Beside the silent waters

brownie with ice-cream with a little chocolate syrup over it   Welcome back to my blog! Today I'm going to share with you the recipe of a brownie I tried at home. Thanks to Stuthi and Arpita who shared this recipe with me. So let's begin! In a bowl beat (this is the main bowl) 2 eggs and 2/3 cup oil/butter   Sift together and add to it: 1 cup maida (all-purpose flour) ½ cup cocoa powder ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1 cup sugar   Blend it well. Add to it 1 tbs coffee (melted in warm water) and 1 tsp vanilla essence and mix it well. You can add in some nuts   (½ cup or less nuts) of your choice and give it a light stir.   Butter grease tin and bake it in the oven at 375* till the batter leaves the sides of the pan for about 25-30 minutes.   Tips: # Can serve 6-8 people (1 piece each) # Adding nuts is an optional step. You can do without it too.  # Tastes best with ice-cream. # I’d rather bake the brownie till the batter is baked well

  Well, I've met her before CMTC, but didn't know much about her. And that's when Committee Members Training Camp happened. Since the world was facing a pandemic, we had to attend it online. I wanted to meet all of them, be there in Tamil Nadu, have a great time meeting many people, places and learning new things. I hated the online stuff but was grateful that I could attend it, at least. Anyway, this is Arpita Samson, in short, you can call her Achu (if she lets you). She is a great artist. Her paintings, embroidery and cooking-baking are amazing. The brownie recipe I'd shared with you some time back is actually from her. see how talented she is?! Blessed to meet her. Love you Achu!  

  Finally, my 21st birthday! Celebrated it with family friends. Aunt Eliza, my previous neighbour and the only neighbour I ever had, shaped my perspective and approach about the Goan culture and traditions through my interactions with her children Patrick and Wanda. They partly raised me and my sister. I honour them as much as I love and miss them being here in Verna (and they in Sancoale), and so happy to have them beside me as I enter adulthood. In the picture: my little friends- (from left) Evelyn, Daleny, Deial, Nathan and Zaeden. Baby Keziah was too shy to join us for a photo.  Patrick and family. Thanks for coming man! I couldn't be happier to see you all come for me. :-) Wanda! Thank you too for coming. I love you guys!  ...and here comes the baccha party!  I had a great time with the kids while the parents association gathered together for a chat after dinner.  Nathan's missing..  This is dinner time. We all had dinner together after cutting the cake. Mummy prepared ev