Culinary lesson : The art of finely cutting vegetables

Rani Radhakrishnan reflects on a lesson learnt:

Culinary notes during the lockdown (moong dal idlis)

From Jaswinder Bhabi:

Goga taught me yellow moong daal idli with veggies

 Eno has to be used to make them soft and fluffy

 I soak daal for about an hour and put it through a mixer.Then add whatever vegetables are available, Little salt and just before putting them into the moulds, put a big generous pinch of eno for 6 idlis and steam as usual. 

I have made it with moong chilke wali daal too.... Split moong.... Comes out green... And more nutritious, ofcourse

Soul Maatee: Raveena Suri, the painter and potter

The bird plates are Raveena's creation for Bhup's birthday, yesterday. The bowl was a gift from her too. To such precious works of art,  we say, " Yes, Please...thank you!" without  the  slightest pretence of demur! 

( still struggling with  the layout; Mallika managed to upload these from my phone...please bear with the sloppy layout till I get the hang of this blog)

Doorva Bahuguna sings: Take it easy, Urvasi"s:

This is a video,  'Take it easy, Urvasi' ,  created  during the lockdown, through remote connecting, by Doorva Bahuguna and her IIM course mates

https://youtu.be/4KJfHUfiXJ4

Copy-paste  the above link on to your Search engine or  directly on YouTube search, and watch :) 

A poem by Sadhna Bahuguna

समन्दर के किनारे हो 

खड़े उसकी थाह नापने 

 की कोशिश न कर । 

उठती हुई तरंगों को कभी 

गिनने की कोशिश न कर ।

अनगिनत नदियों से ,

मिलने पर भी वो अपनी ,

तासीर नहीं भूला।

समा लेता है सब कुछ ,

अपने भीतर ही ,

बदद् गुमानी से कभी ,

सर चढ़ कर नहीं बोला ।

ख़ासियत उसकी क़ाबिले ,

तारीफ़ है वो कभी अपनी ,

सीमा लांघ कर नहीं खेला ।

साधना

Hello Family! Welcome to your space!

Dear extended family,

There is creativity in all of us; in some it has flowered and come to fruition, in others it is blossoming, in some it's germination or in hibernation, and in some it may still be hidden, deep in the earth, waiting for the right blend of elements to quicken its Spring.

And while some of us are famous, others less so, and some remain in the shadows, or share with just a few. 

So here is a space for all of us, and our hopefully growing, extended  family ... a space to share your thoughts, your creativity...  penning  poems( Sadhna Bahuguna), innovating on recipes( Manav Suri, Rani,  Jaswinder Bhabi, Mallika, ), creating videos( Doorva, Simran, Mallika), nurturing gardens( Bhup, Radha, Jayshree Jayachandran, Raveena), moulding clay and turning the wheel( Raveena Suri), designing interiors( Simran, Mallika),  re-decorating homes( Doorva) developing mind blowing games( Abhishek), weaving ( Mallika, Meher), drawing( Zivanka)..... let the list keep growing, as you add and share! 

I'm new to this tech tool, so please bear with me( GEN X ,please help!). The idea is to post, share, comment ( to encourage, not disparage) , learn and grow...