tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51566542009-07-20T02:07:21.365-06:00Indian Food Rocks is a personal journey through life spiced by Indian food and anecdotes.Manishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13397829480472038159noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156654.post-87545707228958131562009-07-19T14:51:00.010-06:002009-07-19T22:19:12.539-06:00

It only took us four years to finally hike in the Indian Peaks Wilderness, apparently one of the most visited wilderness areas in the US.Diamond Lake has been on my list of must-do hikes for a long time. The problem is that you - we - need to get to the trailhead rather early, not just to get a parking spot but also to ensure that you are back before the afternoon thundershow. Diamond Lake is not

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Embedded video from CNNMoney.com VideoLouisville, Colorado has been voted #1 Best Place to Live, 2009!Louisville Rocks!

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Happy Independence Day to everyone in the US, US citizens all over the world and everyone else who wants to join in the festivities!Here are some pics from my attempts at capturing the fireworks display in Louisville, Colorado last year. I had no clue what I was doing and fiddled with the settings until I got pictures like these.Fireworks are dynamic and depending on the kind of fireworks being

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Nothing to waffle aboutFor CLICK: Stacked, I dug into my archives and pulled out this picture of waffles that Medha made me take in the first week of 2009. She had made breakfast and wanted a picture of her waffles, all stacked, with a dab of butter and as she poured syrup over them. "Just like in the magazines, Mumma!" she said. She was mighty thrilled with it. So off it goes to the Jugalbandits

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Lifeguard at the Boulder Reservoir.Guard Shack with the Flatirons in the background.Sunflowers just beginning to bloom. Blue skies.Yup, summer's finally here.Have a great weekend!

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Generally - which means in general, so don't jump on me all at once and show me examples of where it has been done - Indian food blogs don't entice you with pictures of empty bowls that once had delectable food in them. Or with half eaten food, with teeth marks showing on the food or a sizeable chunk of the food missing.Therefore my question: Is it a cultural thing? You know, kind of like- how

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Well, if it ain't KK the villian!He seemed to want to be a customer. He begged, he scampered, he inspected.He rushed across the driveway, past the girlie jeans and dresses - proving that he was not a she. Unlike the cat I once had. After six months of having Mink the he, we realized it was Mink the she.Truth be told, not even KK was interested in my crap. He just wanted to get at my stash of

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...so what if two out of the only three flowers are weeds wildflowers. These are the best as they grow of their own accord in my yard their natural habitat.I saw the Yellow Salsify, Tragopogon dubius, on one of my painful runs the other day. I considered running back to my car to get my camera but whichever way I went, the flower was a half mile from the car, making the round trip a whole mile.

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Spring in Colorado looks like this:and this:and allergies. I've been sneezing and with each year, it gets worse. That cottonwood up the street does not need to exist. Period.Spring also brings back scurrying creatures. Pistachio's chubby grandson, Kaju-Kismis. Or KK the villian. Or Dammit-Just-Get-Off-My-Roof.I've followed the path of that cob, from my neighbor's corn plant to my frontyard in

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I've been meaning to tell you...I donated my hair last week to Locks of Love. I feel so much lighter! It's spring break and we're on the California Zephyr as you read this. I hope I get better pictures this time!

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Last weekend, my family celebrated Holi for the first time in the US. It isn't my favorite festival. I hated stepping out on Holi because I was a sure target for water balloons tossed from the 3rd or 4th floor. They hurt. People who refused to make eye contact through the year were suddenly pouring water all over me, touching me and plastering my face and clothes with color. No, thank you. I used

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I know you won't believe me but it's true! I have had a moong dal recipe lined up all month but the post never happened. Life has been hectic and weekends more so, with skiing and/or snowshoeing every weekend of January right through Valentine's Day.Happy skierLots of fun is had out in the mountains but ski clothes a huge mound of laundry do make. Another huge pile, I should say, because I am

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I know! The last date for Click Red was January 30 but I've been a little under the weather and so busy that I don't know which side is up or rather if it's still today or if today is now yesterday.Life is still whizzing past me and I am in a perpetual state of trying to catch up. I feel old. I feel slow. Mostly, I am tired and overwhelmed. My lifeline has been these unassuming Goji berries or

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How many of you watched the inauguration without a tear in their eye or hope in their heart? It was a fabulous moment in history when Barack Obama was sworn in as President of the United States. Our local schools turned on their classroom TVs to let the children build their own memories. Medha tells me that after the crowd started shouting "No More Bush", her class had their own chant:No more

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A very Happy 2009 to you all! I hope together we can make 2009 as delicious as 2008 was.(There was supposed to be one neat peak of ketchup for each month of 2009 but I counted wrong as there are only ten. So this kind of fell flat but I like the picture so much that I want you to imagine the other two and I hope your 2009 is filled with new highs and lots of color.)For some of us, it's time to

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I know! All of you have been wondering what happened! To the Traveling NaBloWriMo Masterpiece, of course! Well, wonder no more.It's not done yet. Far from it! Almost all the Boulder/Denver bloggers have added their touch. Jen showed her love for the mountains and drew them right onto the canvas. Kitt added some lovely squiggly line art to the canvas and handed it to Amy, who did her thing and

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I can't bear the tension. I wish I could go back to binting my nails all over again. (And, yes, that is deliberate misspelling on my part. It's the only way that I can protest against the gross violation of the word pundit or pandit, to which I have more than just a casual attachment. Pranked Palin said pundints and then Cindy McCain also did. Why? How difficult is it to say pundit. But

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The Loot:The Costume:Damages:$5.00 for the gothic cheerleader wig$3.50 for the goth makeup (eyelashes, black nail polish, black lipgloss)$4.00 skull tee-shirtHandmade skull earrings and skull necklace, purchased using a gift certificate.Fishnet tights, should have been returned as they had a hole in them but oops! her mother lost the receipt and then forgot and before she knew it, it was over 90

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The Hallowe'en party was a day earlier this year as the kids have tomorrow off from school. I did not make monster and ghost cupcakes this year; instead I was asked to bring 2 peeled grapes. I bought a whole box of the best grapes I have ever bought in a rush from Safeway and drove like the wind to school, only to find that they were needed for the parade and not the party. The parade always

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The Balanced Rock in Arches National Park, Moab, Utah is said to be the size of three schoolbuses. Bee confirmed that today, too. My family says: Phooey!I can hold it in my hand!I can lean on it!I'm an Indian! I will use it in my puja!Now go to Bee's and check out some really great pictures of the three schoolbus-size rock that is not only awe-inspiring but is a statement of how Mother Nature

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The universe does not want me to make chivda. Not yet, anyway. On Sunday, the big packet of pohe turned out to be the wrong kind - thick instead of thin. The Indian store is closed on Monday and the news of Bri's passing came as such a shock that I was paralyzed into inaction. I lit a candle for Bri yesterday. I didn't light any diyas.On Sunday night, I couldn't understand what was going on until

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Rest in peace, dear Bri.

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Deepavali chya Shubechha!A friend of mine sent this lovely verse in an email last year:Pahila diva aaj lage dariSukhache kiran yei ghariPurna howot tumchya sarva ichhaTumha sarvanna deepavali chya hardik shubhechya!Today is Dhanatroyadashi and as I look back, nothing much has changed since this day last year. I did eventually make sanzori but it took me almost a whole year to get to it. We lit a

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Cenk, Lara, Sabra, Nika and Nina think the Concept rocks! My Steamy Kettle won the first place in SUPERCLICK 2008: Concept.Thank you all very much!I am totally overwhelmed and absolutely speechless because there were 108 amazing entries in all. I feel honored. The hour I spent in the middle of the night with a worker's light focused on this whistling kettle was well worth it! My husband wrote me

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I knew I should have banned him from attempting an answer but I didn't. And answer it correctly, he did. These are buckwheat berries.And I think all of you will agree that there should be a prize! Right? There's just one problem: the prize or award always goes to the blogger. Not my prize. In this case, the real prize goes to all of you, readers of Elaichi et Cetera because I am actually passing

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