My Random Life

Cauliflower is one of my fave vegetables. I love cauliflower in any form - simple curry, khurma, in pulav or biryani, manchuria etc. A few weeks ago my mom made roti pacchadi with cauliflower stalks that were left over after making curry. Today I attempted the same under her expert supervision :) Here are the ingredients: Cauliflower stalks Red chilli Peanuts Urad dal (minapa pappu) Chana dal (shenaga pappu) Dhaniya seeds Jeera Mustard seeds Tamarind (soaked in water) Salt Turmeric Take one tea spoon of oil in a pan, add urad, chana dal & peanuts (don't add much oil in this step). As they become golden brown add dhaniya, jeera, mustard seeds. At the end add red chili. Cool this mixture and then grind to fine powder. Add salt and turmeric powder in this step. This will be painful if you add a lot of oil to fry! Learnt from personal experience :) Shallow fry stalks till they are semi cooked. Doesn't have to get completely cooked. Fry until raw smell goes awa...

Half saree, aka Langa Voni (in Telugu), is a traditional south Indian outfit typically worn by teenage girls. It's called a 'half' saree cuz it's, well, just half a saree :) It's synonymous with a Lehenga Choli or Chaniya Choli from north India. Young girls would wear half-sarees and gradually as they grow, transition to wearing sarees. I remember wearing my first half-saree when I was 12 years old. It was such a big deal for me, getting a 'semi-grown-up' feeling for the first time. The trend sorta faded away, taken over by really grand n expensive salwars, but they are back with a bang! They're not just for young girls anymore. This fashion trend has boomed so overwhelmingly that they're almost as popular as sarees. And it's not just exclusive to south India anymore, girls n women all over the country are wearing them. And wearing them with style! I'm gonna use this post to showcase a few trends that I like and also show off my collec...

Wow! It's been close to 4 years since I blogged! I've been MIA for way too long 😄 Why did this happen? Well, I have lotsa excuses!! Crazy work schedule, house hunting, settling into a new house, parents n in laws visiting, hyper active social life, health issues n lots more!!! I'm back now, with hopes of resuming my lost blogging art! Quite a few interesting things going on in my life that I could share. Will see how long I keep this up 😜

Sweet!!! I came to my blog looking for a recipe I posted!!!! That's really Sweet!!! :) U see....such random little things give me lots of joy sometime. Weird huh!!!

Ingredients: Raw chicken - 2 pounds Yogurt lime juice basmati rice - 2 cups ginger garlic paste whole spices for marination - cloves, bay leaves, shajeera, elaichi, whole pepper corn Spices for marination - Red chilli powder, salt, pepper powder, cumin powder, garam masala, turmeric powder, jeera powder  Fresh corriander & mint leaves Onions Food color Method of preparation: 1. Marinate chicken with oil, yogurt, lime juice, ginger garlic paste, all the ground and whole spices. Leave this marinade overnight in the refrigerator . Use a lot of yogurt and oil, this is the base for the biryani. 2. Soak basmati rice in water for half an hour. Half-boil rice in about 4 cups of water with a few whole spices, salt and oil. Make sure rice is not too over boiled, each rice grain should be a little hard. Drain out all the water. 3. Fry onions, mint and coriander leaves in a lot of oil.  4. Take a tray and line it with oil. Arrange chicken in the bottom layer, then a ...

Here's Another day in my life filled with nostalgia. A major Hindu festival today - Dassera....miss all the fun, food n family.... Dassera is somehow different from the other festivals. Everything about this festival seems exxagerated - food, drinking, merriment all around....it just has a different feel! I spent almost every single dassera of my life in my uncle's house, in a town called Nalgonda. We would go stay with them for like 10 days during this time of year, dassera was just an excuse :). My uncle bought me new clothes every year for the longest time I've known. Bathkamma is another festival that I always used to look forward to....esp dressin up, I mean really dressing up!!! Was an 'all female' festival....another part!Dress up, go to the temple, tons of gossip!!! Yayy!!! And my bathkamma today....hmmm....where do I even start? It was just I, me, myself n my hubby catching some pics... Life changed soooo much! I miss all the great times I had back hom...

Yep! I hope so.....even created a new blog to track my ideas, my experiences and my failures (hope i dont have too many of those!!!) Here's my Android blog, will try to do a better job of maintaining it, i hope!! :) http://enjoyingmyandroidwork.blogspot.com/