Day 277 | Taste of Home

With busy life that we lead in 21st century, traditional pickles are fast disappearing as we depend on store-bought pickles for the convenience. But with of much of our culinary history at stake, it is worth every penny to forsake the shortcut methods of store bought convenience for the time consuming and painstaking, yet most rewarding experience of making our own pickles at home. Because what we are really doing is preserving memories, family recipes and the taste of home! Up next on http://monsoonspice.com/

Day 260 | Nostalgia

There is nothing glamorous or fancy about Bhutta, but it does have that great sense of drama when the corn on the cob is slowly roasted on a bed of red hot charcoal. Occasionally the red charcoal catches fire and the little tongues of these burning flames licks the sweet kernels with great hunger! In between the roasting you hear a sudden pop noise when few kernels which greedily plumped up bit too much under the loving touch of flame! With some kernels charred and smelling of smoke, the Bhuttawala dips the lime piece in a bowl that contains the salt and red chilli powder mixture or if you are really adventurous, in a bowl of chutney made of super spicy and potent green chillies ground with sea salt. The little swirls of smoke rising from the freshly roasted Bhutta when the Bhuttawala rubs the lime wedge is a pure magic to all senses! Magic, yes, magic is the word I would use for this humble Bhutta that never fails to live up to its high expectation of taste sensation!

Recipe: http://www.monsoonspice.com/2013/09/bhutta-or-butta-recipe-indian-styled.html

Day 255 | Good bye Bappa

We bid farewell to our lil Bappa and it felt as if a member of our family left our home! Thankfully Lil Dumpling took it well and didn't cry a lot, much better than what i expected and more importantly much better than I :) So good bye Gampa...until we see each other next year...

Day 252 | Gowri Ganesha Habba at home

Ganesha Chaturthi wishes to all my blog friends who are celebrating this festival :) do come and be a part of this celebration at our home where we are feasting with family and friends :)

Day 231 | World Photography Day

“Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second.”
  ~ Marc Riboud

Day 193 | So it's my happy, appy burrday!

Books, flowers, perfume and cam lens added lil more sparkle to my life! Early morning cuddles and big kiss from Lil Dumpling and a warm hug from Big Dumpling made the day all the more special! It's not really all that bad adding another year and growing a year younger ;)

Day 175 | Thank You

Thank you all for wishing Lil Dumpling on his special day. He had a fantastic time with his friends and was full of beans :) After eating two slices of his most fav chocolate cake, he was bouncing off the wall till half past nine while his parents dozed off ;) Thank you once again for your best wishes and blessings!

Day 167 | Father's Day

Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad.
-Anne Geddes 

Happy Father's Day to two best dads in my life, my Appa n Lil Dumpling's Appa :)

Day 162 | Something Funny

 

Father and son playing hide and seek with each other!!! Can you guess who is hiding and who is seeking?! ;)

Day 157 | Transport

 

The best one according to Lil Dumpling :)

Day 156 | World Environment Day

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."

Day 133 | Sunset

(click here for the original picture)

Day 132 | Mother

“There's a story behind everything..but behind all your stories is always your mother's story..because hers is where yours begins.”
- Mitch Albom 

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Day 106 | Memories...

...of holiday...which wasn't really a holiday!

Day 73 | Tasty

{are those tiny dimpled hands and feet which you can easily get addicted to!}

Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small,
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.
But every day I’m growing,
I’ll be all grown up someday,
And all these tiny handprints
Will simply fade away.
 So here’s a special handprint
Just so you can recall,
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small.
–unknown

Day 71 | In The Distance...

Is a bright morning sun! It's a beautiful day...

Day 69 | I Want

to escape from dark and gloomy weather and visit my homeland, home, family and friends in sunny and vibrant India!

Day 68 | Faceless Self Potrait

“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.”  ~ Debra Ginsberg

Day 65 | Chair

Where Lil Dumpling sits and creates colourful master pieces for his parents :)

Day 64 | Under {The Tunnel}

Is my son and Mr. Sun!