Corny Glossary....

FYI... just in case you, u need to use multi-lingual "pick-up" lines:

Amore mio: My love

Fidansato/a: Boyfriend/girlfriend

Caro/a: Dear (m/f)

Ti amo: Love you

Bacii: Kiss

Bello/a: Good/nice/beautiful

Tu sei bellisimo/a: You are gorgeous

Andare con me: Come with me....

Solo per te: only for you...

Mi manca te: I miss you

Prego: please/welcome

Aishiteru: Love you

Koibito: Sweetheart

Kirei dayo: You look beautiful

Kekkon shite kureru: Will you marry me?

Ii nioi: You smell nice

Iroppoi!: Sexy

Just photos....

Skiing babeh!

The moon in eclipse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK15w0INhVA&feature=related

Adoption Rules 2

Always fold your T's....

Always do sun salutations...

Always have a spare..

Always say yes..

Always kiss Correctly...

Sign of the apocalypse

The world is coming to an end babes!

Guess what the most popular sound-track in New Zealand was, a song that is audible only to dogs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7250360.stm

No wonder they are saying that the world is going to the dogs. :)

Solution to dreaminess.

Behold the dream cathcher. It is a Red-Indian concept.

"As legend goes, the Dream Catcher is hung in the lodge near the sleeping area. Its purpose is to catch all dreams, good or bad. The bad dreams caught in the webbing would be burned off by the mornings' first light. The good dreams caught know thier way to the hole in the center and filter down into the feathers. They are held there to be dreamed another night."

But we will have to make do with the photo till I can get you the real thing. :)

Special offer...

Valentine's day special

A special pic & a song for you. Especially since all my other gifts, real & imaginary, seemingly have failed to reach on time.

Vagator Beach, Goa. Perhaps one day....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w28ZREQe3_Q

- My kind of love song.

Persistence of memory...

As you were brave enough... to leave me incharge of the vertical component of the real eastate..

Peristence of memory.....

Disintegration of persitence of memory..

Two of my favorite pictures by Salvador Dali... which i find very very intense, so dont worry , you wont see them hanging around anywhere.

But..i dont mind tiny dash of surrealism...

"Straight from my heart.."

"Hey only fools rush in and only time will tell..
..If we stand the test of time"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHatmYtyJhk

May be the medium (hard rock) is slighlty off-beat, but the message is nevertheless so relevant. :)

Your inspiration......

I think I messed up the presentation & some of the proportions, but the food was yummy! (If I might say so myself)

Thanks to your easy & innovtive recipes. :)

Homely menu...

Not oftem many people belive me when i say, "I am the simple marathi mulgi". But this is simple maharastrian fare never ceases to bring me extreme contentment.....

Corn kees
Ingredients:
Frozen white corn 10 oz
¼ cup grated fresh coconut meat (frozen will do)
2 green chilies
½ cup milk
Unsalted Butter
Cumin seeds
Ginger
Put the frozen corn in a blender and pulse it for 30 secs
Sauté (Fodni) with butter, cumin, chili, grated ginger, hing.
Add corn, then add milk cook for 10 mins.
Add coconut and salt.
Note: This will be 3 servings


Spinach buttermilk
Ingredients
1 frozen chopped spinach 10oz
2 quarts of buttermilk
¼ chana dal soaked in water for 1 hour
¼ cup peanuts
4 green chilies
Unsalted butter
Mustard, cumin, hing, turmeric
Make fodni with butter, mustard, cumin, hing, chillies.
Add chana dal and peanuts
Add spinach and ¼ cup of water cover an cook for ten minutes.
Slowly add buttermilk while stirring
Add salt (11/2 teaspoon)
Warm it gently to hot. Do not boil
Note: This will be 8 servings

Masoor usal
Ingredients
1cup lentils (masoor)
Tamarid
Gulh/ Brown sugar
Kala masala (If not use garam masala)
Oil, mustard, cumin, hing, turmeric, chillie power
Make fodni in oil with mustard, cumin, hing, turmeric, chilli power
Add lentils, sauté it for 2 minutes.
Add two cups of water
Cook for 20-25 minutes
Add half a teaspoon of tamarind extract
Add 2 teaspoons brown sugar
Add ½ teaspoon kala/garam masala
1 teaspoon salt
Add cilantro and cook it
Note: This will be 4 servings


Tomato rice
Ingredients
Rice 2 cups
1 large onion
Tomato paste 4 tablespoons
¼ cup Fresh grated coconut meat.(frozen will do or use dry coconut will do)
2 table spoons of Unsalted butter
6 Cloves
2 inch pieces of cinnamon
4 cardamom (elaichi)
Make fodni with cloves, cinnamon, cardamom.
Add sliced onion and sauté till it is translucent
Add rice, salt and sauté for a minute for so
Add four cups of water
Let it simmer
After 20 minutes, when water has almost evaporated, add tomato paste and coconut
Stir well
Cover and cook the rice till it is done
Note: This will be 4 servings

Just club this menu with hot fullka's... and i think one cant ask more..from life...

Photo part 5

Best made food by me.

Photo of the day.... (part IV)

Daytona Beach, Floridaaah

You missed a turn, naughty!

Photo of the day....

Ann Arbor when it snows...




I wonder why the sky is so bright when it snows,From out eyes, it really looks like something between these two hues. These photos are literally minutes old. :)

Photo of day..

Gaudi's creation, Barcelona

One week special: Photo of the day

Sleeping bear dunes, Traverse city , MI

Tommorow is your turn, babe.

Simple Dudhi

One of my favorite recipes...

Saute.. Hinge (asefotida) mori ( Mustard seeds) and mirchi

Add ginger garlic paste.. and little cinnamon.

Add copped dudhi.. .

salt and milk..

Cook till.. milk tickens and dudhi is well cooked.

Four Seasons of Love?

Snapshots in time....

Spring/Summer

Winter

Late Fall/ Winter

Fall

I guess the institution of marriage can learn a lot from the weather.


Sure there will be a lot of great days, filled with joy & love. But there will also be the dark, gloomy and rainy days. Some days you just don’t feel like facing the elements.

But it is always there, just like love ought to be. And only lasting apathy & neglect can mess this up (aka global warming). But the solution also lies completely in our hands (go green!) & requires us to make it work together, no unilateral solution can help.

And you have to know that another great day is just around the corner, which will make it all worthwhile. Now & forever…..