… is celebrated on October 17th, 2009 that marks a very auspicious festivity in our life. With a whole amount of muscle needed in coping with cleaning, baking, cooking and rituals performed, surprisingly I am still in a very high festivity mood. We ushered in the celebration by adorning new clothes and the house is brightly lit with diya’s all over.
I cooked so many dishes! But no photos, except for one. Sigh. Sorry guys! So occupied getting ready for diwali celebration with friends that I forgot to take some photos. Just one, taken in the afternoon to drool over. I made an Indian version of stir-fry with medley of vegetables. Drool away!
Medley of vegetable sabji !
With a full tummy, good company of friends and Disney fireworks, Diwali was celebrated with thoughts of family’s and friends back home. We miss you all. It gets very tough during festivities. Nonetheless, it was celebrated with loads of blessings and love from every one. Thank you all for showering your love and Diwali greetings via calls, sms, Facebook, Twitter and emails. Can we ever survive without technology? Not us! Come on, give us a break! We are so far away from every one…
Image courtesy: sneha1967.sulekha.com
Happy Diwali! Hope you had a blast celebrating it with your loved ones.
A fire extinguisher is not an option, but a necessity during this festivities or performing rituals. We do not want to be in the predicament as such. People should learn and practice safe fire etiquette’s. It’s not worth celebrating and mourning at the same time.
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Many of you would know by now that I am a foodie and a photographer by hobby. I frequently love to feature photos of food prepared by myself. I consider this hobby as a learning curve. I am no way a professional photographer. Neither am I a great cook. Two months ago I featured a photo of my recipe titled “stir-fry tilapia with asparagus” on my photo-blog. A commenter by the name of Sadaf requested for the recipe and I thought to share it here with him and every one else. So here it goes!
Stir-fry Tilapia with Asparagus
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lbs fillet of tilapia or any firm fish
- 1/2 lbs asparagus
- 1 shallot
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Method:
- Salt & pepper fish slices to taste.
- Heat skillet to medium-high, add 3 tbsp olive oil.
- Fry fish till golden brown and remove from heat.
- In the same oil, add shallots and fry till tender.
- Add crushed red pepper.
- Add chopped garlic and fry till fragrant.
- Throw in the asparagus, salt and pepper to taste.
- After 1 minute, add the fish and serve immediately with rice. Awesomeness!
After adding asparagus, do not overcook it. A little al dente, retains the color and taste. Bon appetite!
It’s been a long time since I last shared my favorite poems/quotes. I love Maya Angelou’s words of wisdom. Her outlook on life and being, is amazingly captured in her poems or quotes. How do you see the outlook of life around you?
Touched by An Angel by Maya Angelou
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
…
Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.
…
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love’s light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free.
