Feeling Satvic!!

The cold and rainy weather urged me to cook Patanjali atta noodles!

When I unsealed the pack, somehow the name 'Patanjali' and 'noodles' dint go together! Maybe because Patanjali products are always associated with good health!

It was just yesterday that one of my sisters posted that FB should add:

"Feeling satvic while eating Patanjali atta noodles". 

Soo apt and well said!

Birthday Gals

28th March is a day full of birthday wishes! Coincidently my mom and sister-in-law share their birthdays today! Soo its more of a celebratory mood that we experience even though we are not directly a part of it! We spent almost our entire noon today being on phone and wishing the ladies. Luckily as it was a holiday today on the eve of Easter monday our calls continued even longer!

Soniya shared few pics of my mom's in-house birthday bash which made us feel nice to see everyone back home!

Good Deed!

It was since long in our mind to make a feasible donation to the society in some form which would be useful to our people. We were specific that whatever we chose to donate should reach to people (mainly students) who are new to the place and need social help. In sync to this, we decided to donate 5kg bag of wheat flour at a temple near our house which serves free dinner on Thursday's and Sunday's. Students, bachelor's and many others have a satisfying and nourishing meal at this Sai Baba temple. We felt this would be the best donation suiting and fulfilling our wish!

The pandit took the flour bag, touched it to the god's feet and then gave us a nice garland as a token of reception by the temple authorities. After reaching home, I placed it near the Ganapati idol in our house and it looks custom made for the idol!

Our hearts are full by performing this small good deed that we yearned for since we moved from the 'student phase' to the 'bit-settled phase' and it gives us great pleasure in having completed it successfully!

Easter Saturday

We had our quarterly car servicing scheduled for today and we decided to club it up with exploring the Eastland mall where it was being serviced. As it was a chilly morning, we felt like having a hot cup of coffee at Jamaica Blue.

I loved the latte art that they served! The design was soo pretty that I felt like looking at it and not disturbing the delicate creamy pattern!

Till midday we wandered all around trying different clothing outlets then picked up our car around 3.30pm and drove back home.

We both felt drained off as we reached. Out of curiosity I checked the Iphone Health app which justified our tiredness!

Relaxed

With lots of household work and cooking to be done yesterday, today morning demanded me for being relaxed and to enjoy a hot cup of tea! 

Holi 2016

Holi today become unknowingly special with a school friend of mine visiting us from Sydney for lunch. We met after a really long time (almost after 11 years since we graduated from school)! It felt nostalgic to recall those times and talk about how we were! She gifted me a daffodils flower pot whose blossoms have added grace to our centre table and a classy look to our living room!

As it was Holi, I decided to cook the traditional menu of Puranpoli, Batata Bhaji, Kothimbir Wadi and Matar Bhaat. They both loved my preparations for which I felt content. 

Even though they spend a little time of the noon with us, it was fun and a refreshing meet!

In the Choco-World!

My cousin sister shared the newly launched 'Chocolate Thali' at the Desi Club restaurant in Mumbai. 

I dont think a chocolate freak would expect anything more than all these varieties of chocolate dishes served in this scrumptious meal! A delicious spread for the chocolate lovers, this innovative thali consists of Chocolate Gulab Jamun, Chocolate Khakhara, Chocolate Shrikhand, Chocolate Kheer, Chocolate ice cream, Chocolate truffles, Chocolate barfi and a large chocolate lollipop. 

I really appreciate the new ideas that restaurant owners come up with these days. They put together the right combination of unique dishes which instantly makes them stand out from their competitors and also readily grabs customers for them!