"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
curried lentil and spinach soup,if the woman who sells veg hasnt already gone home or has run out of veg.
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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tonights dinner was quorn "chicken" pieces in a lemongrass and chili sauce with basmati rice.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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"The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:
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Beef and chickpeas in sauce served with rice, yoghurt and carrot salad.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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It's a quickie tonight. Spiced salmon and sweet potato fries. Followed by an apple.
I'm weary with right-angles, abbreviated daylight,
Waiting for a winter to be done.
Why do I still see you in every mirrored window,
In all that I could never overcome?
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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Idli and chutney
Idli made from rice and urad dal (a lentil variety)
chutney made from roasted chickpea
look like this:
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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spaghetti squash with pasta!!
What Are You Crazy!!!
My dad went ice fishing this weekend, so I'm having trout.
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"Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal."
-Pi
Idli:
1) soak a cup of black gram (without the outer layer) and about 3 cups of rice overnight, separately
2) next day, grind the ingredients and make a thick paste of it
3) add the required quantity of baking soda and salt as per taste in the batter, and leave it to ferment for about 7-8 hrs
4)In an idli stand/or whichever utensil you can use to make the idlis, apply some oil to grease the base, then pour the required quantity of the batter
5) Then, in a pressure cooker/or any vessel in which you can steam the idlis, add some water, enough to generate steam. Place the idli stand, take out the pressure cooker whistle and close the lid.
Let it cook for about 10-15 mins
After it cools down you can take out the idlis and eat it with chutney.
Alternatively, you can use ready-made batter if that is available in the market, there.
Chutney recipie:
-soak the roasted chickpea for 10-15 mins
-once done, add some green chillies and salt, and then grind everything adding some water.
-in a separate pan, pour very little oil, once heated, add some mustard seeds to it.
Then add this to the paste.
I don't really know the ingredients of a rice cake or what a houmous is...
Thank you very much, Madhuri. They both sound really delicious. I think I can give chutney a try without much difficulty but not sure if I can cope with Idli. What does the stand look like?
Tonight> Oven baked pasta, mixed salad and yoghurt.
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"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
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