More Pointless Blabbering for the Masses
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After the quizfest that was my last post, I think I've got the quiz bug out of my system. On to more pointless blabbering for the masses!
In the aftermath of the beef-in-black-bean-sauce debacle, I decided I had to get back in the culinary game, so I enlisted the help of Thangam Philip's Modern Cookery, Volume 2. Now, this is probably the oldest cookbook we have - it's tattered and falling apart, the instructions are no-nonsense & text-only, but the recipes work! My first attempt was a pork curry - took forever to prepare, but turned out alright. It got me to thinking - Indian Cooking is really dependent on women having nothing better to do. I mean, the pork curry took me around three hours from start to finish - what with frying, blending and simmering - and this is today, when we have electric blenders and ready-ground spices, as opposed to when you had to grind the spices yourself using a heavy grindstone. Anyway, my latest effort, Chicken Rogini is my masterpiece - it's chicken in a creamy yogurt and cashew sauce. Deeelicious!
New TV show with potential: Prison Break. The first hour was a bit annoying - "watch Wentworth Miller and his steely glare!" - but as the second hour progressed, and it turned out that jail is a bit much for even Michael "anticipate-every-contigency" Scofield to handle - well, I'll be watching from now on. It doesn't hurt that Wentworth Miller is really easy on the eyes.
Finally saw Paheli & I loved it (except for the gratuitous CGI). It's photographed beautifully, and Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee are awesome together (plus SRK in a moustache? teehee!). Also saw Dus. The less said about that one, the better. I mean, it has Abhishek Bachchan and Zayed Khan (who can't act, but he's easy on the eyes) but the sheer implausibility of the plot and the emphasis of style over substance ruin a movie that could have been pretty darn awesome.
Sanjay Dutt and Abhishek Bachchan in Dus (Indian anti-terrorism agents never take off their holsters, not even at the office,and yet, the lines of their suits aren't ruined.)
Zayed Khan in Dus (he doesn't take off the shades even when he's defusing a bomb and he emotes like he's stoned, but hey, he's cute!)
That's it for me - ciao, people!
5 comments:
Yup yup, good curry does take several hours to prepare, one of the reasons why I don't have time to prepare any nowadays. Poor nutrition for the win! :S
When I get back to TO, I'll get my mom to make me some curry and dahl puri to store and bring back to London. :D
Also, you can delete those annoying anonymous comments (click on "remove forever"). I see you've already disallowed anonymous comments too.
Rani was impregnated by a ghost. Is that not remotely scary? I was half expecting the kid to be born with ten heads and teeth.
Gah. Reality has absolutely no place in Hindi movies.
Also, Abhishek Bachchan looked kinda cute in that pic. I actually hate the whole pink shirt thing, but he makes it look not that bad. Yum.
hem - yes, the ghost aspect was slightly icky, but it was SRK, so I grinned and bore it :D
and yes, abhisekh bachchan pulls off the pink shirt rather well, huh? he looks even better in a suit :D
I made mattar paneer and it didn't kill anyone. The fussy sibling even admitted to liking it. Yay! Also, guess who's not on hiatus anymore? :D
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