Day 7: Kathi Roll & Chocolate Sponge Cake

Today was an interesting combination of healthy vs non-healthy food! Kathi Roll is one of Bumblebee's favourite dishes so learning that was kind of mandatory! :D

Baking - i absolutely love doing! I used to love watching mom bake as a kid. And in my opinion, the best part of baking a cake - is eating raw batter!! There is seriously nothing better than that! :D

I really want to learn a few more baking items - at some point, brownies & chocolate chip cookies as well! :)) Brownies reminds me of that scene from "Life as We Know It" where Katherine Heigl & Josh Duhamel (who btw is ultra ultra cute!) make magic brownies! Now that's one thing i would not mind trying at some point! :P

Anyways, pics from today!

Retail Therapy!!!

Today I took the day off from cooking! And went out shopping with mom & her friend! And did my favourite kind of shooping - heels! I was in girl-heaven! :D

My loot - 3 super cute & very useful heels! I loooove shopping! :))

Day 6: Pav Bhaji & Kesar Sandesh

And today I made my favourite foods! Pav Bhaji & Kesar Sandesh! Sandesh is a Bengali sweetdish which is super awesome! Its one of my mom's top-secret dishes! She generally makes this when she has to impress someone - it tastes amazingly yummy and yet is surprisingly easy to make! :D

Day 5: My alone self in the Kitchen

So today I was a-m-a-z-i-n-g! :D Mom actually did not enter the kitchen at all while I produced the super tasty meal below! :D You know I kind of like this whole domestic goddess avatar! Lol! Let's hope I can re-create these things once I finally settle down in US!

Day 4: A Full Indian Lunch

The menu for today was a proper indian lunch. My fav dish, bhindi; tamatar ki sabzi for my dad who doesnt like bhindi, yellow daal and garam rotis! Daal is actually something that ive never gotten around to learning how to cook. I'm pretty okay with veges but understanding what goes into a daal and how it should be cooked - well that was a hurdle! Now that i sorta have a hang of it; need to figure out how to remember the different kinds of daal! How am i supposed to know which one is udat, toor, moong.........lol!

Also I actually made sorta round rotis! now thats def an achievement! altho most of my rotis still come out looking square shaped or fish-shaped!!!

Anyways, pic of the full meal! :)

Day 3: Poha, Chole & Tomato Soup!

I actually woke up early to go for aerobics today! Today was a super fun day actually! Aerobics in the morning - we did Body Language today which is supposed to be toning & stretching exercises mostly. Muscles I did not know existed in my abdomen are paining right now!! *sigh* I really need to get back in shape...hopefully a month is enough for that!

Anyways, I guess there is some basis to the thought that exercise gives you an adrenaline rush coz I actually had a pretty active day! Came back from aerobics and cooked breakfast & lunch! Made poha for breakfast which is one my all time favourite garam nashta items! :) and made kala chole for lunch which go perfectly with bhatura but i ended up making rotis in an effort to be health conscious!

Pics below - !

After that spent my whole afternoon on the phone with Bumblebee! I love the fact that we can chit chat for hours about anything & everything ranging from serious discussions on marriage, life, etc all the way to random chit chat & observations about life. We do think alike in a lot of ways on life in general and i love that! :))

In the evening I went for a looong walk with mom; her giving me marriage gyaan! lol! Its gonna take a while before this whole mom giving me advise on how to deal with a guy in my life sinks in! Its pretty amazing how life changes so fast! Was also walking with dad after dinner (for which btw i made a very healthy tomato soup! am i not super awesome? ;)) Its always refreshing to talk to dad; esp when my mom frustrates me a little with her inability to look at life from my point of view. Dad always has an interesting take on things. And even though it may not be what I wanted him to think/ say, it always gives me something more to think about. And i absolutely love these alone chats with my dad coz he is one person that i dont have to think whether it will hurt him before i say anything (like i often have to with mom!) He just accepts, tries to rationalize it and if not understand completely, will def attempt to understand where im coming from! :))

So yea, happening friday it was! So very different from my Friday just 2 weeks back! How life changes....and so many more changes yet to come!!!

Moms & Daughters

What is with moms & daughters?

Do all moms have this super possessive hold on their daughters?

Does being the mom of a young woman render you incapable of practical thought?

I dont understand you mom. I love u but I really don't understand you.

I'm engaged to him; we've made a commitment to each other...why would anything happen abhi? Why would I mess this up? Why would he? Yes I've tossed your idea of a typical arranged marriage but didn't you already know that about me? With my dreams and head in the air, how could I have ever settled for the staid & practical arranged marriage? I always wanted the spark, the chemistry & the magic. You knew that. And I got it. So why is this so terrifying to you mom? Why?

I wish you would realize that I'm happy and that it's okay for you to let go. I can hold on to life on my own now. And having him in my life does not diminish my love for you in any way. You'll always be my mom right? No one is taking that away from you. In fact you have someone else to call you mom!!!

Trust me for once, let me go and be happy for me....because I love him & I love you and I hate feeling torn between both of u!