Dinner came from these

Our friend got us these Thai Vermicelli noodles - only problem was that instructions were written in Thai and the pictures were not self explanatory.
Luckily, we have google.
About.com had a section on thai recipes that explained how to deal with these noodles - soaking in hot water for 10 minutes did the trick.
Dinner was these noodles tossed in oil with garlic, chilli flakes and peanuts, paired with Eggplant in Chinese sauce

Choco-Crinkle Cookies - Batch Two

A fat pinch of dried ginger powder went into this one
I'm getting confident in cookie-baking YAY

Choco-Crinkle Cookies - Batch One

A recipe from Jamie's blog
Used half all purpose flour and half whole wheat flour and did not manage to use all the oil as I forgot to add it earlier on.
Turned out just perfect

Tiffin time - Bajji

Bajjis (slices of vegetables dipped in batter and fried till golden) would feature on the 4 pm tiffin once in a while on a weekend, when we were kids. Just for nostalgia sake I asked Amma to make Bajji on this Saturday afternoon and she was kind to oblige.
After eating it didn't seem like a good idea - severe summer heat and fried food are really not meant for each other!
In case you want to see how the prepared stuff looked - here's the pic -

Fudge in the making

I'm quite dreading the weighing machine now. After eating three meals a day for the last ten days, at mom's place, I'm sure I have to go on a strict diet once I'm back home. Luckily the above fudge was not made for me - my aunt was making this to send for my nephew's first birthday in Bangalore. Step wise pics have been taken of this simple paal cake (milk fudge) - hopefully to be posted on the food blog.

Polished...

...the little silver glasses to drink chilled Panakam on Sri Rama Navami

6 AM coffee

Saturday morning
Woke up around 6 AM
Waited for milkman to bring in the milk
Had kept decoction ready last night
Fresh milk, fresh decoction, 1 spoon sugar - lots of 'norai' (froth)
Served in steel tumbler
My favourite way to drink coffee

 

Taken in natural light from the kitchen window

Learning physics in the kitchen

This pic is not to show how old the kitchen cabinets in this house are or how shiny my steel utensils are- but to share how babies don't have to be 'taught' laws of physics.
He was thoroughly enjoying himself by spinning one of the lids like a top while creating all kinds of (disturbing) sounds with the other utensils, as I prepared my morning cuppa tea. As long as he gave me enough time to prepare my tea, I wasn't complaining!