Family Time

My father is in the Navy and he is currently posted in Tuticorin,Tamil Nadu. He came home a week ago and I can't remember the last time I had so much fun being home. We went out to the club, watched movies and even went out together as a family for a walk. Fun times.
Cooking for my father is also fun because he loves eating. I tried thai layered rice and walnut- chocolate gooey fills in the last week. I just made accordion potatoes today and didn't share them with anyone! People noticed. hahaha.

 

Stringing along the week-end.
There are many things that I was excited about doing this week end. I decided to  re-style a few of my clothes since a friend kept telling me to get a makeover and here I was, thinking I was always well turned out!
I own a lot of white shirts and decided to metallic rust paint my chinese collar. It looks pretty swanky now :) I got carried away and tried to spruce up my mother's white collars to pink, but it does not look as nice. Oops.

I also watched 3 episodes of masterchef today and was so inspired that I have decided to cook through Tarla Dalal's cookbook. I tried out her Lemon Tart recipe and it was pretty easy to execute! Since I did not have tart tins, I had to set the mixture in a pie tin. It still tastes decent and lemony enough, despite the fact that the recipe requires 2 lemons and 2 eggs. I initially thought Ms. Dalal had not taken into account that Indian lemons are not as big as the foreign ones, but her estimates were quite accurate.

I call my sister Dittu since her real name is too common. We have now prepared a week's menu and stuck it on our kitchen door. Mama and Dittu are out buying ingredients for Urulai Idid Cha Masala, which is essentially a heavily spiced potato dish, from what I could make out.

I shall upload some pictures once I find my camera's USB or buy another card reader, which should be soon.

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A beginning of sorts

A little about myself

I consider myself a private person and have blogged a couple of times before but was too afraid to let my thoughts out for everyone to read. However, I have had too much free time and stumbled upon some great blogs. So, on my way back from my internship, I decided that I would blog too! 
It was quite like the moment when Julie in Julie and Julia comes out of the kitchen and says, "I can write a blog." Just that I was walking on the road and smiling to myself.
I promise to blog at least once a week and be consistent. After reading a few blogging tips I don't expect to have  a great readership any time soon :P
I shall probably blog tomorrow as well. I'm too excited about this! Let's hope it lasts long enough to celebrate an anniversary or two.

The above picture is a recent favourite of mine. I shall try and be the unabashed and brave squirrel, driven by hunger, resilience and will to succeed.