Thanksgiving Cooking!

Few of the things I cooked up during the long weekend, Moroccon Soup & Creme Brulee. Both were an instant hit! I was chatting with K, and she said she was planning to make Moroccan soup, I did not have the time to ask her how she made it, so browsed around and got this recipe.
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/moroccan-lentil-soup/detail.aspx. I changed the quantity of garlic and ginger, added a lot more cayenne and very little cardamom. I did a rough puree of the entire soup and sqeezed a little bit of lime, oh yeah, I also added finely chopped celery for extra crunch.

Moroccan Soup

INGREDIENTS
1 onions, chopped
6 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
4 cups water
1 cup Masoor Dhal
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 (19 ounce) can cannellini beans
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
1/2 cup diced carrots
1/2 cup chopped celery
1 teaspoon garam masala
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon olive oil
DIRECTIONS

In large pot saute; the onions, garlic, and ginger in a little olive oil for about 5 minutes.

Add the water, lentils, chick peas, white kidney beans, diced tomatoes, carrots, celery, garam masala, cardamom, cayenne pepper and cumin.

Bring to a boil for a few minutes then simmer for an hour or longer, until the lentils are soft.

Puree half the soup in a food processor or blender. Return the pureed soup to the pot, stir and enjoy!

Its raining in Chennai

Its been continously raining in Chennai, and I wonder about these people living on the footpath.

Count your blessings, help some one who can use a helping hand. What goes around comes around.

Pic was taken from a pallavan transport bus, 1c when I was on my way to central station to join Shankari who was in Salem. (picture was taken when we were in India in September 06)

Love these One Liners

I found these somewhere and loved it and sharing it with you....

In the interest of time, Let's just assume I'm right (All husbands out there, read this a hundred times)

Gone crazy...Will be back soon

This is not Burger King, You will have it my way!

I am only a beautician, not a MAGICIAN

I am not spoiled, just well taken care of

I dont look for choclate, it finds me (fitness centers dont find me tho)

A great fisherman lives here with the catch of his life

Born to golf, forced to work

I'm blonde, what's your excuse?

In my next life, I am having more memory installed

One post and Two Tags!

What can I say, I dont want to cry like our friend Syam here about tags, it is fun.Patty and http://mitrideas.blogspot.com/ had tagged me , since there was a lot going on at home, did not get a chance to do them, but here it goes....

1. Psycho in me: Hmmmm..that is me! (or that is what R calls me) When the house is not cleaned...the other avatar of me comes to light

2. Thinni pandaram: My blog is an example by itself...love all foods and am always looking to try new cuisines and food. I tried lobster yesterday and liked it..

3. Kids: Love them, but definitely dont like the kids who liein the middle of a shopping mall throwing tantrums

4. Dreams: Have the most wierdest dreams and I remember vividly the once I have had in my chilhood too (some of them)

5. No weird: ??????

6. Bore factor: Cleaning dishes and folding clothes

This one is from Patty

Smells I love
Smell of citrus flavors
Fresh coffee brewing
Sandalwood

Smells I hate
Sometimes the smell of chicken cooking,
Fish
Bad body odor

Jobs that I have had in my life
Admin manager
Bank teller
Relationship Associate in a bank.

Movies that I could watch over and over
Roja
Roman Holiday
My Fair Lady

Fond memories
My childhood
Living by myself for the 1st time
holidays with RajeshH

Jobs I would love to have - I take up jobs that I love, so .....

Places that I have lived
Belgaum
Pune
Chennai

Things I like to do
Cook
Eat
spend time with Rajesh (not necessarily in that order)

3 Of my favorite foods
Rasam & potato,
Sodhi
Indian style chicken

3 Places I would like to be right now
My home
My mom's place
Hawaii

3 Websites that I visit daily
Immigrant in Canada's blog
Craigslist.com
My office website


3 Things that make me cry
When I am blamed for things I did not do.
Hunger
When I miss my parents