Trip to India

glass of wine in between flights with chocolate caramel cake:

amazing mushroom kurkure and dahi de kabob: 

Paneer tikka and Paneer Amritsari:

the dahi de kabobs were AMAZING:

my thali : ) Daal Pachrangi, daal makhni, malai kofta, palak paneer, chhole, yogurt and garlic naan : )

gol guppe at a friend's house. to DIE for:

namkeen and sweet paanis:

dahi bhalle too:

dhokla:

kulcha w aloo gobi, green beans, chole, karele and mango yumminess:

I have never had a rasgulla on top of my kheer, seriously this is not illegal:

mango custard

made chai for everyone : )

yummy milk with malai on top:

paneer appetizer at a restaurant (Preeti is addicted to paneer):

I had a yummy vegetable cheese dosa : )

w idli fries!!

dad had paneer dosa:

yummy sweets at a family friend's home:

mango after dinner : )

kadi!!

appetizers at a restaurant:

yummy prawns:

YUMMY kababs: pineapple, chicken, veggie, fish

I was so full from the appetizers that I couldn't eat dinner so I went straight for the desserts: blueberry cake, mango tarts, papaya, coconut barfi and brownies in chocolate sauce!!!!

alas, I finally got my favorite pineapple pastry : ) and chocolate pastries : )!!!!

 good old poori, chole and dahi bhalle at home : )

celebrated Mother's Day with pineapple cake : )

YUMMY mathis:

tom yum soup at a hotel, it was SO good:

paneer tikka (she's obsessed):

I forgot the name of this roti but it was SO GOOD:

I had Singapore noodles with my tom yum soup : )

and cookies : )

mom had missi roti:

good old cadbury chocolate:

this is the best mango shake in the whole world, with fruits and nuts on top!!!!!!!!!

mossumi juice:

papdi chaat : )

my thaali : )

mom's channe bhature:

Preeti's paneer tikka (as usual):

her thaali:

more pics to come!!!!

Yesterday morning when I woke up and a few hours before that, the birds were chirping outside so beautifully. I felt like I was still in India. I love Delhi and Chandigarh. There is just so much there especially in Delhi. I was surprised by how much I like Delhi and Gurgaon now. I know Mumbai is better than Delhi in terms of night life but I'm more of a government person. Next time I'm in India, I'll check out Mumbai and Bangalore. I was in Mumbai when I was 4 (and Rajasthan) so I don't remember it. I love Delhi so much; improvements in traffic flow and infrastructure and the existence of low income housing and garbage cans would make it a dream. The food in India is of course amazing and I always miss that. This was my tenth trip to India and by far my shortest (two weeks). I basically lived there for a year and a half of my life. When I was younger, my mom took me out of elementary school around the Thanksgiving holiday (and the time of the Gulf war) and I did all my assignments in India. Hopefully next time I'll be able to go to Europe for some time before or after India. ~ happilyunmarried.com

5 Daal

measure 1/2 cup whole black moong daal: 

1/4th cup whole green moong daal: 

1/4th cup masar daal:

1/16th cup mot daal: 

1/16th cup chana daal:

beautiful mixture: 

wash the daals once: 

put ginger in the slow cooker:

add daal: 

we actually ran out of haldi (turmeric). I don't know how that's possible so whatever was left in the jar, we added water to it and poured it in. add 1 and 1/4 tsp salt too.

add 5 cups water. may need to add another cup later. put on high, cover and cook for a long time: 

All I know is after some coffee at 4 yesterday, I fell asleep in my bed, heard some voices about eating something in the evening, woke up at 3:30am to use the bathroom and am now enjoying brown rice waffles and chai. so tired. 

#back in the Pgh. So tired couldn't sleep on the flights. Watched a great movie called Big Eyes. Haven't showered or changed in over 24 hours and my contacts are still on. #nothing like coming home to a nice shower and my bed

Today was a nice relaxing day. I needed a break so I bailed out on wedding shopping (I really wasn't needed today) but missed going to the temple. I basically slept, read, hung out with fam and got a manicure and facial. I cannot believe I shopped for eight full days out of the last 11 days. I deserve an award. 

Today I've been given a little break (sister's idea). I was getting whiny and irritated so I got to wake up at 10 today and was told they'd be back around 1 to pick me up for the rest of the shopping (don't know how that's gonna happen cause they haven't left yet). Yay. Had two gobi pronthees with Amul butter, YUMMMMM

#still shopping

Before a breakfast of street omelettes, papaya, and pomegranate this morning, I had an amazing massage where my boobs were finally massaged. I can die peacefully now. #chai

We are hopefully near the end of the fourth day of wedding shopping. So badly need a massage. So many sarees. So many coffees. #sigh