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Coffee With Mi

Thanks, Mom.

Yesterday went off very well – the modhaks were perfect and everything else was also great. Reminded me of how my mom always thought festival cooking was a breeze, so long as one planned the sequence ahead. That’s precisely what I did as I woke up and made the coffee.…

Ganesh Chaturti minus mom

Happy Ganesh Chaturti to everyone! I remembered how much my mom liked this sketch when I doodled it a few years ago. This year will be the first time in my life, when I make kozhukkattai without my mom. Sigh. That kitchen’s going to be one lonely place without mom’s…

Eat, love, pray

Sigh – when we dropped in at Asha Sweets the other day on Sampige Road, I was pleasantly surprised to see that they have extended their offering to bakery items also. While Pulari had a veg puff that looked very appetizing, and Uma went into the sweets section to get…

Excited!

…..about something today – but I’ll talk about it tomorrow after it happens. 🙂 Kind of all busy today with various things to do. Even if I get fifty per cent done, I’ll be happy.

My first movie on TV

Now that really sounds like a kid’s essay topic – but hey – after decades, I actually saw the first movie I ever saw on TV back in 1973 in our neighbor’s house – “Albela” – quite a musical treat. Back then, we sat in a darkened room, with the…

Mission Critical

All too soon, it is time to make those podis again. So it is going to be roast, roast, roast. I plan to do it when the men are not home, respecting their respiratory system. I am out of dosa milaga podi. Planning to put together a curry podi also,…