Atypical

If you talk to the people usually you don't talk to, unusual. If you don't talk to the people usually you talk to, more unusual. - VV

To err is...

Jan 28, 2013


The common thing between a Doer and a Thinker is (to) er. - VV

Keep the best for the last.

Jan 24, 2013

Whatever the phenomenon of "postponing the excitement and yet can't wait for it; while dying to look forward to it" is called, but is exhilarating anyway. - VV

I know.

Jan 23, 2013

I hear, I Know. I see, I believe. I think, I mess up. - VV

ಭಾವ ತೀರ ಮೌನ

ನೀ ಬಾಯ್ತುಂಬಿ ನಕ್ಕಾಗ
ಹೃದಯ ತುಂಬಿ ತುಳುಕಿದೆ
ಅದೆಂಥ ನೋವು ಕಾಣದೆ
ಅದೆಂಥ ನಲಿವು ಬಯಸದೆ


ಮಾತಿಗೆ ತಲೆದೂಗಿದಾಗ
ಶಬ್ದ ಮೌನವಾಗಿದೆ
ರೆಕ್ಕೆ ಬಿಚ್ಚಿ ಹಾರಿದೆ
ಚಿಲಿಪಿಲಿಯ ಅರಸಿದೆ


ಮರೆವ ಹರಿವು ಬತ್ತಿದಾಗ
ನೆನಪು ಸಾಗರವಾಗಿದೆ
ಚಂದ್ರನೆಡೆಗೆ ಚಿಮ್ಮಿದೆ

ಅಳಲು ಭೋರ್ಗರಿಸಿದೆ  -VV 

ಶುಷ್ಕತೆ

ಬಾಂಧವ್ಯದ ಅನನ್ಯತೆ
ಒಣ ಹುಲ್ಲ ಮೇವಿನಂತೆ
ಮಮತೆ ನೀರಿರಲು ಔತಣ
ಕಿಡಿ ಕಾರಲು ಜ್ವಾಲೆ ಕೆಲದಿನ -VV

ಚಿಗಳಿ !

ಮಸ್ತ್ ಪೈಕಿ ಗಿಡದಾಗಿನ ಹುಣಷಿ ಹಣ್ಣು, ಛೊಲೋ ಬೆಳ್ಳುಳ್ಳಿ, ಒಳ್ಳೆ ಎಣ್ಣಿ, ಕೆಂಪಾಗ್ ಲಾಲನ ಖಾರಪುಡಿ, ಜೀರಗಿ, ಶೀ ಅಂದ ತಾಜಾ ಬೆಲ್ಲ, ಒಂದ್ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಇಂಗು, ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹಾಕಿ ಒಳ್ಳಾಗ ಕುಟ್ಟ ಬಾರದ ಕುಟ್ಟಿ, ಸಣ್ಣು ಸಣ್ಣು ಉಂಡಿ ಮಾಡಿ ಕಸಬರಿಗಿ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಕಡ್ಡಿಗೆ ಶಿಗಿಸಿ ಚೀಪಿದ್ರ, ಆಹಾಹಹಾ ! ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲಾರ್ದೂ ಸಣ್ ಹುಡುಗುರ್ ಇದ್ದಿದ್ದ್ ದಿನಾ ನೆನಪಾಗೂದಿಲ್ಲ ? ಏನ್ ಹೇಳ್ತೀರಿ?

ಕನಸು

ಯಾವುಪಮೇಯ ನಿನ್ನ ಚೆಲುವಿಗೆ ಹೊಂದಿದೆ 

ಕಣ್ಮುಚ್ಚಲು ನಿನ್ಮೊಗವೊಂದೇ ಕಂಡು ಬಂದಿದೆ 

ಲತೆ ಸೂಸುವ ತಂಗಾಳಿಗೂ ನಾನು ಕೇಳಿದೆ  

ನಿನ್ನ ನಗುವ ಕಿಲ ಕಿಲ ಸದ್ದಿಗೆ ಬೆಚ್ಚಿ ಬಿದ್ದಿದೆ 

ತಂಪನೀಯುವ ಚಂದಿರಗೆ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ ಕಾದಿದೆ 

ನಿನ್ನ ಬಿಂಬ ಅಲೆಗಳ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಓಲಾಡಿದೆ 

ವನದ ಹೂಗಳಲ್ಲೊಂದು ಗುಲಾಬಿ ನಕ್ಕಿದೆ 

ನಿನ್ನ ಸುವಾಸನೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೂ ಹುಚ್ಚು ಹಿಡಿಸಿದೆ  

ಗೆಳೆತನವೋ ಈರ್ಷೆಯೋ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡಿದೆ 

ಕೇಶರಾಶಿಗೂ ದುಂಬಿಗೂ  ಪೈಪೋಟಿಯಿದೆ 

ನಾಚಿಕೆಯು ಮೈತುಂಬಿ ಕೆಂಪು ರಂಗೇರಿದೆ 

ರವಿ ಚುಮುಕಿಸುವ ಥಳಕು ಕೊಂಚ ಮಾಸಿದೆ  

ಮತ್ತನೀಯುವ ನೋಟ ಮತ್ತೆ ನನ್ನ ಕಾಡಿದೆ 

ಎದ್ದೇಳಲು ಒಂಟಿತನ, ಕವಿತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕನಸಿದೆ -VV

ಹೆಣೆದ ತೊಡಕು

ರಾಜತ್ವದ ಪ್ರೇಮ
ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ನಂಟುಗಳು
ಬಲವಂತದ ಹರಟೆ,

ಕಹಿ ಮನಸುಗಳು

ನಸುನಗೆ, ಕೃತಕಾಲಿಂಗನ
ತೋರಿಕೆಯ ಸಿರಿವಂತಿಕೆ
ಒಳಗೊಳಗಿನ ಬಡತನ
ಜೀವನ - ದಿನದೂಡುವಿಕೆ

ಇಲ್ಲಸಲ್ಲದ ಲಾಭ
ಗ್ರಾಹಕರಹಿತ ವ್ಯಾಪಾರ
ಅನಿಸಿರದ ಕೊರಗು
ಕೊಟ್ಟು-ಇಸಿಯುವ ವ್ಯವಹಾರ

ಆಗೊಮ್ಮೆ ಈಗೊಮ್ಮೆ
ಮಿನುಗುವ ದಿನಗಳು
ಅಮಾವಾಸ್ಯೆಯ ಬೆಳ್ಳಿಚುಕ್ಕಿ
ಬಿಳಿಮೊಗದ ಮುಂಗುರುಳು

ಕನಸಿನಲ್ಲಿನ ಸಂತಸ
ಎದಿರುನೋಡುವ ಯೋಗ
ಗಡಿಬಿಡಿಯ ಪ್ರೇಮ - ಪ್ರೀತಿ
ವರುಷಗಳ ವಿಯೋಗ - VV

Angare sabzi burfeela kaju

Well my ardent scant readers, welcome back to trying out reading some new recipe (if not trying out to cook it, on its face value)

The title had to be more rapchik than probably the dish itself, knowing me by now.

Today, I was prepared to make a khichdi of yet many new and old giveaway recipes we hear and read. One important thing for an amateurish (might as well for a professional, who knows) food buff is to visualize the dish even before he starts concocting the recipe. I did the same last evening and was munching on the idea of some finger biting delicacy. How much it came to reality, tasters only know. But there was a satisfaction of a poet writing his thoughts, a painter brushing his fantasies and a musician humming his composition.

After that much ado and hype, let's begin with today's recipe. Presenting "Sabzi bane angare, dubki liye  burfeele kaju mein"

Ingredients:

Onions : Generously big 3-4.
Garlic cloves : Around 10.
Ginger : Chitkusa.
Clove and peppercorns : As much hot you want the dish to be.
Green chilly : 2-3.
Cashew nuts : Around 10.
Mint leaves - A handful.
Vegetables : Like cauliflower, capsicum, carrot, brinjal, etc, according to their availability in your refrigerator.
Paneer cubes : 4-6.
Whipped curd : A cup.
Whipped cream : A cup.

Method:

1.  Actually this recipe is supposed to be with grilled vegetables. I don't have grill at home (I'm grilled often, that's a different story). So the idea I had was to use good old flat pan, pour a tea spoon of oil and on high flames, burn the vegetables those are cut roundly. Just like the following picture.

I also burnt the vegetables directly on the flame (not a bad idea though) like the following picture.

One can use a wire mesh and keep some coal on that, heat the coal to red hot and barbecue the vegetables on that. Again, to my bad luck, neither the coal nor the wire mesh were available.

2. Cut onions in big cubes and grind them to fine paste along with cashew nuts. Add some water to get a thinnish paste.

3. Grind to paste mint leaves, green chillies, coriander leaves, clove, garlic cloves and pepper corns.

(Don't forget to smell this paste with your nostrils closed)

4. Now the cooking starts. Add some ghee to a pan, allow it to be heated. Add mustard, cumin seeds and allow them to sputter. If you want, you can add curry leaves now (to say aah) or later for a surprise ending)

5. Add green paste to this, fry it a bit.

6. Add onion cashew mixture and allow it to be fried till it is slightly cooked.

7. Add turmeric powder.

8. Add whipped curd to the mixture, allow it to boil.

9. After the above has started smoking, add vegetables one by one and paneer cubes, keeping the sautéed tomato till the end. I know I am saying this to you because I didn't do that and ended up squashing them all :( That's not what I wanted. The tomatoes, along with their burn marks should look up in the gravy.

10. Mix them well and before adding some more water, add kitchen king masala, salt to taste and a little red chilly powder. Now add water and allow it to be cooked nicely. Don't forget to close the lid as you can save fuel and have a nice aroma inside the lid as well. .... issued in public interest.

11. Add whipped cream and sugar and taste it while it's hot. A burnt tongue is hardly a good connoisseur. If you still like the taste, give it to others to taste or repair with whatever you can think of, at that moment.

12. Mine tasted little bland. So I decided to go against the cooking rules and give it a tadka, even after adding cream and sugar. And the surprise tadka was of ---- asafetida! and my favorite curry leaves and red chillies. Here it is......

I added it and shut the lid again. Turned off the flame. But the flame inside me was telling me that it will turn out to be better than expected.

And Bingo! it did. My wife, kids and guests liked it.

My wife prepared parathas for the above dish. Here's my sweet daughter, preparing green salad to go with it. 

Jali ko aag kehte hain, bujhi ko rakh kehte hain.

aur jo (sabziyonko) jalake jo bujhati hai, usse vinayvani kehte hain.

Try it once guys, hope you will like it.

Masalaama.