Khichuri happened

The khichuri happened.  And it did not rain. So no rainy day khichuri.  First did the begun bhaja -fried brinjal. Then in the left over oil fried a few boiled eggs coated with turmeric and salt. After the eggs, fried some chopped onion, then some tomatoes, ginger paste, turmeric, chilli powder, cumin powder and then the eggs.

Then khichuri. Which tasted like khichuri. I think Dad is enjoying it. Makes that the biggest plus point.

After the meal,  there was the banana halwa for dessert.

Done for Saturday dinner.  A good one.

Something sweet

Morning the BigBasket guy came at 7AM with the groceries. I had ordered some bananas thinking they would be good. Turned up to be cooking bananas.
So mashed them (raw), in wok, heated some veg oil, then added the banana and then sugar.
Semi fried, added some more sugar. Then some butter, and then some more oil, till the banana mixture was properly fried.
Put that in a dish to cool, and then when cooled, put it in the fridge. Will know later how it came about.

Shukto or what!!

07th August

Lets see if the khichuri happens today or not. I got the frozen ginger paste out of the freezer and kept it outside.
Need to go out for sometime - milk and bread needed. Once I come, I will decide. And if the khichuri happens, I plan to spice it up. Egg curry, Beguni and Khichuri. Obviously will not taste the way Ma made this stuff, but I will try.
And for the house, I will tell my landlord tomorrow, that I will stay here. Atleast for another 6 months. Till I find something suitable.

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Ok, So finally I did this. I chopped capsicum, radishes, bitter gourd and some rigged gourds. In a big kadhai, heated mustard oil I first added the bori and as usual had partially burnt boris. This was a batch of boris bought last weekend at Total Mall. Once the boris were brought out, in went capsicum, then the bitter gourd, radishes and the jhinga.
I let that fry for sometime, then added a pinch of salt and lowered the flame.
In a bowl, I had prepared a mixture of poppy paste, mustard paste and turmeric.
When water had come out of the veggies, and that water had partially dried out on low heat, I added this paste.
And the boris.
And some salt.
Then let it cook at low heat.
After 20 mins, added some fresh grated coconut in it.

This was my shukto. Because dad wanted karela and the other veggies were getting spoilt, this came by. It was good. Imagine a wok of 3 kgs of veggies, finished off literally. Very little left as left over.

And tonight I will see if I can finally make the khichuri.

Tough to get a house

Been hunting like crazy for an apartment but not getting one. Well I have my limitations. I cannot go far - need it in/ around AECS, need a minimum of 3BHK and a minimum of 2000 sq ft house. Just going crazy

Rained today

It rained today. Nice rain in the afternoon. I got a ride home so managed to come home dry.
This was much needed. The rains. Hopefully the ginger plants are happy.

Now the rains have got me thinking. Will khichuri work? Let me try, but this time I will try and not burn the dal. The last time I had a bitterish khichuri. This time I will try again.

And maybe begun bjaha or papad. Not both - but never know :D

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Spoke too soon - yes I did.

Dad wants some karela, moong dal and rice.

Ok - khichuri, you need to wait. Weekend maybe....

Continuing Woes .....

I had to refuse the apartment. The owner is being a bit adamant. The agreements need to be something mutually agreed on. The way its being worked on now, will not work.

Will have to look for other options, else will have to look for alternatives.

If nothing works out, will tell the current owner to extend the lease. How that will work, I have no clue now.

Will wait and watch.

Last evening it rained. I saw muddy roads when I left work in the evening. I went home and checked with my new friends - the ginger plants. A new one is also making an appearance, and three of them have leaves. Feels nice to look at them. 

Part of my childhood gone

It was this weekend when I was on the net browsing that I thought of browsing the Chandamama website. I was surprised to see it missing.
This magazine has been very much a part of my childhood. I think I discovered (actually re-discovered) Ramayana and Mahabharata through this.
I think it was an evening when I had spotted this magazine at a newspaper vendor. The picture on the back of the magazine is something I remember vividly. Ekalavya cutting off his thumb. I remember asking my mother to buy me that. Probably she did. That I do not remember. I do remember that the newspaper vendor was asked to supply the magazine very month. This was a very good friend of mine till I passed out of school. And somewhere around then, I think, the magazine also probably stopped circulating. They made a re-appearance, but that is another story.
Then there was another one - Children's world. This also, along with Indrajal comics and Chandamama became regular visitors.
Today I have an e-collection of the Indrajal, and many of the Chandamama. The Children's world, I miss.
My friends from my school days - I really miss you.