Pheviyaan

boil milk in pot:

then add sugar: 

then add pheni:

boil for some time.

 

the resulting mixture:

too bad all the jalebi is gone : /

Had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner with family IST time :) 

#mohabbat zinda rehti hai....mohabbat mar nahi sakti....

People who make these kinds of comments to people who are fatigued are obviously idiotic and obviously don't have a vagina: http://survivingendometriosis.com/2014/11/25/seven-reasons-why-endo-fatigue-causes-so-much-trauma-to-its-sufferers-2/

somehow I will submit an assignment due tonight and my week off will finally start tomorrow..so sick, not enough tissues, my back hurts, can't think, just wanna go to bed ..this is the last semester I'm taking 9 credits so cranky right now..
#Paῂera

not to toot my own horn or anything but with a little addition of salt, my aloo matar was deemed almost gourmet level.. :)

Dhai/Yogurt

Scoop yogurt into bowl:

To thin out yogurt, add water or milk and whisk in a viral manner with fork:

add salt, red mirchi (spice) and roasted cumin seeds:

Bhindi (okra) also cooking: 

 add boondi (fried drops of chick peas..an Indian kid's favorite thing..can buy at Indian store):

 savory side dish to cool the palette:

beautiful presentation w chicken, aloo matar and bhindi: 

 my plate : )

Tandoori chicken II

I can't believe I've missed putting tandoori chicken on here. It's very simple.

Marinate cut pieces of chicken breast (after you've cleaned and cut chicken of course) in yogurt. The yogurt mixture is: plain yogurt, tandoori masala, salt and red mirchi. This group of breasts has been marinated for a couple hours:

then lay the pieces of chicken on tray covered with foil. spray foil with oil before you do this:

 then bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes:

 store leftover chicken and freeze:

after a while, water may gather. pour it out:

then turn over pieces of chicken and put back in toaster:

 

 no lemons in the fridge so I mixed lemon juice concentrate with churan:

Aloo Matar (Potatoes and Peas)

As usual, cut onion, garlic and ginger and brown in oil (no ginger in the fridge today):

 beautiful browning:

then add a couple karchis (big Indian spoon measurement) of crushed tomato (so it would be like say 1/4th to 1/2 cup worth of tomato), peas, salt, pepper, garam masala (coriander and cumin powders, haldi (turmeric) and mirchi (red spice):

add a lot of water and cook peas for a long time:

then add potatoes (I accidentally boiled the potatoes beforehand for a while. do not boil the potatoes. just cut and peel them and put them in mixture. obviously I don't cook aloo matar often):

 

 cover and cook: 

Welcome to Heaven

all for me!!!! : )

#homework and finals #homeoffice on the couch #Bollywood #cough and chest congestion #cinnamon black tea with honey

my Black Friday shopping list:

laptop
possibly a coffee machine (old one has been broken for a long time)
foundation (for the dark spots on my face..I lost my foundation at a gig)
urban decay eyeshadow primer (I lost this at the same gig)
possibly winter shoes (my mom wants to get me boots I have no idea why so she can get me them for Christmas)
socks
a couple pants/slacks

lord..

oats and veggies for lunch : )

This is why I don't work at a law firm: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6151272?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

One of my five year old kids said she never has trouble feeling happy (when I asked her if she does). She's always smiling and playing and coloring and eating candy. #kids are always teaching you things 

oh my god I might hand in a project more than a day in advance of the deadline!!!!!!!! great to work with a partner!!!!!!

finance? oh kee hoonda jee....menoo koi filance filoons da koi patha nae jee.....

#been following real estate in the Dominican Republic: http://www.westindies-realestate.com/property-list.cfm?page=1&shownewest=&ptype=&SESSION.psperpage=24&SESSION.pspricesort=desc
#sister got engaged....overjoyed....#another margarita please
#food, fun, family and friends <3

Last night (or early this morning) I had a dream that I was about to get married. This is like the third dream I've had where I agreed to marry someone I don't really know and at some ceremony where Im about to get engaged or married I start having an anxiety attack and try to call off the whole thing. This morning I woke up screaming and my mom rushed into my room to see if I was ok. Thankfully it was all a dream. Phew.

from one of my students : )

'I love Ms. J : )'