Inspired to try pol roti.
Sri Lankan coconut  unleavened flatbread.
Normally Husband churns out delicious variations of this.
Saw a post of dear friend  @ammiskitchennz , a beautiful stuffed pol roti.
Checked with Uncle Google and Aunty YouTube.  Came across Ape Amma’s channel, in Sinhala but with English subtitles. She has very useful tips and tricks.
Tried wholemeal pol roti and got the tick on it by family.
And a vegan lunumiris. Adulterated as usual by yours truly, as I Sauteed red onions, garlic, dried chillies, then ground these with salt, added lime, sugar instead of using raw ingredients. This was to reduce pungent onion taste.
Will send recipes if requested.

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Yesterday’s dinner.
Rava/Semolina dosa.
With green chillies, cummin seeds, whole black peppercorns, curry leaves,  ginger.
Topped with chopped red onions.
Delicious Holey Dosas.
With tomato chutney and dosa podi/spiced powder.

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Monday’s Dinner.
Pidi kozhukattai.
Steamed finger pressed rice flour cakes with carrots, green chillies, tempered goodness.
Made onion, tomato chutney to go with it.
Daughter #2 was going to make Gnocchi. Her dad had beaten her to it with the Indian version.

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A Dinner.
Pav Bhaji.
Indian burger. Fast food. Street food.
From the state of Maharashtra.
A thick spicy potato curry with onions, carrots, chillies, french beans, broccoli, green peas, capsicum, tomatoes.
Served on a wholegrain seeded bun, buttered, grilled,
Topped with green chillies, red onions, with a lemon slice.

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To stave off the no take away, drive through blues.
Daughter #2’s iced mocha, a close match with her favourite Dunkin Donut’s iced mocha.
Made with Starbuck’s Nespresso compatible Pike Place and cold low fat milk. And raw sugar.
Decorated with a reusable bright metal straw and umbrella (left over from parties of long ago)..

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Lunch yesterday. Previous post.
A quick kicchadi prepped, kitchen cleaned before an 11am Insta live performance at home, while I got some shopping done, donned in mask and gloves, an MI agent out to retrieve milk, bread, yoghurt..
Lunch Today.
Broccoli with julienned ginger and garlic, chilli flakes.
Brinjal steamed, fried with onions, garlic, curry powder, tamarind.
Had to stop for an FB live kutcheri in my hall. NZ, US, Canada, Australia, in my very own home!
Multitasked being videographer, audiographer, is there such a word?, while Daughter #2 was IT and audio specialist. Husband and Daughter#1 were performers. Violinist was given a shout out as he couldn’t be part of our bubble due to Level 3 lockdown.
Performance done.
Became chef again.
Made sundakkai vathal kuzhambu (A few pieces of kathrikai and mango vathal too).
Curd rice with, at Daughter#1’s insistence, orange, peel and apples.

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Okra salad.
Simple, quick, no fuss, quite healthy.

Marinated okra with salt and chilli powder.
Deep fried.
Sliced Onions, tomatoes, green chillies, Added lemon juice, black pepper, salt,  sugar.
Mixed just before serving.

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Last night’s Dinner.
Lasagna.
With layers of kale and lunch’s fried mushrooms.
Smothered with tomato basil parmesan sauce, topped with mozzarella, tasty and parmesan cheese, chilli flakes.
These are the leftovers..for gremlins who raid the fridge for midnight snacks.
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Lunch.
The Simple Delicious Unassuming
Kicchadi.
Mung beans/lentils, ghee, veges, rice.
And
Green chilli pickle with fenugreek, turmeric, tamarind.
Lots of appalam and sago crisps.
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SS 34/100/2020

My post was going to be about the SS rule on kindness, then thought I’d include India Independence Day too.

Kalpana Iyer ji’s ‘Be Kind, it costs nothing’ principle she abides by;
Seema Shrivastava ji’s post on her beautiful gesture with the mangoes for the children and
SS rule #4 Be Kind and Courteous,
Prompted me to write about this incident at our local supermarket.
Had paid for my groceries and was about to roll my trolley away when I heard the lady at the till ask the teenage boy behind me if he had 50 cents.
Realised he was going to get an icecream tub, had $10 with him and was 50 cents short.
Told the lady I’d get it for him.
He looked a little flustered and asked if I was sure.
Said it was ok, paid in full, He thanked me and I asked him to pay it forward, cliched though it may seem.
No points for guessing who felt happier.
With a spring in my step and a song in my heart, on a cold, rainy, wintry night, I got into the car to get the other errands sorted.

And Indian Independence Day.
Am not Indian my birth.
Born in Malaysia, a Malaysian Sri Lankan Tamizh, lived in the UK, Australia and now in New Zealand,
My soul belongs to India.
It yearns to keep visiting Bharat Matha, have been visiting almost annually for as long as I can remember, before, after marriage, with, without family.

And so, I drape here a green orange simple handloom.
A grass green aunt-told-me-it’s-a-Kanchi cotton-saree. Fresh green striped body, with mustard and gold borders and pallu, gold mangoes on borders. Matching mustard with gold mangoes blouse. Sounds good enough to eat, greens, mustard and mangoes.
I let the pallu run through my fingers, Close my eyes and see green grass and brown earth.
Humble Salutations and Prostrations to Bharat Matha.
Happy India Independence Day Dear Sakhis.