Garam Masala Tuesdays: Bhindi Raita

….or put in english- Roasted Okra in Yogurt.

I have posted this recipe long, long back. It was one of the initial few recipes that were put on the blog, when only my close friends knew about the blog. So why am I posting it again. Because I have changed it slightly. Also, things written in that post have also changed. Slightly.

I had started this blog to not only document recipes that I tried but also have a place to jot down snippets from my life, so that one day I can go through a particular blog post and know that on that particular day while preparing macarons I screwed up and ended up with this. Or how people on facebook congratulated me for being pregnant when I clearly was not and as a result made this.

It was also a place to document V and my life together. So when I went back to the old recipe’s post it was amusing to see how some things have changed.

The most obvious is –  the photographs.

Yikes.

The horror!

Blurred, weird angles, horrible lighting, no composition and seriously what’s up with the collage!

But well, everyone has to start somewhere. I  started there :).

I am sure in another year or so I will find ten different things wrong about the pictures I am posting today. We all continue to grow, it’s when we stop doing so, that’s when we should get worried. Till then I’ll embrace all my past and present mistakes and continue to strive to improve on them.

Second, V. I was going through what I had written about V and well, things have changed there as well.

For one, he doesn’t bring me flowers on random occasions anymore.

Well, to be fair it’s actually my fault. Because I feel they are a waste of money (I scream romanticism, dont I?).

See, if you look at it practically (and this is the exact explanation I gave V when he got me flowers one day- tact is not one of my special qualities), sometimes a bunch of flowers costs $10, in that same amount you can get a second hand cookbook and still save a few dollars. I would rather have the second hand cookbook and love you more for it than the bouquet of flowers that will die soon. 🙂

V also doesn’t bring me chocolates also anymore. That too could me my fault. Probably because I buy them for myself on my own and then when I finish them in one sitting, I scream at him for allowing me to eat the whole packet. Well, I dont scream at him (I am actually a nice person) but I do blame him for just sitting there and not saying anything while I eat the said packet of chocolates. So..mayyyybe that’s why those chocolates have stopped coming.

V also doesn’t help me with the dishes anymore. Now that is definitely his doing. Well, there is a whole story to it, but one of my marriage vows to never speak ill about V so I will just leave you at he doesn’t do the dishes anymore. Which sucks. Because I hate doing the dishes. Especially cleaning the pressure cooker. Hate it.

And he has started wincing at my expenditures. But that’s ok, I understand that. Well actually, most of the times he doesn’t say ‘no’ but in my head  I think he says no even before I ask. And then I do not purchase the said item telling myself and people V said no. But, to be fair to me, he does say no sometimes. And that’s why I have these thoughts. I just know him too well I guess.

As for the things that haven’t changed.

He still does continue to check my blog, just not everyday (because I do not post everyday). But he still goes through every post I write. Even when he is busy.

And even though he might not touch dirty dishes, he does help me with cleaning the house before a party and then clearing up the mess after one, even if it gets over in the wee hours of the morning, and even when he is tired because he knows I am tired as hell as well.

And he still loves my food and never cribs that it tastes weird, even when I screw up. 🙂

As for the bhindi raita, with the changes, it just got more awesome!