There are some dishes which just swirl me back to the memory lane and remind me of all-the-good-old-care-free days, when every minute of my life was magic, when I was endlessly being pampered by my mother & her yummy treats. then, at that point of time, I was too young to realize how precious those days were. …now, when I am a married woman and have a responsibility to take care of the family,
Its just like the kids to sleep when they have to get up early! Everyday they almost get up before their time and today when I wanted to take the twins for their vaccine shots, they won’t budge. Finally we had to wake them and get them ready fast. Its almost been a long time since they went out in the day time and a see through glass. Peddu was jubilant all through the way, getting excited at the fast vehicles going with us. He was going Ba, Ca, Bi, meaning Bus, Car and Bike. He was even doing a dance step to express his joy. Met the doctor and Peddu won’t allow him to touch. Normally he doesn’t complain. Not sure why he was so cranky. Once done, we took them for the shots. We had a tough time holding them in place. And Peddu even wanted to hit the nurse. Poor darlings, on their way back, it took them a while to get back to their sunny selves. So as a treat, they didn’t got to school.
Coming to these yummy vadas, these get done in flat 10 mins, if you are in a hurry. Of cour…
It was during my non-blogging days that Anita of A Mad Tea Party had organized the puri-bhaji party. Though I did not send in my entry, I did end up cooking it at home after seeing so many different varieties pop up all over the blogging world. So when she announced yet another party..a Batata Vada party, I just couldn’t resist participating.
I won’t lie and say I hate deep fried food…unless of course it is literally swimming in oil, then I do! Both J and I love anything that is deep fried. But we make a conscious effort not to eat deep fried foods. We rarely deep fry anything at home. Main reasons being: 1. unhealthy 2. what a wastage of oil! I just don’t know what to do with the used oil and I hate to throw it in garbage. I remember my mom usi…
Now talk about same ingredients taking form as different dishes! The grated carrot and coconut finds its way in yet another form, now the famous Vadas! We had this recipe bookmarked for a long time but since this involves deep frying I had been avoiding it and saying no to Athamma whenever she asked for this. Finally Athamma decided she will do it herself and not wait for me. Well not that I say no to any deep fried loves. But it does sound good right when you say you don’t want to eat fried stuff!. She got all the things ready and said there is no going back now. So what else to do but to fry these lovely ones! Hubby dear won’t have anything to do with these. Well its his loss we thought and enjoyed dipping them hot in tomato sauce. We packed some for parents too and they too really liked it. Its really hard to make Konda eat any of these, so didn’t even bother forcing her to taste. While Peddu was more interested in licking the sauce. Kids, I tell you, they are least interested in th…