Feeling soo Juneyy #4
01 Thursday Jun 2023
01 Thursday Jun 2023
30 Tuesday May 2023
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Summers meant…no studies, endless play, hot sunny noons spent reading comics on the terrace, with endless supply of lemon juice, popsicles and kulfis…
Coming home to have a yummy lunch all made with mangoes…
Raw mango rice, mango dal, mango pickle and finishing all with sweet juicy alphonso mangoes…
Only memories remain of the awesome childhood days in the 90s…
So this summer decided to cook all of the above including my grandma’s ( avva as we called her) mango pickle!!
I remember her storing these in huge porcelain jars …
Best had with hot rice or with mashed curd rice..
So here’s a typical authentic Telugu style mango pickle or avakaya …made by my mil!!
What’s your childhood summer memories??
27 Wednesday Oct 2021
Posted Food, India, India through my eyes, Indian food, Just thoughts, Olden days, Thoughts, Uncategorized
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With the festive season on in India..I have been missing in action what with pujas to attend and places to visit, With precautions of course..But it seems like a totally new world out there in these pandemic times…
So as Durga puja is over and we await diwali… I explore kolkata…
I came across this quaint little coffee shop tucked away in the bylanes of bustling kolkata…Mrs.Magpie
Giving out the vibes of old calcutta,this place serves English breakfast and high tea…colonial indeed!!
A Pujo special menu with unique flavours and platters of assorted cupcakes and cookies to choose from..
Right from its decor to the the items on the menu everything seems to have a colonial feel..
Glad I found such a place..the only disappointment being it did not offer me my favourite cinnamon rolls.. But makes up for it by its charm and the cute yummy cakes.. So if you are anywhere near city center 1 kolkata… Do visit Mrs. Magpie…
Until next time…. 🐦🐦🐦
21 Tuesday Sep 2021
Posted Childhood Musings, India through my eyes, Just thoughts, Musings, Olden days, poem, Poems
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The above picture was taken at a confectionery shop at Kolkata’s City Centre 2..a shopping mall… One glance and it reminded me of the toadstools in the fairy tale books… Oh how I wish that was me sitting atop it…. 😍
Reminded me of this poem I read long long ago… It goes like this…
The Toadstool House
I wish I lived in a toadstool house,
Beneath an old Oak tree,
With a tiny door and a chimney pot,
And windows – one, two, three.
I’d play with each wee squirrel,
Who chanced to come my way,
I’d get to know the woodland birds,
And feed them every day.
And if you’d ever wandered by,
I’d ask you in to tea,
Inside my little toadstool house,
Beneath the old Oak Tree.
10 Friday Sep 2021
Hey everyone 🙋
Here’s wishing all a very Happy Ganesha Chaturthi..
To my non Indian friends it’s the festival in honour of the Elephant headed God celebrated widely in India..
Any auspicious occasion, celebration of any sorts is incomplete without invoking the blessing of Lord Ganesha..
Come Ganesha chaturthi and I drift away to my childhood memories…here’s the link to it…
I guess it is only links and links are all I have to take you down the memory lane…
While this interesting story is part of it too…
Don’t look at the moon.. It’s Ganesh Chaturthi
Have a great weekend everyone and Happy Ganesh chaturthi to all my friends celebrating it.. let’s go gallivanting again.. 🤗
22 Sunday Aug 2021
Posted India, India through my eyes, Indianfestivals, Just thoughts, Musings, Olden days, Pandemic Times, Thoughts
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It’s that time of the year again, where sisters tie a Rakhi around their brothers wrists, pray for thir well being and in return get loaded with gifts and chocolates!!!
Come August and the festive season begins in india…it starts of with Raksha Bandhan…a festival where brother sister love is celebrated!!
Have written soo much about these in my previous posts..
As time passes and the new gen take over in celebrating this festival, Rhea and laksh, my daughter and nephew, continue the bond…
01 Sunday Aug 2021
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On friendship day today, Nah not that usual I did this.. My friends did this.. I was this.. We did this thing together…nope not at all..Just a few pics to make you and self reminisce about the lovely times we have shared with our friends..
Ups and downs..good and bad times..Friends come and go.. But everyone will have some memories which will last forever…
I even to this day big time b…h about all things possible with my friends and you know what makes me happy??when they agree and add more masala to the b……g and keep it going…we all laugh about it… Ahhh what a feel good factor…that’s a feeling.. you could hit the ceiling..😇
Happy friendship day to all my reader friends here at WP!!
🤗🤗🤗
From the archives..
22 Thursday Jul 2021
Posted Bangalore, Childhood Musings, Humor, Just thoughts, Musings, Olden days, Thoughts, Uncategorized
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Picked this one up from drafts..it states my life as a mother when Rhea( daughter) was a year old…
A quick post!! What with a one year old clinging to you everytime you pick up the phone to post something and then you are left wondering what was that you wanted to type??maid woes??new house rants??weight issues?? And then you feel post about this phase called being a mom!!!
Rosy and cute as it may sound..I am sure all parents out there especially mommies have been there done that so here I go
Even to this day…
Me, currently summarised in one word!!
Everyday I find myself mashing potatoes, lentils and rice for her, with a bit of spices for flavour and madam just refuses to eat and when I sit down with my diet food grumpy and starved she goes waaaaaaaa wanting to know what’s on my plate or wailing away until I pick her up!!
Ahhh so now the story makes sense🙃
Until next time, to all the mommies out there, sleep while you can..😴😴😴
16 Friday Jul 2021
Posted Bangalore, Food, Idli, India, Indian cuisine, Indian food, Indian recipes, Just thoughts, Musings, Olden days, Thoughts
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Continuing my never ending love for the humble Idlies..
So taking you all down memory line…
During my Internship, we were posted in a government hospital for about 2 months, so the routine was that all friends would meet up for breakfast at this awesome place called Halli manne ( literally translated as village house, it’s still there in Bangalore) where they used to dole out fluffy idlis and other yummy breakfast items, they had a huge variety to offer..
My friends used to try out every item on the menu..I was determined to do the same but god knows why I used to end up ordering one Idli and one vada with sizzling hot sambhar and this continued for the whole two months we were posted there, everyday breakfast was the same, yummy hot Idlis and I never tired of it..
This trend continued even during my post grad days, when my friends used to order Pooris, Dosas and Poha, I used to stick to my staple of one Idli one vada again and again,so that’s when I realised I have an never ending connection with the humble idli..humble Nee..humble idli..😉 given the fact that idlis is also a diet food so my calorie count was in check( remember I am on an eternal never ending diet)
So much for my love for idlis..
Oh and even the day after I delivered, I was given Idli and milk so now you know, Idli rocks!!
Annnddd I am hungry typing soo much about idlis, I want one plate right now!! 🤤
So if ever you come across this humble everyday staple in the South of India, grab a hot plate with sambhar and let the magic work…have a great weekend all..🤗🤗🤗
14 Wednesday Jul 2021
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Today post is a very hungry one..Yes my hunger for the staple food in South of India..The Humble Idli!!!😋😋
Why humble??🤔Cause it is the cheapest food!!!
Easiest to make ( I guess only South Indians consider it easy to make) Like rajma chawal is a delicacy for us Southies, Idli is a delicacy in the North..( Speaking entirely and purely based on my experience)
So what is an Idli??!!💁 For my Non Indian friends, here is a link to the description about one of the awesome food South India has to offer..
My love story with idlis dates back to my childhood, when my mum used to give me and my brother 1 rupee on Saturdays ( somedays even she needed a break from cooking and we, a chance to gorge on outside food) So, those were the days when idlis used to cost us just 25 paise each, so 4 Idlis for a ruppee was an awesome deal, shared between me and my bro with the most amazing and tastiest chutneys!!🤤
Idlis in India is available at breakfast and dinner in high end restaurants and as street food too..
The taste of the Idlis sold in the carts is totally awesome and entirely different compared to the once sold at restaurants and hotels which boast of it as a rice dumpling steamed and simmered in spiced broth and blah blah blah, it’s a basic rice ball that’s it!!! 🤨😱😳😩
Coming back to my story, my mom used to pack 2 idlis with mint chutney for school..ahhh a memory I still can’t forget!!😍
A friend of mine amused me by having it with ghee and sugar, so you see, idli can be eaten with groundnut,coconut,mint chutneys..sugar..soaked in milk..with spicy lentil powder mixtures..with vegetable sambhar and the list is endless..
The next memory I have as I progressed to high school is of buying it from a small eateries called Sandarshinis for 1 rupee, the prices had increased by then..
My brother’s love for idli sambhar and vada surpasses mine!!
Every Saturday after the routine NCC drill in his school he used to treat himself to 2 plates of Idli Vada sambhar!!
💸The prices kept increasing from 25 paise in the 1990s to 1 ruppee in 1994 to 5 ruppees in 1998 to the current 30 ruppees for 4 idlis.. (street food prices) The hotels charge anywhere from 50 to 150 ruppees for a plate..
Idlis are mostly served in pairs cause no one can eat just one😋
In short, Idlis are the most basic and the most easily available and loved breakfast item that has ever been discovered to us South Indians!! More about my idli love in the next post.. Until next time… Enjoy hot Idli sambhar with cool cool chutney!! 🤗🤗🤗