Recipes: Spicy Oatmeal Pancake (Thaliput) with Coconut Chutney and Moong Bean Salad (Cosombrie)

Spicy Oatmeal Pancakes
(THALIPUT)

1 cup of oatmeal/ ground to fine flour

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoons salt

1/2 teaspoons cumin seed

4 oz nonfat plain yogurt

2/3 cups of water +add 1/4 cup water in increments until batter is like pancake batter

1/4 C onion fine chopped  (I like white onion)

1/4 C coriander fine chopped

1/4 C carrot grated

 you can add any other veggies you want try broccoli, peas, cauliflower, bell peppers  etc.

Combine items 1-6

Fold in items 7-10

Cook on griddle like pancakes

Use corn oil, coconut oil or butter to season the pan and fry the edges like they would do at the Waffle House or use olive oil spray if you are on a diet.

Coconut Chutney

1 cup coconut fresh unsweet

2-4 chili Serrano or Jalapeño ( I like Serranos)  Roasted on pan with 1/4 Tbs olive oil

1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds

1/2 teaspoons salt

1/2 cups coriander fresh

2 Tbs fresh lemon

 1/4 C water
Optional - add 1/4 C dry Channa Dahl

Combine all ingredients in a chopper or blender and blend until desired consistency is reached.

Moong Bean (Cosombrie) Salad

1/4 cups Moong Dahl soaked till soft (3-4 hours)

1/4 cups fresh coriander

1 chopped cucumber

1/4 - 1/2 teaspoons of salt

1/2 fresh squeezed lemon

Combine all ingredient 1-3  and add 4-5 just before serving.

Gavin Tale Twister #45: He Touched My Feelings!

Getting in the car after piano lessons my boys started fighting About who was going to get to ride shotgun. This initial fight ended up in a "Gavin win". Gavin got to sit in the front seat but only after being pushed around a little by his brother . Then in the car ,what started out as a little nit picking here and there turned into a bunch of name-calling and ended up in an all out punch by Gavin.  I was watching both boys out of the corner of my eye so I know Gavin threw the first and only punch. NOw getting him to admit that he did it was going to be difficult.  Gavin was sitting in the front seat so I don't know how he got his arm all the way back there to Sammy.  It was quite impressive like in Iron Man when Obadia was about to kill Pepper (Tony Stark alias Iron Man's love interest) and out of no where Iron Man appeared of course leading with an all out punch... yea just like that Gavin threw a punch that he meant to hurt.

I have a house rule that goes something like this "sticks and stones break your bones but names will never hurt you".... sound familiar?  I encourage the boys to try and discuss problems instead of resorting to name calling or physical contact so I was very irritated by now so I screamed "You boys are driving me crazy!  I cannot drive with you two fighting like this!  I told you a million times not to touch one another!  Both of you are on restriction Friday from XBox!"

Sammy immediately wants to know why he's on restriction when he's the one that got punched. My response..."Because you're the older brother and in my opinion from the very beginning when your brother wanted to sit in the front seat, you should have just said OK!    Instead,  you pushed him into the mirror first and then said it's fine you sit in front.  You probably said that because you felt bad that you pushed him.

"Yeah mom but once we got in the car, I didn't touch him You're always telling us not to touch each other. I didn't touch him, I was just calling him names. Then he got mad and he punched me.  Now I'm the one getting punished because of his bad behavior.   I should not be punished.  I let him sit in the front...he punches me and I am on restriction."

I look over at Gavin who had the 'I have been pushed to my limits' look on his face.  "Well Gavin what do you have to say for yourself?  "Mom, Sammy started the whole thing initially not letting me sit in the front seat and then he pushed me."
Yes, now you got what you wanted. Why are you touching your brother when you know you guys should not touch each other.
But I didn't touch him first he touched me ...remember. Gavin I am pretty sure sure you touched him first in the car. I saw you punch him from the front seat all the way back to his stomach.
"Gavin, did he really touch you first?"
"Yes!" Gavin vehemently responds.
"No I did not" defends Sammy.
"He did mom!" says Gavin.

Sammy yelling now at Gavin... "How can you say that Gavin. I did not touch you and you punched me and now I am going to be punished because of it!"

I cut in "Gavin(long pause) tell the truth!  Did he or did he not touch you first in the car?"
Gavin's eyes shifted from side to side.  His bottom lip and chin quivered...after a short pause Gavin's  arms now folded with tears running down his face, he responds...
"Well ...well... well....HE HE HE TOUCHED MY FEELINGS !"
My irritated face suddenly softened as I realized that this fight between brothers will always be something I remember...I started to giggle.  I stopped fussing and said....
"That is pretty clever Gavin...Good enough! You're both OFF restriction!"

Game Review by Sammy: Battlefield 4

 Battlefield 4 came out last week. This is one of EA’s best selling games and after playing it, I know why. I was amazed! The graphics on Battlefield 4 are extraordinary! The gameplay is also much better than that of Battlefield 3. The game has much better mechanics and the new guns that they added make the game feel smoother and more realistic. The system for ranking up is similar to that of Battlefield 3.  If you liked Battlefield 3, you will love Battlefield 4!