More problems

And this time it is with the rental agreement. Need some points cut from the agreement, and have requested some changes/ alterations. If that happens, then I am fine.
It is a tense situation otherwise. At home.
On food part, it was the matar dal steamed as balls, and rice. With a new dal that I had tried - horse gram. Not bad.
Today will have to think up something.
And when I got home yesterday, the ginger plants had teeny tiny leaves spouting. Lovely to see. Like small babies learning their baby steps. I need to take and post a picture.
Weather wise , lacking rains. It is cloudy everyday but not raining. Need some rains in Bangalore.

Disaster happens

It had to happen. It was all so good, so far, as far as food goes.
I am not sure why I was prompted to make phulkas. I knew I was not good with the rolling pin. I had thought I will first use the roti maker as the rolling device, but then I thought I might as well try.
So I had some have baked, semi raw, partially burnt phulkas.
What did I learn from this? Anither try - maybe with the roti maker this time, to see how that comes out. That will have to be on the weekend though.

But otherwise, Indian Idol 2 - Two eliminations and then Grad Budapest Hotel and a not that very enjoyable Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

Overall - not a bad weekend.

Movie watching

Well I finally saw Bajrangi Bhaijaan. It was okay. Nothing great. Okay , maybe not my type of movie.
Then I saw Soumitra and Radhika Apte and Tota . That was 14 mins long , talked of Ramayan and Ahalya. Better.
And the best movie of the day. Watching THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL now. Loving it.
(O.M.G)
Just as I wrote LOVING IT, electricity went off. So I am staring at a blank TV screen , and waiting for the electricity to come back

My Tiny Garden

Feeling nice. My ginger has come up with its first leaf. I had kept some ginger in a plastic box which had some soil in it. The ginger has become tall now with the first baby leaf coming out to explore this world. Happy Me to see this.

I am impressed

My cooking is not bad.Everything came out well. The disastrous radish/ besan was good. I liked it. Today maybe some chapatti to go with the stuff instead of rice. Lets see.

What did I cook

So today the menu was thought up as something and ended up as something else. So it was muri in the afternoon, with some chanachur and mustard oil and lemon juice.
Even diced some radish. Then made some matar daler bora. Then made some potato fritters (besan coated potatoes). Then fried some onion, ginger garlic paste, tomatoes, cumin powder, diced potato and let that cook till the oil left the masala and the potatoes were nearly done. Then added the bora and then water. Waited till it boiled, then shut the gas.
In another pan, fried some fenugreek seeds and mustard seeds, added the radish and a dried red chilly. Let that cook till the radish was soft. In another bowl, added some besan, turmeric, jeera and water, and mixed it up. When the radish was done, added the besan mixture. I think that was where I went wrong. I had a lumpy besan radish dish, I thought I will dry it, but it was tending to burn, so shut the gas.
Then there was masoor dal, just boiled dal with some salt and a little butter.
And - then I baked a cake. Had the pilsbury mixture, added some eggs, oil, water and some cranberries and blueberries (dried) and let it bake at 170 for 30 mins. I know - the fruits sank to the bottom of the pan.
Tomorrow will talk about what it was all like.

Finally Chicken over

Yes, it is over. Yesterday night. The chicken with rice and some salad. Today need to think up something. Will have to buy groceries also. Fridge is nearly empty.