twin hobbies

cooking technique week 1: Steaming; day6

anumrinal — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:17:59 +0000

today I made steamed paneer dumplings. vibrant colors in the plate ids loved them… they tried to help me to make the balls but found it a little difficult… used all the techniques they know but as it was not dough they were unable to make balls. but that did not discouraged them to eat these lovely balls.

cooking technique week 1: Steaming; day5

anumrinal — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:32:21 +0000

Seamed chocolate muffins…. loved by kids

cooking technique week 1: Steaming; day4

anumrinal — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:53:17 +0000

I tried steamed pumpkin custard and it turned out nice. it was tasty but as expected kids ate only the custard and left the pumpkin behind

cooking technique week 1: Steaming; day3

anumrinal — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:39:53 +0000

What else could it be! I made rice dal dhokla for the third day of steaming.

cooking technique week 1: Steaming; day2

anumrinal — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:44:35 +0000

I had to make them; as when I asked DH about the steaming challenge the first thing he said was cook momos. So here is my second day with steaming and I prepared momos.

My daughters love these and when they saw these they said; “mummy khane ke liye shukriya“. (Thanks for the food) Doremon effect

cooking technique week 1: Steaming; day 1

anumrinal — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:42:11 +0000

I have challenged myself for cooking with techniques this year. I’ll take a technique and cook something with that daily for one week.
This is first week and I am starting with the most easy and healthy one; steaming.

I am starting with Ami Kozhkatai; a dish waiting for years in my to cook one day list.

My kids and DH loved it. Kids loved to eat more as they helped me to make the balls in the kitchen and that increased their curiosity of eating it.

A delima

anumrinal — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:44:05 +0000

Now that my daughters are about to complete two years in their school, we have to decide on how they will work on the coming year. Usually the children, in their school,in third year are trained according to the traditional schools so that when they go to a big school, they are mentally ready for it.

now the head of the school called me and asked me about my plans about the kids. She wants them to continue for one more year before they go to the classroom kind of environment; that means they will take two more years before going to the 1st standard.

According to her if they will continue for one more year in Montessori system they are going to be more independent and confident when they reach at the 1st std.

We have time till the month of march to see how they are doing and what to do. But the delima is that on the pace Aaku is doing she will surely reach the bar to go in the classroom next year , on the other hand I don’t see Achu anywhere near there. So if till the end of session if Achu is not reaching to that point we’ll have to hold Aaku also. The reason is that if only one of them is going in the classroom session next year, it is going to leave negative mark on the other!

I have time till second week of march to think!

I think they both will continue with Montessori system next year also!

Hummingbird doily

anumrinal — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:29:05 +0000

This was in my to do list for a long time, and I am happy that I finally made this. This is Hummingbird Irish Rose doily, I remember the pattern name only; forgot from where I got this pattern. It is not as fine as the original but I am happy with the result, as I did not do this for this long time just thinking that it would not come nice.

In this background it is looking like embroidery, isn’t it?

the close up of the rose and the bird

some FO’s from last year

anumrinal — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:48:20 +0000

This is Shellivanni shoulder wrap I made a while back for Achu. This is a nice and easy pattern which can be easily modified according to the choice.

this is the back view of the piece. I surely need to learn the blocking.

This is potholder worked with interlocking crochet.

This is done recently, add of color to the dry and cold weather.

Welcome 2012

anumrinal — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:52:02 +0000

A new year of hopes and wishes has started. Let’s welcome the new year and hope we’ll get near to our goals in this new year. Let’s wish that every wish is fulfilled in this year. Happy New Year to you all!