Delicious Kheer Aam !! i have read a lot about Kheer-Komola ... "Thickened milk with orange". When i first read about kheer komola on the net - i thought how can milk and orange can be used together .... won't it curdle ? - but later i realised (when i read about orange barfi) that when the milk thickens -…
Life …. and rain lilies – Zephyranthes !!
The mercury has dipped a bit and the moody "Rain God" does oblige us now and then ... Life is more or less pretty cool (yes little humid too) these days - except that i have a 17 mm stone in my gall bladder which has to be removed by operation (minor one). It doesn't hurt or creates any sort…
Mint …. from my Garden !!
This January - when i came back from jethu's home (Karimganj - Assam) - i brought few plants with me. Jethu has the best garden i have ever seen ... actually their weather is moist due to high humidity and cool through out the year - unlike our Delhi weather ... unbearable hot in summer and extreme cold in winter.…
Namkeen Poha !!
Chire-poha-flak rice - they're all the same. For me chire is associate with misti dahi and sandesh - ripe jackfruit and juicy mango. These are eaten on "Jamai-Shosti" - a festival where daughter's parents express their love towards their son-in-law ... a sort of Son-in-law Day like Father Day or Mother Day. When i was very young - we used…
To Bageshwar … via Baijnath !
Fish gathered at the temple ghat... From Kausani we went to Baijinath - stayed the night at the Baijinath TRH. Main attraction of Baijinath is suppose to be the "Baijinath temple" but before anyone sees the temple - they straight heads towards the temple ghat ... to see the fishes in the Gomti river. There're many fishes (same kind) but…