{"id":4250,"date":"2012-11-06T14:07:17","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2012-11-06T14:07:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T19:07:17","slug":"coconut-cream-gulab-jamuns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\/coconut-cream-gulab-jamuns\/","title":{"rendered":"Coconut Cream Gulab Jamuns"},"content":{"rendered":"H<\/span>ello!!! And Happy Election Day, USA.<\/p>\n

If you haven’t vote or still undecided — we hope you get a chance to do it today. Every vote counts and you should definitely exercise your right to vote in this democracy.<\/p>\n

I wish we could vote here. Fingers crossed for the next election \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Enough of political coverage. You can get the dose from TV.<\/p>\n

Instead, let’s talk about names.<\/p>\n

We grew up in a family where having a nickname was common. My siblings had it, but not me. I’ve always been known as “Kiran” in the family.<\/p>\n

I’m OK with that.<\/p>\n

You should know some of the names my siblings had while growing up. It’s definitely chuckle worthy \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

But I’m not a sister who air’s her siblings dirty laundry on her blog. Nope. I’m not classy like that.<\/p>\n

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But not having a nickname can be tricky too. Especially when we arrived in US.<\/p>\n

Suddenly my name is literally slandered<\/em>. I’ve been call a different version\/slang\/pronunciation of my name.<\/p>\n

I’m OKAY with it. I’ve made my peace.<\/p>\n

But if you just can’t pronounce my name, don’t further slander it with a wrong spelling \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Let me give you an example. I love my dose of Starbucks every now and then. And I usually just give my initials to my name whenever requested.<\/p>\n

K.<\/p>\n

Sounds simple enough, right?<\/p>\n

Nope.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been from K, to Kay which is understandable.<\/p>\n

But what about Kate? How do you explain that?<\/a> \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

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You should hear the\u00a0pronunciation\u00a0of the Husband’s name. It’s mind boggling and funny all at the same time.<\/p>\n

While we ponder on our names and how we are dealing<\/em> with the\u00a0pronunciations, let’s eat.\u00a0And celebrate our right to vote,\u00a0wherever\u00a0it may be.<\/p>\n

These jamuns are an Indian version of doughnuts.\u00a0Dare I say, it’s better? \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Makes about 44 to 48 jamuns<\/p>\n

Ingredients<\/span>:<\/p>\n

Spiced simple syrup<\/strong><\/p>\n