Of mismatched combos..

A Mismatched Combo of a Lunch.
Tried a green pea sweet corn rice dish, with ginger, cummin, screwpine leaves, cooked in coconut milk.
Served up a simple boondhi raita (fried tiny balls of chickpea flour in yoghurt). Added some date, tamarind chutney into the mix for some oomph.
Then, minor fail again. An oft repeated dish and that too over consecutive days. Needed, wanted to use up the quarter cucumber left. Chopped it up with green chillies and doused it with light coconut milk. Added a dash of lemon juice.
Had an unripe mango. Chopped, cooked in water, mashed, tempered with spices for a mango pachadi. A delicious tangy, slightly sweet chutney.
Wanted a complement of a brightly coloured vege so made a beetroot curry.
And finally, a quick fry of onions and okra in chillipowder.

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Of minor fails, and hail..

A Lunch.
Minor Fail.
And then it Hailed!
Afternoon shower of hailstones.
Yellow rice with cummin, kasuri methi/dried fenugreek leaves. Turned out a tad overcooked. Fail #1
Chilli fried vegan crispy soy protein and potatoes. With onions, ginger, garlic.
Cucumber in coconut milk with green chillies, onions. Yup, showcased once too many. Fail #2
Cauliflower, spring onions sauteed in a ground onion, chilli paste.
Spiced buttermilk.

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Of Indo Chinese, Rava Dosai and Dumplings..

A Simple Quick No Fuss Dinner.
Indo Chinese.
Soft and Crispy
Rava Dosai/Semolina pancakes (semolina, rice flour, wholemeal flour, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, coriander leaves, crushed black pepper (optional), cummin seeds, onions (optional),
made with Nallanai/gingerly oil,
With
Leftover Onion Chilli Chutney
And
Dosa podi (spiced powder),
And
Some Vegan Dumplings on the side
With
Soy, chilli, spring onion, garlic dip.

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Of Coconut, Chillies..

A Vegan Dinner.
Sri Lankan Pol rotti, paruppu and spinach, lunu miris.
Coconut bread with wholemeal flour and Grated coconut.
Coconut creamy lentils with spinach. Chilli sambal with onions, dried chillies, lemon juice (lunu miris).

Left dough to rest while I prepped the side dishes.
Then, rolled into balls, pressed down using fingers, palm to flatten bread, centre and tips, until I got a round relatively thin bread.
Cooked on pan on both sides.
A simple quick dinner.

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Of Dinners, Of Master classes..

#sareespeak #womenofsareespeak

#cotton #silkborders

#SS 35/100/2020

Saturday.
Husband suggested we invite some friends over for dinner.
Under normal circumstances, would have agreed, but told him that I didn’t want to tire myself as I had an extremely long, important day ahead.
Surprisingly those very friends called to invite us over that night.
The morning started off with a visit from a young friend. Asked him to stay on for lunch but he had another engagement so made cheesy toasties and a hot mug of Milo.
Lovely chat then Daughter#1’s friend came home.
Served up Nasi Lemak for lunch, a Malaysian meal of rice cooked in coconut milk with screwpine leaves, chilli sambal, stir fried greens, peanuts, cucumber and vegan anchovies look alike – fried dried mushrooms.
A short nap.
Had dinner at a friend’s home. Delicious food, conversation and company.
Draped a double toned olive/maroon cotton saree with maroon and gold borders and pallu for an evening dinner and a Masterclass. Mismatched with a multicoloured striped silk blouse.
Had registered for a music Masterclass at 7.30pm IST ie. 2am NZT.
Got home by 11pm, practised a little, set up the computer, adjusted the video screens, then waited..
And at 2am, the class commenced.
Tips, techniques, absolute treasure trove of wisdom.
Students from all over the world attended.
My student from the UK and a student in Auckland participated too.
Got to bed at 4am, on such a high that I only dozed off at 5am 😴

Of Pick me ups, of masala tea..

A quick pick-me-up after a long day at work. Masala tea in terracotta mug pictured against my antique copper water boiler and jug artifact.

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Of Vegan Lunches, Of Broccoli, Capsicum, Brinjal, Spinach, Cucumber..

A lunch.
Steamed Broccoli and yellow Capsicum tossed with chilli flakes, golden fried garlic.
Chillied brinjals. Is there such an adjective?
Spinach leaves with caramelised onions, chopped ginger and garlic.
Cucumber, spring onions, green chillies in light coconut milk and lemon juice.
White rice. Brown rice.
Low fat Yoghurt.
Leftover kuzhambu/gravy.

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Of Father’s Day Sunday Dinner..

Father’s Day Dinner.
Courtesy the Daughters.
Tagliatelle, flat long ribbons of pasta, in a rich tomato, basil, parmesan sauce with mushrooms, broccoli, capsicum, chives, french beans thrown in.
Served with a huge side of herb, breadcrumbs, parmesan crusted potatoes, baked.

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Of Vegan Nasi Lemak on a Saturday in Spring..

Lunch on Saturday.
Vegan Nasi Lemak on a Saturday in Spring.
Cooked after guest left.
Nasi lemak.
Rice cooked in coconut milk with daun pandan/screwpine leaves, ginger.
Chilli sambal.
Tauge/bean sprouts and garlic chives stir fry with turmeric and chilli flakes.
Sliced cucumber.
Fried vegan anchovies/dried mushrooms
Mushroom and onion chilli fry.

Of breakfast versus lunch on a Saturday..

A guest on Saturday morning. Would have loved to have served lunch but the guest had another engagement.
So, force fed the guest cheesy toasties and a steaming mug of Milo.
The guest, I understand, now understands that it may have been a wiser option to have stayed for lunch.

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