tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16460645860051006952024-02-07T17:29:07.219+05:30A Woman of ProcessStrategies to live a life that celebrates every momentPrima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-85630984571822457002017-06-23T19:43:00.005+05:302017-06-23T19:43:54.796+05:30Easy weeknight dinner: Faux Bacon and Mushroom Risotto<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, let’s start with a disclaimer. I’m very hot on disclaimers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The photo on top is just a teaser. It is a real risotto, no doubt made with arborio rice, which most people who have had the foresight to go to Crawford Market or to order online would have in the house.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With no such planning, <i>and</i> sheer laziness in play, my faux risotto uses regular long grain rice, regular button mushrooms, no cheese (remember, I’m married to a lactose-intolerant man) and an odd mix of wine. I used the remnants of a bottle of cheap and cheerful Dia white, supplemented with some Dia red, and, of course, I drank the rest of the Dia red with dinner… </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We waste nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I did, I confess, make a detour to buy bacon, but I would do many things for bacon, anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is a proof-of-life/pudding/making photo at the bottom of this post; it looks nothing like the fancy-ish risotto on the top, but it is a real hug in a bowl.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This weeknight dinner is inspired by this <b>Tasty </b>video, which you should totally follow if you have all the nice ingredients at hand...</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 tbsp olive oil</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 large onion, sliced</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 rashers bacon, chopped</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">200 g button mushrooms, sliced</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1½ cups rice </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ to 1 cup white wine </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 to 7 cups hot stock (I made this with two chicken cubes [see notes below], keep hot on a low flame throughout)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Butter to glaze (optional)</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chopped parsley to garnish </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heat the olive oil in a large wok or pan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add the sliced onion and fry till soft and pinkish.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add the chopped bacon and fry till almost crisp.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add the sliced mushrooms and fry for about three minutes, till they absorb all the goodness of the bacon fat.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add the rice (you don’t wash arborio; I washed this long grain rice as usual) and fry till glistening with the oil in the pan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add the wine and allow to bubble nicely.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add a ladle of the hot stock, and allow it to be absorbed by the rice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Reduce heat to medium, and keep adding cupfuls of hot stock, one at a time, waiting between additions for the stock to be almost completely absorbed by the rice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Your faux risotto is ready when the rice is cooked to your liking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Add a few dabs of butter to give it a nice shine, but this is optional. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serve hot, garnished with chopped parsley.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is traditional to add grated Parmesan to a risotto, and so you could - half cup grated just after the rice is ready.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Be careful with salt. Chicken stock cubes can be sodium-heavy. Parmesan, if you add it, could also make this very salty. I used plain hot water in place of stock towards the end of cooking.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I like a bit of bite in my comfort food, so my Tabasco sauce was in use while I ate too.</span></li>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-91859373306870810282016-02-27T12:55:00.002+05:302016-02-27T12:55:57.273+05:30Prepare now: Sunday morning pancake breakfast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my head, I want Sunday breakfasts to be special. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also want Sunday lunches to be special, but I also don’t want to slog on Sunday or dress up to go out, so…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, Sunday morning breakfasts…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, I remembered Nigella Lawson’s pancake mix. You make up the dry mix in advance. When you want to make pancakes, you just add egg, milk and melted butter and that is that.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And, of course, you add bacon, sausages, stewed fruit, maple syrup, butter, and sugar and lemon to be eaten with the pancakes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Makes Sunday mornings special – but easily…</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/home-made-instant-pancake-mix-54" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nigella’s Pancakes</span></a></b><br />
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For the pancake mix:</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 cups plain flour</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 tbsp baking powder</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 tsp baking soda</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 tsp salt</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 tbsp caster sugar</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mix together and store in a jar.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup prepared pancake mix</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 large egg</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 cup milk </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1 tbsp melted butter</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To prepare the pancakes, mix together the pancake mix, egg, milk and melted butter.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heat a pan without oil.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Place spoonfuls of the pancake batter on the pan to make small rounds. When bubbles appear on the surface of the pancakes, flip over and cook on the other side till both sides are golden brown. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Serve hot.</span><br />
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-31435135110649973592016-02-22T09:00:00.000+05:302016-02-22T09:05:02.738+05:30My Five Faves for February - all Foodie!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, I’m still rather preoccupied with feeding and watering the family. It’s getting better, <u>I’m</u> getting better at it, though I must admit the tension does rear its head occasionally. Still, yesterday, we had an impromptu lunch for friends – impromptu as in we decided to ask them at around 9.30am; two said yes, and it was on. We didn’t cook all of it – we made the rice, a stir-fry, roasted garlic-butter mushrooms and a dessert of apple pie rolls and whipped cream, and jelly – and ordered in a Thai yellow curry and pad Thai, but it did happen.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Which works a little to reassure me that we might still master this no-maid situation. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I tell you all this so you will understand why all my five faves this month have something to do with food and cooking (click on the links to go to the recipes and sites).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cooking with Haute Chef is my weekend indulgence. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Haute Chef is a service that sends you ingredients for dishes listed on the website, clearly marked with the level of difficulty. The whole kit lands up at your door with an ice pack to keep the set chilled. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The landing-up-at-your-door is the only difficult part here. Because they have to prep each box on order, you have to pre-order, often up to a day in advance, though they also have an express order option at an extra Rs 50 if you want it within three hours. They seem to be based in Malad and we are in Colaba, so I do tend to get strange – though admittedly always polite – calls explaining why the delivery boy will be late or even early by a couple of hours. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That apart, your box comes with extremely fresh and clean ingredients, carefully measured and packed, down to butter and olive oil, and a recipe instruction sheet that is carefully detailed. All you need is a knife and cutting board to prep the fresh ingredients, a pan or two, and salt and pepper, though, sometimes, you even get sent freshly-ground pepper. You get credit of Rs 25 each time you order. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We’ve successfully put together a restaurant-quality <a href="http://hautechef.in/index.php/goat-cheese-red-bell-peppersalad-with-pine-nuts-sundried-tomato-pesto.html" target="_blank">Goat Cheese & Red Bell Pepper Salad with Pine Nuts & Sundried Tomato Pesto</a>, and an excellent <a href="http://hautechef.in/index.php/gnocchi-salsa-rosa-with-wild-mushrooms.html" target="_blank">Gnocchi Salsa Rosa with Wild Mushrooms</a>, as well as a <a href="http://hautechef.in/index.php/beetroot-risotto-with-chives-pine-nuts.html" target="_blank">Beetroot Risotto with Chives and Pine Nuts</a> (full disclosure: I found the chives under the microwave two days later and it was still brilliant without it). We have not been as successful with the oriental dishes – the Nasi Goreng, Massaman Curry and Burmese Khao Soi were just okay. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Haute Chef is from Chef Ranveer Brar, whom I’ve never met, though Shraddha from my office, who used to be with <i>BBC Good Food </i>(how I miss that magazine!), tells me he is very nice and very well-put-together too!</span><br />
<a href="http://www.hautechef.in/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">www.hautechef.in</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yes, I know it’s been around forever, but it’s currently a lifesaver. I’ve never been a fan of cut fruit and veg (not as healthy, more expensive), but I order it weekly now because I have to use it once it appears – unlike the whole fruit and veg that wilts away before I get to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Big Basket also has special perforated plastic covers for coriander, mint and curry leaves that really do keep them fresher than if I removed them and stored them loose, and what really works for me is that I can just keep adding to the basket on my phone app as I run out of stuff through the week, so it’s almost like a traditional shopping list.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.bigbasket.com/"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">www.bigbasket.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">Both Kevin and I hate assorted spice and condiment bottles cluttering up the window sill, so this spice rack with 16 little jars on a revolving base is ideal. It’s great to have everything at hand when you’re cooking, and you can instantly tell when anything is running low. Each bottle comes with three ways to pour out the ingredient – small holes, bigger holes and a large hole (I’m sure there is a word to describe these holes, but it escapes me just now). The quality is not the best; we had to send the first piece back to LimeRoad, who replaced it without any quibbles, and we’ve since discovered a shop in Lohar Chawl, Crawford Market, where we can get replacements for the little jars. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We bought our spice rack off <a href="http://www.limeroad.com/">www.limeroad.com</a> but I</span><span style="font-size: small;">’</span><span style="font-size: small;">ve found it on other sites as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This website, largely for Mangalorean food, has redeemed me from the shame of being able to cook just one Mangalorean dish (an eggplant salad, if you must know). Ruchik Randap – which means tasty cooking in Konkani – is a trove of very simple recipes that evoke so much nostalgia in me that I have to force myself to cook cuisines other than Mangy. <br />From the site, I have cooked, among other things, the <i><a href="http://www.ruchikrandhap.com/2014/11/kadale-manoli-using-taal-masala-powder.html" target="_blank">Kadale Manoli</a></i> (the <i>channa</i> and <i>tendli</i> dish with coconut that is served at Mangalorean <i>roces</i>), an excellent <a href="http://www.ruchikrandhap.com/2015/05/mutton-stew-mangalorean-catholic-style.html" target="_blank">mutton stew</a>, and a <i><a href="http://www.ruchikrandhap.com/2012/02/sonay-sukhe-black-chana-fugadsukka.html" target="_blank">Sonay Sukke</a> </i>(chana with coconut). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I also love Shireen Sequeira’s stories about Mangalore, Lent and how the kitchens used to be laid out in the good old days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, it’s the wrong time of the year to say this – but I’m loving the idea of a Made-in-Goa website. A friend at work told me about Pedro Pao, and I got onto the site and ordered rosary bead Goa sausages, prawn <i>balchao</i>, <i>vindalho</i> paste and <i>racheado</i> paste. The <i>balchao</i> was excellent. Lent crept up on me, so the sausages await being used in a <i>pulao</i> (I’m thinking with this <a href="http://www.hildastouchofspice.com/2012/06/goan-pork-sausage-pulao-linguicachorizo-pulao.html" target="_blank">recipe</a>) and I think every day of contacting the site and asking their advice on how to use the pastes. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s worth talking about Pedro Pao’s system of payment – though it may have changed since I used the site. Elton (I think that’s his name) calls when you order on the site, takes down your address, and sends your parcel along. No, you can’t pay cash on delivery. You need to do a money transfer; the bank details are pasted on your parcel. I asked Elton if this was not an unnecessarily risky way to conduct business – no, he said, we are a very small enterprise and no one has cheated us.</span><br />
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-82738421215102937022016-02-13T10:15:00.003+05:302016-02-13T10:15:47.372+05:30This Valentine’s Day, you don’t need anyone else<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We have no plans for Valentine’s Day.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">No, not even our parish dinner and dance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m not even going to be mushy and say every day is Valentine’s Day. It’s not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Valentine’s Day for us is just another day. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When Zach was younger, I would make valentines for his friends – which I know they accepted more for the candy-of-the-day than the unnecessary sentiment. And, in recent years, the ‘female humans’ of <i>Lonely Planet Magazine India</i> have been celebrating each other, but issue closing has caught up with us after six years. This year, it’s going to be just a lunch on Monday. Sigh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So, who’s the person you can rely on for all that loving? Yourself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Yeah, I know I have Kevin and you have, or do not have, xyz; and they’re all wonderful...)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>You have you.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This Valentine’s Day, indulge yourself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Be kinder to yourself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Decide to travel – if that would make you happy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Look after your health.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dare to push your boundaries.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Live a little… more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Laugh a lot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Like the most wise Maya Angelou said:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“Always laugh; it is the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one’s fellow human being. When people see the laughing face, even if they’re jealous of it, their burden is lightened. But do it first for yourself.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You must love yourself first, of course, and you must protect yourself when you can. You say, <span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">‘</span>Just a minute! I’m worth everything, dear.<span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">’</span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">”</span></span><br />
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-45296770593839555202016-02-06T12:45:00.000+05:302016-02-06T12:45:08.226+05:30The reluctant homemaker and the baked chicken<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So a new phase began in our lives in the new year. Yes, I do know it’s February, but it feels very new :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This new phase… it began with <b>my dear Sumitra reluctantly going back to Jharkhand</b> because they had found a good boy for her. We really miss her; she was a true housekeeper and was even found yelling at very irate workmen for slacking off just because “<i>didi aur bhaiya nahin dekh rehe hai.</i>”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After she went, we found ourselves the very sweet and efficient Lalita to do the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">top work,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">”</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and we got down to the routine of running a house. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last time we did this, Zach was tiny – maybe three years old – and we were in the other, smaller, more-manageable house. This time around, Kevin rearranged the kitchen, moved all the little-used utensils to the loft, and cleared the platforms to be always user-ready. We also acquired a hand blender that he loves and uses thrice a day. He found out how to make smooth yoghurt on a trip to Orissa and he makes his own soya milk from scratch. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Me, I’m a more reluctant homemaker.</b> I’ve gotten used to cooking every day, but it’s certainly not the fun it used to be when I cooked only on weekends, especially with Sumitra’s willing assistance. The worst part, for me, is the non-vegetarian side of this whole shebang. I hate the raw state of any meat – and I’m obsessed with keeping the cutting boards and knives from touching anything else. And obsession with anything, as I’m sure you know, is tiring.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the positive side, I’ve finally got a hang of how it’s all done. I order most of my produce from Big Basket (moving from Strand has deprived us of the market at our doorstep), I order fish from Harbour Exports in nearby Sassoon Dock, and I spend Saturday mornings happily plotting meals for the week. Admittedly, I’m a good plotter and planner. And, because my housemates are very accommodating, I can play around with the planning the whole week. By Thursday or Friday, I’m on to what is fashionably called the “Pantry Challenge” </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">only here, it’s the fridge that I clear out. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The best part of all this is that I’ve been cooking Mangalorean food. I’ve always worried that I had never learned this, but yay, that’s worked itself out now. More in another post. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, <b>Pinterest is my best friend these days</b> – source of both the easy Mangy recipes and a whole gamut of other dishes that break the monotony.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday, I tried the <a href="http://www.carlsbadcravings.com/baked-sweet-and-sour-chicken-pineapple-carrots-and-bell-peppers/" target="_blank">Baked Sweet & Sour Chicken</a> from Carlsbad Cravings, and it turned out real good. Admittedly, the chicken is first fried and <i>then</i> baked, but the end result is well worth the effort. As with most of Jen’s recipes, the ingredients list is long-ish and we had to acquire ginger powder and onion powder, but, no doubt, Kevin will find other uses for them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ cup flour</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pineapple slices from 1 large tin, diced </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 capsicum, chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 red bell pepper, chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup thinly sliced carrot</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the cornflour mixture: </span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 1/3 cup cornflour </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ tsp garlic powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ tsp salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">¼ tsp pepper</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">¼ tsp ginger powder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">¼ tsp onion powder</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the sweet and sour sauce:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ cup pineapple juice </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup red wine vinegar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1½ cups sugar (see note below)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 tbsp tomato ketchup</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 small onion, diced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tbsp soya sauce</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 cloves garlic, minced</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 tsp salt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ tsp red pepper flakes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ tsp ginger powder</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Place all the ingredients for the sweet and sour sauce in a large saucepan, bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a gentle simmer. Allow to simmer for up to 20 minutes. This is to soften the onions and blend the flavours; the sauce will not thicken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Grease a large baking dish, about 9 X 13 inches, and set aside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Whisk the eggs together in a large bowl and set aside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Add the flour to a large freezer bag and set aside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Mix together the ingredients for the cornflour mixture. Set aside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Dip the diced chicken in batches into the whisked egg, remove, allow the excess egg to drip off, and place in the freezer bag with the flour. Repeat this egg-and-flour step till all the diced chicken is in the freezer bag. Toss within the bag till the chicken is evenly coated with the flour.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Heat the oil in a large skillet until very hot. Add the chicken in two batches and cook till browned on all sides (about two minutes) but not cooked through.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Transfer the fried chicken nuggets to the prepared baking dish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Add the carrots, pineapple, capsicum and red pepper to the cooked sweet and sour sauce and mix until well combined. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Pour the sauce over the chicken in the baking dish and stir gently to combine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">13. Bake, uncovered, for 45 to 50 minutes, stirring occasionally.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">14. Serve with rice. </span><br />
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easy – if slightly time-consuming – advent calendar that kids can help you
with. It makes a cool decoration as it waits for each of its boxes to be
opened. We added sweets to each box, and – because I try very hard to keep
Christmas about Christ – a little snippet from the Gospels which, together, tell
the story of Christmas, with a suggestion to parents on how to initiate
discussions on Christmas beyond the cake and gifts. (You can add fun suggestions – <o:p></o:p></span>“Let’s make
hot chocolate”, “Let’s watch a Christmas movie”
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<span lang="EN-IN">This advent
calendar is a free printable straight from Nicolette at <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.powerfulmothering.com/diy-boxes-advent-calendar-with-free-printable/" target="_blank">Powerful Mothering</a></span></b> – our only addition is the sweets and the scripture passages, which I had first
used in 2011 from <span style="color: red;"><b><a href="http://howsweeteritis.blogspot.in/2011/11/advent-calendar-teach-true-story-of.html" target="_blank">Sweeter than Sweets</a></b></span>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Or try these links to other advent calendars from other years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><a href="http://awomanofprocess.blogspot.in/2013/11/christmas-diys-advent-calendar-scrolls.html" target="_blank">The Advent Calendar Scrolls from 2013</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><a href="http://awomanofprocess.blogspot.in/2013/11/christmas-diys-advent-calendar-to-make.html" target="_blank">The Advent Calendar Tree</a> – also from 2013 (that seems to have been a great year for me!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-50278352960303460422015-09-20T10:06:00.002+05:302015-09-20T10:06:27.126+05:30We tried it: Microwave lime bars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazing Microwave Lemon Bars from <a href="http://www.momontimeout.com/2014/07/amazing-microwave-lemon-bars/" target="_blank">Mom on Timeout</a></td></tr>
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is for you </span><i><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">only</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">if you love the tart life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I
love all things sour. I kidnap all Zach’s Sour Punks, I’m a sucker for <i>imli</i>
(tamarind) sweets; hell, I used to pick fallen tamarind off the ground
under the trees on my grandparents’ farm in Mangalore and suck the pods silly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In
adult life, the kidnapped Sour Punks notwithstanding, I try to sate my need for
the sour with lemony desserts – lemon tarts, key lime pie, you get the drift. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’ve
lost my recipe for lemon curd, but what I now have is a quick fix: these
microwave lemon bars from <a href="http://www.momontimeout.com/2014/07/amazing-microwave-lemon-bars/" target="_blank">Mom on Timeout</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">They’re
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Lemon Bars<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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large eggs at room temperature<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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juice (from the zested limes)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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make the crust: Lightly grease a 9x9 inch microwave-safe baking dish. Whisk
together the flour, powdered sugar and lime zest. Stir in the melted butter. Press the
crust into the prepared dish. Microwave for three minutes at 80% power. Check
to make sure the crust is firm. If not, heat for an additional 30 seconds at
80% power. Set aside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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make the topping: </span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Beat the granulated sugar, lime zest, eggs and lime
juice together. </span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Beat in the flour, baking powder and salt and continue beating for two
to three minutes. Pour the topping over the crust and microwave for three
minutes at 80% power. Check the topping. It should be set with just a little
jiggle, like a good jelly. If it hasn't set, microwave for an additional minute
at 80% power and check again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let
the lemon squares cool completely and then refrigerate for several hours or
overnight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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into squares, dust with powdered sugar and sprinkle with additional lime zest if
desired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-28433863181771757012015-09-15T20:44:00.000+05:302015-09-15T20:44:07.164+05:30Fewer selfies, more usies!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Or, why you need to
take family photos<span style="line-height: normal;"> – </span>now!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">I don’t like having my photograph taken. The
five-pounds-added rule doesn’t seem to apply to me; I feel at least 20 pounds
heavier in photographs. I’m happiest when I can hide behind a row of people and
just have my head peek out between two. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s not always been like that. When I think
back to when Mohan and I were kids, I realise how many photographs of us our
father took. So many! And that at a time when it was considerably more
difficult and complicated to take and print photographs – not the easy-as-pie,
point-and-shoot process of today. If someone ever needed to document the
statues that were strewn through the Bombay Zoo in the 1970s, all they would
need to do is unearth my father’s contact sheets of the time – you could built
a minor catalogue of the many poses I struck on a seated stone gentleman’s lap,
all immortalised in black and white.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">And there are so many photographs of Zach. We
had to discard the out-of-focus ones when moving home, and the duplicates and
triplicates, but we have enough to document the growing up of a much-loved
child, the centre of our lives. I even have so many photographs with Maya, that
baby who came late into my life… but is almost like my own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Why, then, do we stop taking photographs when
we grow older and as the people around us grow older? For me, it’s because I’m
conscious of my weight, of bad angles, of my double chin and my tummy being
recorded once more. For others, it could be that they’re not wearing what they
would like to be seen in in a photograph. I think the discomfort grows with
age. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">But, this year, I’ve decided to persevere with
photographs of family or friends. Too often in recent times have I helped
grieving family members try to find a photograph to place in obituaries or to
frame and realised that we don’t have enough – enough to record how important
our loved ones are to us, or to document how precious a quick meeting with
transiting cousins or old friends has been. <br /><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">In these super-fast times, there is no such thing as too many memories, or too
many photographs. Sure, you meet your parents every other week, or your
siblings. You’re with your kids all the time. Sadly, these are not circumstances
you can take for granted forever. <br /><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Make the time to take photographs – candid ones, yes, but even ones in which
you sit as a family or as a couple or a group of friends. Get yourself a
digital memory – many of them – that will sustain you in more difficult times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Of course, there is another side to all this –
the key to having a collection of photographic memories is two-fold: <br />one, keep
editing and pruning, so you have only a few, well-chosen pictures of any given
situation, and <br />two, keep it personal – don’t inflict it on guests who have no
interest in it at all :) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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post </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">from <a href="http://www.iheartfaces.com/2011/11/family-photo-posing-ideas/" target="_blank">I Heart Faces</a>, a
photography site I love. They have great tutorials to help you take better
photographs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">MAIN PHOTOGRAPH: S JOSEASRYES/ 123RF</span></div>
Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-22045096957081064442015-08-11T22:13:00.001+05:302015-08-11T22:13:51.795+05:30We tried it: Easy Thai chicken lettuce wraps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">So I cook Sunday lunch. Weekday meals are largely
Sumitra’s responsibility and everyday cooking has never been my forte. I’ve
done it – when I needed to – but the stress of thinking about what to make
every day robs the final exercise of a lot of the joy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">So I cook Sunday lunch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">It’s a chance to try out recipes I’ve dumped into my
Mains To Try folder on Pinterest, and, more importantly, a chance to plump up
my recipe files. But more on that in another post.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Last Sunday, we tried Thai chicken lettuce wraps from
Bee at <b><a href="http://rasamalaysia.com/thai-chicken-lettuce-wraps/2/" target="_blank">Rasa Malaysia</a></b>, which I adapted only very slightly. We do already have a go-to chicken lettuce wrap
recipe that comes with an absolutely brilliant pineapple-y coleslaw, but that
one takes some doing – marinating the chicken, prepping for the coleslaw –
while this one comes together in just about 20 minutes. It’s a super-simple,
one-pan-chicken, one-bowl-sauce dish, and paleo to boot. Enjoy! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Recipe adapted from <a href="http://rasamalaysia.com/thai-chicken-lettuce-wraps/2/" target="_blank">Rasa Malaysia</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rasamalaysia.com/thai-chicken-lettuce-wraps/2/" target="_blank">Thai chicken lettuce wraps <br />on Rasa Malaysia</a></td></tr>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">500g
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tbsp chopped coriander leaves<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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small iceberg lettuces<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">For
the sauce:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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tbsp sweet chilli sauce<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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tsp lemon juice<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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tbsp chopped coriander leaves<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Pinch
white sesame seeds </span></b><b><span style="color: #585858; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Mix together all the ingredients
for the sauce in a small bowl.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Break the lettuce into leaves,
wash and dry each leaf. Set aside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Heat a wok on medium heat. Add the
oil. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">When heated, add the onion and
garlic, and stir-fry until lightly browned. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Add the chicken mince, breaking up
any lumps, and cook for a minute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Add the peanuts, fish sauce, light
soya sauce and sugar. Stir and cook till the chicken is dry but moist. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Add the chopped coriander and
remove from heat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">To serve, place a tablespoon of
chicken mince in a lettuce cup, top with the sauce. Enjoy!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In April this year, we drove.
Quite a long way. From Mumbai to Mangalore to pick up my parents and take them
to Goa for a week. Then back to Mangalore to drop them off. On to Bangalore for
my cousin Sherine’s daughter’s First Communion. Finally, the long drive back to
Mumbai, with a halt at Kolhapur. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">That, Google Maps tells me,
is 948km + 387km + 387km + 373km + 980km = a grand total of 3,075km. Oh, and let’s
add to that another 400km for the Arpora-Kolhapur-Arpora trip Kevin and I did
to check up on some home theatre he was setting up.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Much was learned on the road
trip – including the fact that I’m still waiting for the Beam-me-up-Scotty
transportation system to materialise. I’ve divided the learnings into sections,
so that you find something useful – in no particular order – among the
rantings.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">On
the road<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">1.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">in-car repertoire</b> must include a sipper glass and Red Bull supply for
the driver (Kevin, in this case) and a dustbin bag for fellow (younger)
travellers who cannot live without Lays wafers in assorted flavours on road
trips. Both these are key to sanity as the hours go by. We like sandwiches made
with Hungarian salami from Gourmet West as our between-meals snack on the road.
<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">2.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">roads in Karnataka are way better than the ones in Maharashtra</b>,
even on NH 4. That said, we were slowed down by road-widening work every few
hundred metres in Karnataka, but, once those roads are done, they’re going to
be a joy to drive. (And, ladies, sometimes the ladies’ loos at the truck lay
byes on the side of the road are quite usable.) <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That it’s useful to<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> keep a bulldog clip handy</b> in the glove compartment to hold
together the innumerable toll receipts you collect on a road trip – especially
because many of them must be shown again to avoid paying the same toll twice.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Google
Maps is generally awesome</b>. However, it was more fun when the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">firang</i> voice told me how to get
somewhere; the new Indian one calling Calangute ‘Culangat’ really gets on my nerves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In
Mangalore</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><br /></span></b><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, if you are ever in Mangalore, you must <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">visit an Ideal Ice Cream Parlour</b>. The best of them is Pabbas, on MG Road in
Lalbagh. The classic here is Gadbad, a sundae from long before sundaes became
famous – but we’re now also rooting for Sandy Nuts (I know, I know), vanilla
with nougat and biscuit crumbs, and Beehive, which is drizzled with honey, and
only to be had if you really like honey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">6.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">your
visit is also incomplete without toddy</b> – best drunk in the morning when
it’s still sweet. Ask a local you trust. The<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">
chakna </i>(bar snacks) at these little dives is also addictive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">7.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That Mangalore’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Tannirbhavi Beach</b> is now almost brilliant. It has changing rooms
and showers. So rare in India. ‘Almost brilliant’ because said changing rooms
have no door locks or lights, but they – and the other advantages of
privatisation – are coming. Go, if you are in Mangalore. This beach gives the
Goa beaches a run for their waves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">In
Goa<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">8.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, among apartments in Goa, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">we like Riviera properties over all others</b>.
We’ve tried quite a few, but the Riviera lot – booked over
www.ownersdirect.co.uk – is the best in terms of facilities and class. Of
these, our best stay has been at IN62 at Riviera Residency – the pics on the
site are bad, and don’t do justice to the place, but you’re literally 20 steps
from the pool, and, as a bonus, Teresa Air is lovely. You do, however, need
wheels; none of these are near the beaches.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">9.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That other (non-apartment) <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">properties we like include Casa Praia</b> (www.casapraiagoa.com),
250m from Candolim Beach, and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Presa di
Goa</b> (presadigoa.com), down little village roads in Nagao. Try for the
Family House and the suites at Casa Praia, rather than the annexe rooms, and
for the duplex cottages at Presa di Goa.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">10.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">we
don’t care much for the beaches in Goa</b> – at least not the North Goa
beaches. Perhaps because we don’t get much joy from watching people watching
other fully-clothed people emerge sopping from the sea.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">my
parents probably have more get-up-and-go than we do</b> – our idea of a holiday
is lying about, watching TV and movies, reading and going out to eat. I think
they are quietly appalled at our inactivity.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">12.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">food
is</b> what <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Goa</b> is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">for us</b>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">13.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, while we’ve always enjoyed the fish <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">thali</i> at Ritz Classic on the first floor
of a building on 18th June Road in Panjim, it was great not having anyone
standing over your shoulder, waiting for you to finish, at the third <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ritz Classic at Patto</b> in Panjim (Ground
Floor, Patto Plaza Gera Imperium-II, Patto Centre, Panjim). Same good food,
slightly higher prices, but well worth it.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">14.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That the food is consistently good at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Fat Fish</b> (Agar Waddo on the
Calangute-Arpora Road; www.fatfishgoa.com) – especially the Special Goan Fish
Thali, tuna salad and the roast pork. And the wait staff is cool. And there’s
free wi-fi.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">15.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That getting to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bhatti Village</b> restaurant in Nerul after three unsuccessful forays
was very worth it. You eat in a house, the lady of the house cooks, the man of
the house, Patrick, rattles off the menu of the day – four items in beef, four
items in pork, all the fish you want, and some of the best <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">feni</i> you’ll have around. We loved the Pork Binda Sol, a light
stew-like dish flavoured with kokum skins. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>In Bangalore</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">16. That <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">the joys of a large boisterous family far outweigh the mild panic I
feel</b> at being with so many people in a single room or even house. My Aunt
Averil’s house has become Family Central in Bangalore – the equivalent of my
grandmother’s house in Mangalore (both Granny and May Lodge are no longer with
the family, sadly), where three generations congregate to fall over each other
like puppies. There’s much cooking, eating, sleeping amid the pile of people
you’re watching hysterical movies with, and, generally, enough family memories
made to keep you warm for a year at least. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">17. That <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">mosquito patches are never available when you need them most</b>. Stock
up if you’re travelling, or rely on good old Odomos – the lotion is easier to
slather on than the cream. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">18. That <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lan Thai</b> at 5<sup>th</sup> Avenue Mall on Brigade Road still serves
up great Thai food. Phew! Such a relief since I had recommended it in the
Bangalore Insiders story some months ago. The caveat: Eat in, don’t order out –
it doesn’t taste as good with delivery. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">19. That <strong>The Tuckshop </strong>in Varthur is worth seeking
out. This outlet store takes some getting to and needs a phone call to the irrepressible
Raina, but my sis-in-law had clothes falling over themselves to be taken home
by her – dresses, blouses, and party pieces (Gunjur, Varthur-Sarjapur Road, near S4 Supermarket, Whitefield; 11am to 5pm). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">20.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That peeps who say, “Who goes to Bangalore to
buy curtains?” have never been to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Acacia
Curtains </b>at Safina Plaza. The guys at Acacia could easily have you believing
that you could change your world, or your home at least, with their curtains.
These are some of the best we’ve seen – in variations of cotton, that is (I
can’t stand the shiny, synthetic ones) – and come in door and window lengths
and some in panels that could almost make art installations. Best, or worst, of
all, they are brilliant at placing any curtain you like in innumerable
combinations with others that make you buy all the possibilities. It explains
why we bought some 26 curtains in all. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">21.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bangalore
Ham Shop</b> continues to rule with its <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">masala
</i>sausages. These are little explosions of peppery taste in your mouth – and
across the room from the frying pan if you don’t follow the instructions on the
packet. Try them. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">22.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That, while having a car to get you from
city to city is great, within a city like Bangalore with its often impossible
traffic, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">hiring a driver to drive your
car </b>is such a good idea. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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road-trip observations<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">23.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That you should, if you can, switch off your
fridge at home while you’re away. If you can’t, at least have no fish or meat
in there – if you don’t want to know how I imagine a forensic lab would smell.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">24.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That getting there is much more fun than
getting back from there.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">25. That there can be such a
thing as too long a road trip.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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One of the things I realised while compiling recipes I’ve tried and tested to
go into the folder was that desserts are my weak point. Oh, I can eat them
fine, but I don’t know how to make enough of them. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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of today:<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Soups and salads: 24/52<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Mains: 31/52<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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to up my sweets game, but, since both Zach and Kevin are not really dessert
fans – in theory – it’s going to take some working at.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Anyway, here’s an interesting
cake from <a href="http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/25160/whole+orange+cake" target="_blank">Taste.com.au</a> I
got to know of through an old friend and colleague – Shubhra Krishan – on Facebook,
no less. It is unusual but simple enough. My proof-of-trial shot looks nothing
as nice as the original photo, but it was yummy, I assure you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">From <a href="http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/25160/whole+orange+cake" target="_blank">Taste.com.au<o:p></o:p></a></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">125g butter, melted <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">1 cup milk <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">3 eggs, lightly beaten <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">1½ cups self-raising flour, sifted <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">1 cup caster sugar <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">½ cup almond meal (ground almonds) <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">2 tbsp orange juice<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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to 180°C. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(base) fluted ring pan. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Place the oranges
in a saucepan. Cover with cold water. Bring to a boil. Drain. Return to the saucepan.
Cover again with cold water and bring to a boil. Drain. Set aside until cool
enough to handle. Roughly chop up the oranges – flesh and peel. Remove and
discard the seeds. Process the orange pulp until smooth. Transfer to a bowl. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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milk, eggs, flour, sugar and almond meal until combined. Pour the mixture into
the prepared pan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Bake for 50 to 60
minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Stand the cake
in the pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack over a tray. Cool.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To make the icing:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> Place the pure icing sugar,
butter and orange juice in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Stir
for five minutes or until smooth. Set aside for five minutes or until slightly
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<span lang="EN-GB">Easter is coming! Hallelujah! </span></div>
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Here are a few printables to quickly get you
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<span lang="EN-GB">First, because Easter is always about the
Risen Christ, a few printables that celebrate the Resurrection…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From Hymns & Verses, a chalkboard
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://www.hymnsandverses.com/2013/03/easter-chalkboard-printable.html" target="_blank">Hymns & Verses</a></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">From In Courage, ‘<a href="http://www.incourage.me/2013/03/season-of-reflection.html" target="_blank">He is Risen!</a>’… </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://www.incourage.me/2013/03/season-of-reflection.html" target="_blank">In Courage</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://www.the36thavenue.com/he-has-risen-printables/" target="_blank">The 36th Avenue</a></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This sweet bunny <a href="http://www.kristendukephotography.com/polka-dot-easter-bunny-free-printable/" target="_blank">printable</a> from Capturing
Joy with Kristen Duke… Just add the cotton tail!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://www.kristendukephotography.com/polka-dot-easter-bunny-free-printable/" target="_blank">Capturing Joy with Kristen Duke</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="https://printablepaperproducts.com/easter-bunny-garland/" target="_blank">Happy Thought Printable Paper Products</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From <a href="http://tatertotsandjello.com/2014/04/free-printable-happy-easter-banner.html" target="_blank">Tatertots & Jello</a></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Some <a href="http://www.love-the-day.com/lovetheday/wordpress/free-printable-easter-tags/" target="_blank">tags</a> to put on any Easter
eggs you’re gifting – or eating… from Love the Day </span></div>
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& Julia</i>, Julie Powell, a NYC blogger, decides to address the tedium of
her days by cooking the recipes in Julia Child’s cookbook<span class="r-rhscol-8"><span style="color: #222222;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Mastering the Art of French Cooking</i></span></span></span> – all 524
of them<span class="r-rhscol-8"><span style="color: #222222;">. The movie makes
great watching if you’re interested in food, especially the juxtapositioning of
Julia Child’s time in France putting together the cookbook with Julie’s working
her way through said book, but it is clearly not easy; there are lobsters to be
killed, ducks whose butts you have to get your hands up, Julie’s marriage almost
goes down the drain with the pasta water…</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have a project and it’s going to be fun.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Every Thursday, I start to think about what I
will cook over the weekend. Those of you who know me know I try recipes, I’m
not one of those magicians in the kitchen who can throw things together. <br />
So, Thursday: Shortlist of recipes from Pinterest <br />
Friday: Crawford Market for any unusual ingredients <br />
Saturday and Sunday: Lunches, at least, are different.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weekdays? Weekdays are usually given over to
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That is changing. I find myself coming home
earlier to the new house. The bigger kitchen feels like it could do with some loving…
I can find all my precious ingredients where I’ve stashed them… And we’re doing
the Dadar Market thing: We go to the wholesale market on Saturdays and come
back staggering with the freshest fruits and vegetables. And flowers, but that
is another matter. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So my new project is to have 52 recipes by the
end of the year. 52 recipes each in Appetisers, Soups, Salads, Mains, Desserts,
and, maybe, Snacks. Only after I have cooked a dish will the recipe be given a
place in the Project Recipe ring binder, printed out on an A4 sheet with hole
guards to protect the punch holes. It will next be taken to the kitchen on its
own, encased in a plastic sleeve to keep it safe from the oil smears and sauce
smudges I always seem to bestow on recipe printout and books.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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of happy memories – a game of recalling that starter we served at the last
Easter party, or those schnitzels we got from Friyan’s cook, Vinod, and which
my mom now loves. Of pulling that recipe from that <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">masala</i>-smeared cookbook and adding it to the list to be typed out.
Of trying quite a few dishes that are Paleo, and still surprisingly tasty. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to new tastes and foods, and, unlike with Julia’s recipes, which she created
for “servantless” Americans, my Sumitra is an enthusiastic assistant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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got rather carried away and overwrought in the movie, I’m a happy cook. I
already have about 20 tried-and-tested recipes in each category – except desserts.
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over the last few weekends. It’s super-simple and Paleo – no noodles – but you’ll
be surprised at how tasty it is anyway. Good way to get some cabbage into you. I
did not have edamame, so I used black eyed beans, soaked and cooked, and I didn’t
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shredded </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Olive oil</span></span></b></div>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1.5 cups edamame (or black eyed beans, soaked
and cooked)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 cups red cabbage (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 carrots, ribbonned (use your vegetable
peeler)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 limes<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For the
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 tbsp soya sauce<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 tbsp Sriracha hot sauce<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 tbsp peanut butter<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 tbsp sugar <o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 tbsp ketchup<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 tsp minced ginger<o:p></o:p></span></span></b><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heat the oil in a large wok or frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the shredded
cabbage for about
seven to 10 minutes till cooked but not limp.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While the cabbage is
cooking, mix all the ingredients for the sauce together in a bowl.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pour the sauce over the
cabbage and cook for an additional one to two minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.4pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plate and garnish with the
carrot ribbons, shredded red cabbage (optional), edamame (cooked black-eyed
beans), and slices of lime.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-80317636541652684232015-03-08T20:29:00.000+05:302015-03-08T20:29:11.854+05:30What Lent can mean for anyone<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">I was browsing the net
the other day and came upon a post on <a href="http://amongstlovelythings.com/preparing-for-simple-lent/" target="_blank">Amongst Lovely Things</a> that
put the Lenten period more sharply into perspective for me. I share it because
I believe that we can receive insights for living from different religions – if
we are open to inspiration. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">Sarah Mackenzie talks
about how she has been working on making this Lent a simple one. One in which she
pares down – my interpretation, not hers – the whole mystery of the period into
five simple ways by which her children may appreciate and live Lent. Two, in
particular, called to me – Burying the Alleluia, and the Offering of Sacrifices.
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">‘Alleluia’ is an
Easter word, and, on the first Sunday of Lent, Sarah and her children
ceremoniously put away a scroll with the word, written in beautiful calligraphy,
to be brought out on Easter, to mark the joyful resurrection of Christ. “</span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #505050; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black;">After 40 days of quiet, we are
practically bursting with <em><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;">Alleluia</span></em>.
:)</span>,” <span style="color: black;">she says in the post. “Physically burying the word reminds us that<span style="color: red;"><strong> joy always
follows suffering. We must wait for it, but it will come.</strong></span> </span><em><span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Alleluia</span><span style="color: black;">!</span></span></em></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">But even more
important to me is Sarah’s interpretation of why Christians fast. That is
something difficult to explain even to non-fasting Christians. This year, the
Catholic Communication Centre of the Archdiocese of Bombay has brought out a
booklet called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Stay a While and Pray with
Me: Your Companion for the Journey through Lent</i>. It explains that Lent is a
time of spiritual training – to get our spiritual lives in shape, to strengthen
what is weak, a time to grow stronger in faith, through the spiritual exercises
of prayer, fasting and caring for the poor. It points out that fasting need not be only about
giving up food – it can be a time when you consciously give up discontent,
anger, bitterness, self-concern, prejudice, idle talk, negativity; you get the drift.
Those, often, can be more difficult to give up than just food.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN;">But back to Sarah and
her explanation of how offering up sacrifices will help us.<span style="color: black;"> “</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #505050; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>Giving something up for Lent… helps us
remember that we are <span style="font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;">abundantly
blessed</span>. So blessed, that giving up something seemingly small can
be rather difficult.</strong></span>”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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me remember that I have so much to be grateful for; no doubt, it will remind
you too.</span> </span></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-79274744787210793192015-01-22T09:18:00.000+05:302015-01-22T09:18:24.542+05:30We tried it: Drunken Sausage Pasta from The Cozy Apron<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">From </span><a href="http://thecozyapron.com/a-cozy-pasta-italian-drunken-noodles-and-shaking-things-up-a-bit/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Cozy Apron</span></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Pasta is a rare treat these days – what with Kevin’s fairly-strict Paleo
diet and my wishy-washy one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sure,
Suchita and Zach used to indulge – because Suchita had become quite a champ at
pasta before she left. Sumitra, who has come in her place, tells me that she,
too, knows to cook pasta – so that is a treat for another time.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyway, we decided <strike>this</strike> last weekend would be pasta time. And we started
with this absolute cracker of a pasta on Saturday night. It is a robust dish,
and went really well with the white wine I was drinking and the mulled rum-and-peach
concoction that Kevin was plying Bianca with, under the guise of it being good
for her cold. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">The star of the dish is, without doubt, the sausage. I thought we had
Italian sausage in our freezer (yes, we now have a standalone chest freezer),
but it turned out to be German pork sausage – from Gladnor Cold Storage in
Chembur. (What’s a quick trip down the
freeway to stock a chest freezer?) Still, you could use any sausage, as long as
it is a good, charismatic one, and, because it is browned, removed and then
added back to the dish at the end, the taste of the meat will be and should be
predominant. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">The recipe is from </span><a href="http://thecozyapron.com/a-cozy-pasta-italian-drunken-noodles-and-shaking-things-up-a-bit/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">The Cozy Apron</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;">,
where it goes under the title of Saucy, Italian “Drunken” Noodles with Spicy
Italian Sausage, Tomatoes and Caramelized Onions and Red and Yellow Bell
Peppers, with Fresh Basil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">I doubled the quantities and many third helpings
were enjoyed. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Drunken Sausage Pasta<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Serves: 4<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 tbsp olive oil (I used less)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">4 spicy sausage links, casings removed (I used Alf Farms’ German Pork
Sausage)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 large onion, thinly sliced</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">1½ tsp salt<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">1 tsp Italian seasoning (I used Keya)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">½ tsp cracked black pepper<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">3 bell peppers, cored and thinly sliced<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">4 cloves garlic, minced</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">½ cup white wine <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">800 g tomatoes, diced (I used less)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">2 tbsp parsley, chopped<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">¼ cup fresh basil leaves, julienned<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">225 g pasta, uncooked<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: large;"> </span></o:p><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Place a large, heavy-bottomed pan on medium-high heat. Add olive oil,
and, once the oil is hot, crumble the sausage into the pan (I cut
it into small chunks), allowing it to brown in the oil for a few
moments. Once browned, remove the sausage with a slotted spoon and set aside. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">To the pan with the sausage drippings, add the sliced onion and cook
for five minutes, allowing it to caramelise but not burn. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Once the onion starts to become golden, add the salt, Italian seasoning
and cracked black pepper, and stir to combine.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add the sliced bell peppers, sauté for two minutes until tender.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add the minced garlic, and fry till aromatic.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add the white wine and allow to reduce for a few moments, until almost
completely reduced.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add the diced tomatoes with their juice, and the browned sausage. Gently
fold in to combine and allow to gently simmer for about three to four minutes
to blend the flavours, then turn the heat off.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Add the parsley and basil, stir and keep warm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cook the pasta according to the package instructions, drain well and add
to the sausage sauce. Check for seasoning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Proof of the making: the absence of sausage is mysterious</span></td></tr>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-87486174923820902202014-08-27T09:11:00.000+05:302014-08-27T09:11:36.119+05:30Being open to receiving + thank you for the love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many Indians
know the Lord’s Prayer – The Our Father. If you went to a Catholic, or
“convent”, school, it was part of the daily assembly session, and it is a
wonderful mark of our secularism that so many parents and children think
nothing of saying it in the spirit that, for them, it addresses their own god. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In recent
years, I have seen many Catholics, like me, recite The Lord’s Prayer with arms
uplifted. I, in particular, always cup my hands to receive at the second part –
“Give us this day our daily bread…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You cannot receive unless you are open to
receiving. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is the same principle in Feng Shui – though I
may be over-simplifying when I say this, and no offence is meant to serious
practitioners of this science. If you want to share your life with someone, it
goes, you can’t have so many pillows or stuffed toys on your bed that there is
no place for that potential someone to come in. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s a simple idea – but it makes sense: to
receive, you have to be prepared, first, to allow someone to help you, and, second,
to believe that they will. <br />An old story goes that a village set off for a
distant clearing to pray for much-needed rain. They all believed
they had the faith it would happen – till someone pointed out that no one was
carrying umbrellas. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yet, there is a fine line between just passively
letting things happen to you and helping them happen. The first option smacks
of giving up, the second is proactive and worthy of your status as a co-handler
of your life. I learned fairly early in life that some things were beyond my
control – a particularly bad break-up taught me lessons in surrender to
something greater than me. I’m still finding out about people who were born and
who died in the six months from the day I walked away. I accept that that was
my period of bandaging – akin to the way it is said field doctors in the great
wars would sedate gravely-wounded soldiers for days or weeks to allow their
bodies to heal. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Acknowledging that things sometimes move to the
beat of another drummer, not your own rhythm, should <u>not</u> mean that you take
your hands off the drum, or your eyes off what you should be doing. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To not take cues from your gut, from your own
instincts, from even your dreams, is to fail yourself <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> your guiding presence.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have much to be grateful for this year on the work front – first, the
award from Malaysia Tourism, and now, on August 20, 2014, the Canadian Tourism
international media award. But more than by the awards themselves, because the
writing is something you do anyway, I have been overwhelmed by and humbled
at the outpouring of affection and congratulations from family, friends and
acquaintances. I am grateful for the awards especially because they have
allowed me to appreciate the warmth of the people I am privileged to have
around me.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-87327594775782025402014-08-07T10:02:00.001+05:302014-08-07T10:02:29.463+05:30An easy-peasy tomato soup<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">When it’s pouring outside, tomato soup is comfort
in a bowl.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">This recipe, only slightly adapted from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good Food India,</i> is super easy,
non-fiddly and yummy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">The tomato ketchup gives it a lovely piquancy. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Easy Tomato Soup <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Adapted only slightly from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Good Food India</i><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"><strong>1 onion, chopped<o:p></o:p></strong></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1 tbsp olive oil<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">8 large tomatoes, chopped<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">400 ml hot vegetable stock<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">4 tbsp tomato ketchup<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">4 pinches oregano<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Salt and pepper<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Yoghurt to swirl<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Heat the olive oil in a pan, and fry the onions
for about 5 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon till soft but not coloured.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Add the chopped tomatoes, stock, ketchup and
oregano. Season with salt and pepper and bring to a boil. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Cover the pan, lower the heat and simmer for 15
minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Cool and blend to a puree.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Gently reheat and serve with a swirl of yoghurt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">And if you’re like me, and often eat tomato soup
just for the croutons, treat yourself – make them in the microwave. Just cut
bread into little cubes, lightly rub with a little olive oil and seasoning, and
blast on High in short bursts, moving the cubes around between each burst. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Photograph: Microsoft <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-61526646759708277162014-08-01T11:06:00.001+05:302014-08-01T11:06:08.143+05:30Updates and an amazing stir-fry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">It’s been a
long time since I last blogged – almost four months, but they’ve been such
exciting months. After waiting almost two years, <span style="color: red;"><strong>we finally moved homes in
June</strong></span>. For reasons of security and paranoia (what’s with those people who put up
<i>all</i> their personal details on Facebook? Jyo, I’m talking to you), I will only
say we still live in Colaba. In an even sleepier part of that little
world-of-its-own at the tip of Bombay, with more trees, fewer veggie vendors,
but none of the traffic snarls of Colaba Causeway. It’s been a tremendous two
months since we moved; we’re practically redoing the house, while living in it,
but it’s so great to see it slowly coming together. Most of the discomfort is
Kevin’s, because he works from home, from the middle of it all, and I very
gratefully escape to work every day. And, in all that, we’re also preparing for
Zach’s board exams. We give thanks every day; keep us in your prayers.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">In other news,
I may have come into this </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">late</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">– but I’m loving </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Pinterest</strong></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">!</span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">I use it to pin all sorts of fun stuff for the house, and we’ve
found some of our best design inspiration on the many boards. Because this is a
house that has had little ‘interior designer’ input – except for very valuable
advice and bathroom remodelling from my dear pal Himanshu. It will
truly be a labour of love – and Pinterest! </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">:) </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">I’m also now a
great advocate of <strong><span style="color: red;">Quikr</span></strong> and <span style="color: red;"><strong>Olx</strong></span>. I know, I know, our parents’ generation never
bought or used second-hand (though we did have a television from the Press Club
way back in the early eighties, complete with ornate wooden cabinet), but there</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">’</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">s something to be said for ‘pre-loved’ when you’re on a tight budget
and you want stuff you cannot otherwise afford. Of course, you have to really
trawl the listings and go check out the products – but it’s been great fun, and
we’ve met some cool people in the bargain. We will need to reupholster
our furniture and get some polish work done, but it</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">’</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">s totally worth the
effort.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">And yes, we’ve
also sold on Quikr! Or was it Olx or Facebook?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.urbanladder.com/products/aldrin-wing-chair?sku=FNSFWG51SB30001" target="_blank">Aldrin from Urban Ladder</a></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">For stuff that
we <em>must</em> buy, my go-to place is <strong><span style="color: red;">Urban Ladder</span></strong>. I love the pieces, I love the
names, I just wish someone gave me one of those limitless coupons to this
site. I already have the Babylon book shelf, the Lhasa chest and Herbert side
table are sitting boxed in our living room, and I lust over <a href="http://www.urbanladder.com/products/aldrin-wing-chair?sku=FNSFWG51SB30001" target="_blank">Aldrin</a> the wing
chair
every evening. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pepperfry.com/yellow-tolix-chair-1133203.html?pos=1:1" target="_blank">Yellow Tolix chair from Pepperfry</a></td></tr>
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from </span><strong style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;">Pepperfry</span></strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. As seen in The Pantry, at Kala Ghoda, and at Dunkin Donuts. It’s
inspired by a chair that became famous in 1927; a little more on the history
</span><u style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.tolix.fr/en/pages/1-history" target="_blank">here</a></u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.
I just think it’s cute.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Pepperfry also has a blue Tolix (with no cushion) and a
red Tolix, which has a wooden seat; tempting till you realise that
the three wooden slats could come in some very strange colours.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.carlsbadcravings.com/30-minute-saucy-korean-beef-stir-fry/" target="_blank">Saucy Korean Stir-Fry from Carlsbad Cravings</a></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">And because this is otherwise such a house/ design/
furniture-heavy post, here’s a really good recipe for a quick stir-fry. I made
it with undercut, sliced really fine when it was frozen, and then fried
thoroughly in small batches after marination, but I’m sure the recipe would
work great with chicken as well.</span></div>
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">It’s from <a href="http://www.carlsbadcravings.com/30-minute-saucy-korean-beef-stir-fry/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: red;">Carlsbad Cravings</span></strong></a>,
a new blog I found via Pinterest, and I’ve hardly adapted it, though I
have to confess I did not bother with Ziploc bags as Jen does on the blog, and just marinated my meat in a mixing bowl. And
my dish certainly did not look as bright (or nice) as the original – something to do with
our soya sauce, I think – but it tasted very good.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Saucy Korean Beef Stir Fry <o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Slightly adapted from <a href="http://carlsbadcravings.com/">CarlsbadCravings.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Serves: 4-6 <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">450g beef (I used undercut), sliced as thinly as
possible<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1 small onion, sliced into very thin strips<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">2 tbsp corn flour, divided<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">2 tbsp sesame oil, divided<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1 zucchini, thinly sliced<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced into strips (I used capsicum)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1 yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced into strips<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">2 cups sliced mushrooms<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">½ tsp salt<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">¼ tsp pepper<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">6 garlic cloves, minced<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1 tbsp freshly-grated ginger<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">¾ cup soya sauce<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">¼ cup water<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">½ cup Chinese rice wine, mirin or dry sherry <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1/3 cup sugar<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">¼ tsp black pepper<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1 to 2 tsp Sriracha or hot chilli sauce<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<li><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Whisk together all the ingredients for the marinade/ sauce. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Spoon 1/3 cup of the marinade/ sauce into a deep bowl and whisk in 1 tbsp corn flour. Add the sliced beef and onions. Refrigerate the marinated meat and onions and the reserved sauce separately for 30 minutes at least. You can go upto 12 hours, but I found even 45 minutes is good enough. <o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">When you<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">’re</span> ready to cook, heat 1 tbsp sesame oil in a wok over high heat. Fry small batches of the beef till done – in India, this is important, since the final cooking in the stir-fry will be short, and you don’t want to take any chances with meat not cooked out of its wits. Remove from wok and keep covered.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Wipe down wok with a paper towel.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Add 1 tbsp corn flour to the reserved sauce and whisk until smooth.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Heat the remaining sesame oil in the wok over high heat. Add the veggies and sauté for one minute. Add the reserved sauce and bring to a simmer. Season with ½ tsp salt and ¼ tsp pepper. Cook until sauce has thickened, about one to two minutes. Add the fried beef back to the skillet with the vegetables and sauce and continue to cook, for about one minute. Taste for seasoning.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-IN" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Serve over rice garnished with spring onions – if you can wait that long </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">:)</span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Som Tam - from Chef Ananda Solomon<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span>s recipe in <em>GoodFood India Magazine</em> </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Somewhere before Lent began, Kevin and I found
ourselves at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mamagoto</b> at Kala Ghoda.
Very eclectic, very light-hearted, in keeping with the chain’s ‘Fun Asian’
theme. The Hua Hin Station Rolls were good, but I find cheese in a roll very
non-Oriental… and the Laksa was efficient, but then I’ve eaten really good
Laksa in Kuala Lumpur, so… I thought the Som Tam (green papaya salad) was
a little not happening, though that might be because I had made Chef Ananda
Solomon’s Som Tam from the <em>GoodFood India Magazine</em>, and<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> that</i> is brilliant!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Som Tam – Green
Papaya Salad<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">From Chef Ananda Solomon in <em>GoodFood India
Magazine<o:p></o:p></em></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">400g shredded green papaya, chilled<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">6 garlic cloves, peeled<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">6 bird’s eye chillies, deseeded<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">40g long beans (<em>chawli</em>), chopped and blanched<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">40g jaggery/ palm sugar<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1tbsp dark soya sauce<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">2tsp lime juice<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">1tbsp fish sauce<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">8 cherry tomatoes (I used ½ tomato, chopped)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">30g peanuts, dry-roasted and crushed <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Put the papaya in a colander, run water over, and
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">In a mortar, pound the following one after the
other: garlic, chillies, long beans, jaggery, soya sauce, lime juice and fish
sauce. If your mortar is small, you may have to do this in batches, but
essentially, the ingredients need to be pounded into each other.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">In a large bowl, mix together the dressing, the
chilled papaya, the chopped tomatoes (slightly pounded) and the crushed
peanuts. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">While being vegetarian in Mumbai is somewhat of a
challenge for an otherwise-non-vegetarian, and somewhat depressing, and leads
to lots of cheese being wolfed down, I’m glad to report that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Aye Dios Mio</b> at Metro is not a ‘Gujican’
(Gujarati Mexican, as Friyan informs me it is termed) joint. Yes, it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> Mexican (and Italian), it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is</i> vegetarian, but it is also rather wonderful.
The Classic Nachos come with salsa, sour cream, cheese sauce and guacamole, and
enough that you run out of nachos before you run out of the accompaniments –
how often does that happen? And then, there are those brill Jalapeno Poppers –
jalapenos stuffed with flavoured cheese infiltrated by a spicy mix of peppers –
deep-fried and served with a lime and chilli mayo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sushi, dates stuffed with blue cheese, <br />
and shepherd<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span>s pie (made with Nutrela granules) <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">So, we went last weekend to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Great Food Show</b> with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">BBC Good Food</i> at Nehru Centre, here in Bombay. We went early – since it was supposed to be a study break for Zach. The halls were almost empty, everyone at the stalls was bright and bushy-tailed at the start of a new day, and we got a whole lot of stuff. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Revelation of the day: How Nutrela soya granules and chunks could be worked to fool you. We ate Nutrela burgers, Nutrela mince rolls, Nutrela wontons and Nutrela shepherd’s pie, and we would not have known the meat was missing… The wontons were a bit over-fried, but all else was all good. We also had sushi from Sushi and More, spiced guava hand-churned ice cream from Bina’s, dates stuffed with blue cheese from Nature’s Basket, and Vietnamese cold summer rolls from Busago (incidentally the least impressive of the lot, though I otherwise like Busago)… We peeped into the MasterClass theatre and it was jam-packed… <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Kevin has given his heart now to a Weber grill and Zach is on his way to trying everything once – a huge step forward. <br /> All in all, a great start…<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">My tan is finally faded and I have survived – both
an awards ceremony in a sari I draped myself in a hotel room in Kuala Lumpur
and with hair that I had ‘done’ at a mall nearby <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and </i>jet-skiing for four hours in the Andaman Sea. The award was for
Best Media Article (English), presented at the Tourism Malaysia Awards 2014.
Thank you, guys, for your support of my writing over the years.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Valentine’s Day? Well, here’s another way to use your clipboard, as an art
display unit!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From the tutorial on posing mistakes from <a href="http://www.iheartfaces.com/" target="_blank">I Heart Faces</a>... <br />
This one<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">’</span>s no mistake, though!</td></tr>
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sharing this <a href="http://www.iheartfaces.com/2012/03/photography-posing-mistakes-tutorial/" target="_blank">post</a> from <a href="http://www.iheartfaces.com/" target="_blank">I Heart Faces</a> on how to pose for photographs </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-91333695109059289092014-02-25T08:01:00.002+05:302014-02-26T07:48:44.002+05:30We tried it: Sweet & Sour Citrus Chicken Stir-Fry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Those who know me from childhood will recall that chicken is hardly my favourite food. <br />Those who know me from childhood will also recall that I was a skinny kid who hardly ate – the bane of my mother’s mealtimes :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, I love to eat, though, when it finally comes down to it, not very much at a time. Still, we’re now totally a chicken and fish family. I, incidentally, cannot eat chicken in traditional curries, so it’s a good thing Suchita knows how to turn out interesting grilled chicken day after day.<br />Anyway, here’s a recipe I found in my hunt for interesting chicken recipes. It’s not spectacular, but it’s worth having in your repertoire of regular weekday dishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Recipe adapted by <a href="http://www.ourbestbites.com/2013/03/sweet-sour-citrus-chicken-stir-fry/" target="_blank">Our Best Bites</a><br />Serves: 4</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2/3 cup orange juice<br />Juice and grated rind of 1 lime (about 2 tbsp juice)<br />2 tbsp rice vinegar<br />2 tbsp brown sugar<br />3 tbsp soya sauce<br />5 cloves garlic, minced<br />2 tsp fresh ginger, minced or grated</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><u>For the stir-fry:</u><br />450g boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1″ chunks<br />Salt and pepper to taste<br />3 tbsp cornflour<br />1½ cups broccoli florets (I used cauliflower)<br />1 ½ cups green beans, cut into 1” lengths <br />1 bell pepper, seeded and sliced<br />1 medium onion, halved and cut into ¼″ slices</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />Add about 1 tablespoon oil to the skillet and heat over medium-high heat. Swirl the pan to coat it. Add the seasoned chicken and stir-fry for 4-5 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through. <br />
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-71076916171008323232014-02-17T08:00:00.000+05:302014-02-17T12:24:29.557+05:30DIY: Clipboards for adults (DIY/ Makeover)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Clipboards. I’m guessing
they’re not one of your favourite things. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Not mine either. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Each time we haul them out,
it means there’s an exam looming. Many of them usually.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Anyway, time to change your
perception of them. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Make them cool. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Or pretty.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As message centres. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Reminder boards. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Whatever you’d like them to
be.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I bought mine at Crawford
Market at Rs 25 each. So cheap enough. And I gave them, once I had prettied
them up, as Valentine’s Day gifts to each of my six fellow gurls at work (the
budget for each gift was Rs 25 to Rs 30). See below for that.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Clipboards for adults –
make yours today<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What you need:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Clipboard <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Paper of your choice<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Scissors <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Glue (I used Fevicol)<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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cover for your clipboard. Cut the paper at the top to go around the clip. Make
sure to cut deeper so that you have enough paper to go over the top edge of the
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Pipe glue onto your
clipboard, and spread evenly.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Position your paper on the
glue, starting with the clip end of the board. Do not press down till your
pattern and clip placement are aligned. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Smooth out the paper to
remove air bubbles, from the middle outward. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">And, the Valentine’s Day gifts reveal: I made six clipboards, downloading gift wrap that I thought personified each recipient. Then, I worked with the (gummy) bear theme for the tags - <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>You are beary special<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span>, <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span>You are a beary good friend!<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">”</span>... They looked fun, I think.</span><br />
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-35699069818325524542014-02-12T08:45:00.000+05:302014-02-12T08:51:04.323+05:30Printing out Valentines<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just two days to go… <br />Valentine’s Day seems to have slipped past me this year. <br />I haven’t made anything except for the valentines for the six other girls in the office – but that was fun. The budget was Rs 25 to Rs 30 each gift – but more on that later.<br />As my nod to the day of love, here are some printables and quick DIYs that might be fun to put together…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kids’ Valentine labels from <a href="http://liagriffith.com/printable-kids-valentines-day-labels/" target="_blank">Lia Griffith</a> – rather cute </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This really cool binary love code gift wrap from <a href="http://7thhouseontheleft.com/2012/02/geeky-valentine/" target="_blank">Seventh House on the Left</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Chalkboard printable wall art from <a href="http://www.somewhatsimple.com/free-valentine-wall-art-printables/" target="_blank">Somewhat Simple</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m obviously a sucker for black and white paper – so I like this gift wrap from <a href="http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/2012/01/valentines_day_paper/" target="_blank">Thirty Handmade Days</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m thinking even adults would love receiving these crayon valentines from <a href="http://whipperberry.com/2012/01/crayon-heart-valentines-with-lifestyle-crafts.html" target="_blank">Whipperberry</a> – though you will need to sacrifice one heart-shaped baking mould to the enterprise. And of course, the paper hearts can be cut by hand </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This cool, understated vintage button heart from <a href="http://www.carolynshomework.com/2014/01/celebrations-vintage-button-heart.html" target="_blank">Homework</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Heart gift wrap from <a href="http://fun.kyti.me/index.php/2013/01/heart-gift-wrap/" target="_blank">Funky Time</a> – lovely, popping colours!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And really, really sweet, Minion Valentines from <a href="http://thewinthropchronicles.blogspot.in/2014/01/youre-one-in-minion-valentine.html?m=1" target="_blank">The Winthrop Chronicles</a></span></div>
Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-61084289414088912542014-02-10T08:00:00.000+05:302014-02-10T08:00:01.341+05:30The time is now<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Long years ago, my parents decided they
would not live in Mumbai after they retired, that they would go back to their
‘native place’ after their work life was done. My mom took voluntary retirement
and off they went – in a vaguely traumatic journey in a flooded Konkan Railway
train. It was the first time in my life I was not living in the same city as
they were – and I remember feeling in some way that I had been orphaned. We’ve never been
a very huggy, or even demonstrative family – but the separation hit me like a
sucker punch. It put what I had taken for granted into perspective. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still, it’s
not like I’m the greatest at keeping in touch – not like my sweetheart of a
brother, who phones my mom every night. But I’m working on it… </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of the
reasons my mom went back to Mangalore was because her own mom was losing her
memory and couldn’t place people she didn’t see regularly. My mom wanted to be
close at that time, she took her food, she visited every day, she was there. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It
was a privilege she made happen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">My father-in-law’s now having trouble with
his memory; he’s 84 and it’s not too surprising… but he greets us with such
happiness each time he see us. He kids me each time that he’s not seen me for
six months, though we probably saw him two weekends earlier, but the fact that
it is important to him is heart-warming.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Imagine you went to see someone elderly,
important to you but whom you haven’t been able to visit for a while. And they
had no clue who you are. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">It can happen. It does happen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">It won’t matter to them – they will not
remember that they’ve forgotten you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">It will matter to you. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-13788067408269826832014-02-07T09:48:00.000+05:302014-02-07T09:48:52.749+05:30We tried it: Chopped Thai Chicken Salad<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Today’s recipe is one I’m so excited about – and everyone’s
who’s tasted it agrees that excitement is warranted. </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">It turns on its head my usual trepidation that a salad
will not make me happy, will not fill me up, will be a necessary evil, because it
has great bite and makes you feel that you’re eating something worth eating.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">It’s from <a href="http://pinchofyum.com/chopped-thai-chicken-salad" target="_blank">Pinch of Yum</a>, which is one of my new
favourite blogs for food.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Chopped Thai Chicken Salad<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">From <a href="http://pinchofyum.com/chopped-thai-chicken-salad" target="_blank">Pinch of Yum<o:p></o:p></a></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For the salad:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2 boneless skinless chicken
breasts, cooked and shredded</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> 2 cups shredded cabbage </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1½ cups
shredded carrot</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1½ cups
shredded green papaya</span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">½ cup roughly-chopped fresh
cilantro<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">½ cup chopped green onions<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">½ cup chopped peanuts<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For the dressing:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2 cloves garlic, minced<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">3 bird’s eye chillies
(deseeded, if you don’t want it to be too spicy), minced <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2 tbsp soya sauce<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2 tbsp vinegar<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2 tbsp sugar<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1 tbsp fresh lime juice<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1 tbsp oil<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">½ tsp fish sauce<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">¼ cup peanut butter<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">¼ cup water (I didn’t use
this)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Toss the shredded chicken and
vegetables in a large bowl and keep chilled.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Make the dressing: Place the garlic, chillies, soya sauce, vinegar, sugar, lime juice, oil and fish sauce in a small mixing bowl. Whisk
until smooth. Add the peanut butter and water (if using) and whisk again until
smooth and creamy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Note: Leftovers can be stored in
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For best results, keep the leftover salad and
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and I do! </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Verdana; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Prima from A Woman of Processhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04196298403868073007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1646064586005100695.post-17563230379459754502014-02-01T14:44:00.000+05:302014-02-01T14:44:19.867+05:30Walking away<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sometimes, those Facebook posts make sense.
Sometimes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Like when I read Mandy Hale’s <a href="http://thesinglewoman.net/2014/01/10/thirteen-things-to-leave-in-2013/" target="_blank">13 things to leave in 2013</a>. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hers is <a href="http://thesinglewoman.net/" target="_blank">The Single Woman</a> blog, and I haven’t
been single a long time, but quite a few of that list of 13 made great sense to
me. <br />And it’s not too far into 2014 to have new pointers on how to live this
year to the max.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">So 2014 will be my year to be non-reactive – especially when
it’s not important. Or at least, when I’m able to convince myself that it is
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Long years ago, in the first six months of our marriage, Kevin and I realised the value of not saying the first thing that came to mind. It didn’t mean that it was left unsaid, and, very often, it should not have been left unsaid. We just waited for a better time – and it meant that it was better said and received. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">And how true is that! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">I’ve always wondered about opportunities
missed, but, in my trusting-in-someone-greater-than-me mode, I’ve also known
that some things are not meant to be.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Check out Mandy’s <a href="http://sergey%20galushko%20123rf/" target="_blank">blog</a> for yourself.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">To these, I will add one more, specific to
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kindness to self.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I’m going to make 2014 the year I’m nicer to
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If I can’t write this blog to my own
self-imposed schedule, I will give myself permission not to.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If I need to have a little nap just because
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">If I want to chill when I should be writing,
then I will allow myself that. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wish me luck </span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Tahoma; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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