He gave me an odd look, “A mirror? Why?” “Simply, because they are girls!” A little hint to Azza that she is looking beautiful – I would say, “Umminte kutti chundariyayitundallo…” (Ummi’s darling is looking beautiful…) and immediately she would want a couple of clips on her head and her eyebrows to be drawn, something she would not be bothered till then! Last week, I noticed Rasha had drawn her eyebrows. Since it was looking out of place, I thought it was HD who had done it. Upon checking with her, she remarked, “I only put, ummi. I have to get used to this, right?” I was just short of gasping! The other day, we were…
Moru Curry ~ Simple Buttermilk Curry
We all have our share of comfort food, isn’t it? Some food that gives you a lot of memories, or even if there are no memories, the feel of having it is just out of the world. And the best part is – most of these food are just very normal food, nothing out of the world, made with minimal ingredients and in a jiffy. Umma always makes this moru curry to pair with sambaar for rice. More than the sambaar, I prefer this moru curry. Once everybody is done, I would drink up the remaining, just like I do to her tamarind rasam. Most of my Saturdays, I resort to this curry as it just whips up in no time and tastes just too good with rice. My idea of nice cozy lunch has to be some rice with this moru curry, beans stir fry and nice fat…
Watermelon Milkshake
I don’t mind calling this blog of mine a collection of my thoughts and quotes I love along with my recipes… that’s why I call them “sweet nothings…”, though I would not like to call them “nothings”, because most of the messages I like to stock and store have quite a bit in them peripheral as well as below what is peripheral… Today I am sharing a very lovely prayer from the Qur’an. Daily I am only becoming more and more in awe of how much a heart can be softenend and calmed by the effect of the verses of the Holy Book… truly Allah’s Kalaam… I have a watermelon crazy bunch at home. The kids and the adults alike can sit and finish a huge watermelon in one sitting, without even bothering to spit off the seeds! By the time poor me or umma would finish cutting and…
Aatta (Wholewheat Flour) Jaggery Halwa
There is always something about the first – a special emotion attached. We all go through a lot of firsts in our lives, whether good, bad or ugly and treasure all with their important lessons. This post would have never appeared any time now considering that I have to finish off my old drafts before I share the new ones, but I couldn’t resist sharing this one, as it was the first recipe I cooked in my new kitchen at our new home. 🙂 I guess I had already mentioned in a few posts before that my kitchen is yet to be 100% functional. We have been relying heavily on hotel food, with me sometimes mixing up the leftovers or just skipping dinner by having fruits. It is a totally difficult situation but I am not complaining. Now that I have a induction and a microwave convection oven, I…
Kuttanadan Egg Roast
A good piece of advice I found sometime back, sharing it with all of you over here… 🙂 Eggs are something that I cook and are always accepted with open hands at home. The person who used to hate eggs, Rasha has now converted into an “I-am-OK-with-it” type, which is such a relief! The recipe I am sharing with you is courtesy of big chef Naushad, who is a very well known name among Keralites. He shares a hell lot of easy recipes and makes cooking look like a child’s play. This recipe is adapted from a YouTube video I had seen. Though the roast did not turn as red as I would have loved it to be as I reduced the red chilli drastically to cater to my kids’ tastebuds, the end result was really delicious. After all, it is loads of shallots that you are sauteing so…
Mint Lemonade
I am wondering why I am sharing this drink at a time when the climate is getting colder here. Despite being down with fever, cough and cold, the kids ensured to drag me out of the house during the weekend to get them sweaters for their school uniforms. Azza leaves home by 6:10 am and when I cannot take the breeze in the morning, I can’t expect her to be doing that! Rasha keeps complaining that her classroom is too cold. Getting to the point, mornings are definitely getting cooler and it’s becoming time to pull out the sweaters and the shawls, at least for the early mornings and late evenings. Most of the time, I just wish if somebody could make me a good hot cup of tea or coffee… Alas, I have to make one for myself, hopefully till the kids grow up big enough to make me…
Yuan Yang | Coffee Tea
HD travelled last night on emergency for four days. Doesn’t seem to be a lot of time, but having just shifted into a new locality and not having people you know around is giving me weak knees. It took me flat one hour to sleep properly and I woke up 15 minutes before the alarm rang! Grrr… I am already looking at making me and the kids super busy so that we don’t miss his presence – though he thinks we are going to enjoy our time without him! Hehe… Irrespective of the warmth or coldness of your relationship, when one part is missing, you do feel a bit low, right… 🙂 Meanwhile, let me share this beautiful post of lovely fall pictures that my dear blogger friend Meena… MaShaAllah, nature can look so beautiful at different facets of life. Being in the UAE, there is not much of…
Green Chicken Masala
Some inspiration, for me and for you… 🙂 In my pantry, green mint and coriander leaves just go into the trash after being used for a biriyani. My D is not really fond of these green shots. He hates them in biriyanis or in anything, and therefore when he was there, I used to avoid it or add it in minimum. But sometimes I feel, “What is a biriyani without them?” and I would add them lavishly, only to see him spent the first five minutes in taking out all of them from his plate before proceeding to eat it. Once they settled down back home, I try to find ways to finish them off. One of them was this green chicken masala. I had once tried to make this when my parents were there but umma said a big no. But now I feel she should have…
Carrot Milkshake
I love the convenience of schedules posts. Being a hyper blogger, I cannot imagine leaving my blog to long periods of silence – as of now, that is! – and therefore, had scheduled last week’s posts completely since I was aware I would be totally cut off, at least in a way where my access would be limited. As I had mentioned sometime back on the blog, finally we moved to our new apartment last week. It was an emotional moment, leaving behind so much in a flat that we have literally lived our whole life, but after 24 hours, I was mighty pleased to see that the kids and adults alike had adjusted into the new place much faster than I had expected, Alhamdulillah. In fact, even I have liked the fact that now I would be having a kitchen set as per my preference. Last week was a…
Bread Halwa
I have been wanting to write about this for sometime, but some how was pulling myself from it. Now I feel I should write and clear off my mind. We often refer to food that looks good to our eyes or tastes out of the world as “heavenly” or “divine”. Seriously, I cannot get my mind to accept those two terms for food in this earth when Allah has clearly promised in the Quran that food and drink in heaven is much more than our little mind can ever imagine. He has given us hints in various places in the Quran as to how it would be, even though it is way beyond our imagination. We cannot fathom how good the food and drink in heaven would be, how awesome it would smell, etc. still Allah gives us an idea how the afterlife in heaven would be, in order…
Peshawari Lassi
I am so excited about this lassi. Actually, why should I be? Imagine the scene – the whole house is sleeping. It’s a tired me, cooking a heavy lunch for a big group of guests expected anytime. I had to push up my energy levels so that I could finish off the task within the time. That was when I remembered the Peshawari Lassi that was up on Aara’s space sometime back. When you really want to look out, you don’t find it, right? I was frantically searching on my phone not to find that link. Finally, I just read up a few pages and made this lassi. By the way, I am sure you all know that Peshawar is a city in our neighbouring country, Pakistan… What word should I use for this – “refreshing” is an understatement!!! With those nuts, the taste is just awesome. I loved…
Chicken Madras
My madness of collecting cookbook and cut-outs sometimes really gets on my nerves. But that still doesn’t deter me from getting more or scanning my eyes on magazines for more recipes. Each time when the kids and I are walking and my eyes scan across the shelf at a book store, Rasha would retort sarcastically, “Ah, there… ummi is searching for new cookbooks!” Hehe… so now, in order to avoid that, I have started ordering books online, and guess what, that is even more addictive! As of now, I am trying hard not to order anymore till I sort out space in our new place. Chicken is something that is so wholeheartedly welcomed at my place. That is clearly explained by the list of chicken dishes that I already have on the blog! Each time I look for trying out new varieties and variations, and definitely those that can…
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