My day!

Today is as usual days. I worked a little and watch a lot of that 70's show re-runs. I am reading my PhD thesis in the hope that it could help me clarify my thoughts on what to do with my life. I realized that while I am free, this is my opportunity to look back into the past 6 years of my life and think about what I really wanted to do as I move on with my life. Also, I made my first even 'gulab jamun" today. It is an Indian dessert. I have a photo of it but I won't be publishing it here because it is not made well. It was hard and not fluffy like the usual gulab jamun I get from the Indian restaurant. I am planning to make it again in the coming days and this time I will be make it better.

Midnight snacks

Yesterday I made my very first "gajar ka halwa" (carrot pudding). I got the recipe from Manjula kitchen (http://www.manjulaskitchen.com/2007/04/26/gajar-ka-halwa-carrot-halwa/). Although I burnt the cashew nuts a little bit, it still came out to be good. Satish liked it. So today I made it again for our midnight snack. I would say that the ingredients are fairly simple but the cooking time is not that attractive. You have to stir it in low flame many times until the liquid is dried. Regardless of this, the taste, aahh, all worth it.

. Since my husband likes salty snacks too. I also made poha in addition to gajar ka halwa. I have done poha many times now. My only issue is that the peanuts available here in Korea are big and not that tasty. This is unlike the peanuts we get from Philippines and India which are small and very crunchy. My trick is to put the peanuts as garnishing after the poha had cooled. Chow!