Friday, November 26, 2010

TUK PATATA (Sindhi)


Ingredients:
Potatoes
Salt ..... to taste
Oil ..... to fry
To Sprinkle:
Cumin powder (roasted and ground)
Amchoor powder
Red chilli powder
Black pepper
Garam masala
Salt

Method:
1. Peel and cut the potatoes into half inch thick circles.

2. Marinate them in salt water for at least half an hour.

3. Drain the water and deep fry them till half done. (4-5 mins.)
4. Keep them in a covered dish to make them soft.
5. Press each potato slice with the palm of your hand and deep fry them on medium flame to make them crispy. (fry them just before you serve)

6. Sprinkle all the above mentioned dry spice powders and salt ( if required ) on the hot potatoes.
These potatoes are usually served as an accompaniment to kadhi-chawal, dal-chawal, pulao-dal.

Roman Holiday


Last thursday I had a really nice day hanging around with special people. I had suchi for lunch, and then we went to my favourite vintage shop: lullaby. I took some pictures there and ask the owners a fez questions, because I need it for the next Miau Magazine issue. And when I was taking pictures...


 

I found this lovely postcard from Roman Holiday, one of my favourite films ever! I know, is a very silly movie... but it's so romantic and Audrey looks so cute in there, yaw...!

After this we met Esther and Edo, and we went to Demasié.

 

I adore the Tricky portrait, you know that because is not the first (or second) time I show it on this blog!

 

Yes, maybe you thought I was cold (actually, is been a cold week in Barcelona... that makes me feel so happy!)... but no! I was wearing my black bloomers, haha!

Are you doing something interesting for the weekend? Tell me about it!

mood hyper terlebeyh


assalamualaikum & morning guys! :)


oh my god. cant wait for next week, month of holiday will begin! *SENYUM LEBARRR* oh ye, hidung dah makin mengecut. eh salah, ulser dlm lubang hidung belah kiri tu da makin mengecut, alhamdulilah! tp gigi semakin cpt ngilu. esp to cold, sweet, sour foods. haih. ubat gigi sensodyne tuh mmg da jd kawan baek baru lah. terase diri nih semakin tua tahu tak!

btw, teruknye sy tahun ni. boleh terlupeeee anniversary BLOG nih! ish. patut rase pelik je. lg cam best kan, tarikh tu sy x upload blog pun. upload? update der!. ish ish. oklah, happy belated 2nd anniversary dearie rainbow bloggie on 8th Sept 2010! eh eh. 2 tahun dah awk. kira setia sy dkt awk blh tahan hebat aww. wahaha. i lapp u laaaa. sorry la if kdg sy menconteng dinding awk dgn kata-kata tak best, sy akan kurangkan! :)

oh ye. sy dpt something special dr abah & i've never ever asked for it. never! dont assume me as a spoil child okayhhh. open ur eyes, lots more spoiled nonindependent kids out there! *SERIOUSLY*


CREDIT CARD WEYH :)
*utk minyak dgn reservation or booking pape je* JEEE


and adelah 1 hari tuh kan, punyelah excited masuk kedai hardware Mr.DIY. die kan macam gabungan kedai 2 hinggit + kedai 5 hinggit + Ace Hardware. wahaha. serius meyh! cube teka ape benda sy borong plg bnyk? :P


GAMBAR SIAP ADE SPARKLINGGGG taleh blaaaaaaaa.


TA-DAAAA. STICKERRRRRRR XD



ayat mama 'haih, perangai budak-budak die x habis lg rupenye' wuuuuuuuu. TAK HABIS LG! :P

and tahu, perfume strawberry sy beli dkt Madinah tu dah nak habis taw, tp MIA. waaaaa. ke mane tah. dah geram, keluarkan semua perfume termasuk yg belum pakai, letak dpn mata, biar gilir-gilir puas-puas. erm... perfume chanel kesygan tuh, mcm dah bosan pulak. pdhal baru 1/4 pakai. T__T

haaa. kuar semua kuar kuar. :P
Russia, Body Shop, BOSS, Chanel.

and yer, rase nak beli iphone4 makin lame makin pudar. sbb cam bnyk sgt je weakness die. dahlah aqilah amin nih ganas HP jatuh berjuta kali pun ta de perasaan. muahaha. so iphone4 tuh kang jatuh 4x dah fragile, mmg nangis ak gune duit sdiri beriban. tskkk.

dengki abah gune blackberry benarnye... muahaha.

oh minggu ni gile bnyk makan. breakfast semlm maggie goreng + roti boom. PERGHHH. lepas tu dinner semlm mkn marshmallow cheese cake *YUMMYYY* dgn chicken golden blue (ala-ala secret recipe chicken cordon bleu). and then past few days ade mkn KFC jgk, ade mkn Double cheeseburger jgk, ade mkn Keropok goreng jgk, ade makan nasik sepinggan jgk! HUWAAAAA. ok, jage mkn semula minggu nih.

1 of my fav secret recipe's cake.


ak ta de la fokus pasal nak kurus. tp sebab ak tgk skrng ramai org mati sbb pemakanan. eh kejap sy, kejap ak. lantaklah. ha, sbb seriously, makanan skrng bnyk bhn kimia, bnyk yg pengawet, bnyk manis & fat, jd mmg org skrng ni dpt penyakit dr sini... sy tammo pendek umur, tammo! nak pakai DSLR dlu, nak pakai audi A4, (sila klik link AUDI A4 tuh, meremang bulu roma ak tgk, taleh blahhh) BMW X6 dlu, cayenne dlu. wuwuwuw T___T

kenape ko kacak sgttt. ko je lah kereta pertame yg buat ak ternga-nganga tgk ko.
ko je lah kereta yg pantang ak nmpk kedai kereta, ak cari ko.
ko jela kereta blh buat ak terdiam ble tgh kepoh.


and SINCE ak da promise diri sendiri, dan org tertentu *ehem* utk hanya membeli handbag, perfume, brg make up HANYA SELEPAS june 2011, korang tahu tak bertapa seksanyeee mata & batin ni tgk COACH SALESSSS, tgk skrng ni YEAR END SALE! T____________________T ta pe laaa. siap lah YEAR END SALE 2011. muahaha.


oklah ok ok, banyak lg nak cerita, tp cam x de pekdah je blog sy ni dkt org lain. wahaha. ok, tata 4 nowww! XD


THANKSGIVING 2010

We spent the morning riding bikes on the beach, it was a warm sunny day and we didn't want to spend it inside. We cooked a fantastic meal and ate with friends in the evening. Here's a couple snapshots from under the pier at the beach.


Christmas greeting cards


Friday with an illustration.


A ilustração da semana.

And in Other News, You Can't Stop a Freight Train Quickly

From Bloomberg, with emphasis added by me.
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Borrowing costs for Europe’s most indebted nations are at record highs as Ireland’s capitulation in accepting a bailout of its banking industry stokes concern that other countries also will have to seek aid.

The average yield investors for 10-year debt from Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy reached 7.57 percent today, a euro-era record. The average premium investors demand to hold those securities instead of German bunds widened to as much as 492 basis points, the highest level of 2010. The average cost of insuring against default by the five nations using credit- default swaps reached a record 517 basis points on Nov. 23.
It's time for a Marc Faber encore.


You can't have the kind of debts (Greece, Portugal, Spain, Italy) has with (olive oil, sardine, tourism, lousy Italian cars) income. This is like a runaway freight train and the bondholders and European Central Bankers keep getting surprised every time the thing smashes through another flimsy barricade.

Jerry Brown's election as governor of California was the high water mark of the progressives across the Western world. This freight train of debt was started when we began making social spending promises we knew to be unsustainable and it picked up speed every time we launched another doomed-to-fail War on Poverty program.

It won't stop until many of those social spending programs have been dismantled, either deliberately through austerity measures, or involuntarily through the inflation that comes with printing money to pay for them.

Not Your Traditional Thanksgiving

When I was a little girl, my desire was for my family to celebrate, as all American families did, the traditional holiday of Thanksgiving. I didn't know my family wasn't American, not really. We didn't have loads of relatives to celebrate with, we ate with our hands and by the way, we didn't eat meat on Thursdays.

Last night my dad told me how I really wanted a turkey for Thanksgiving when I was old enough to know what you were supposed to eat. And yet there were only three of us to feed on this holiday, when we didn't have other families to join us and even if we did, they were other Indian families with no interest in turkey or mashed potatoes that weren't burnt yellow with turmeric. So he brought home a chicken. Was I fooled, I asked. Of course I was! My little unsophisticated palate didn't know any better.

Over the years, our Thanksgiving celebrations evolved. Some years we did actually have turkey (I checked the label), one year there was ham. Eventually we switched to celebrating on Friday at a friend's place so we could have the meatiest of meals, and Thanksgiving Thursday became either a non-event or a time for me to join other friends for a meal.

The last three or four years Thanksgiving has evolved again into a vegetarian feast. Last night, for example, we had butternut squash soup with chopped apples, fettucine alfredo, spinach and pear salad, sweet potato biscuits with honey butter, brussel sprouts, fruit and ice cream. I hardly missed the turkey.

Thanksgiving is actually a holiday made for immigrants, and I love the idea of making it fit my family's immigrant needs. And I'm all for two delicious meals instead of one!

Here's the sweet potato biscuits I made yesterday, which could go with any traditional or untraditional meal. Appropriately, they are from an "American" cookbook, but then what is American other than a blend of a myriad of cultures?



Sweet Potato Biscuits (from Bobby Flay Cooks American)
Makes 12

Ingredients:
2 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon plus 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into pieces
7/8 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup mashed cooked sweet potato (about 1)
1 tablespoon honey

Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or use a nonstick baking mat. Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl. Cut in the butter until the mixture resembles rolled oats.

Make a well in the center of the mixture and add the buttermilk, sweet potatoes and honey. Stir vigorously until the dough forms a ball. Knead lightly for about 30 seconds, until the dough just begins to look smooth.

On a floured surface, pat the dough out 3/4-inch thick into a 7 by 8 inch rectangle. Either cut into 2 inch rounds with a biscuit cutter or slice into 12 squares (which eliminates the need to reroll all scraps into another biscuit). Transfer to the prepared pan and bake for 10-12 minutes until lightly browned.

Serve with honey butter: Mix four tablespoons of softened butter with two tablespoons of honey, or more to taste.