cold weather cravings

weather is really cold,  snowing out side and i am digging in the pantries and fridge for special ingredients to satisfy my cold weather cravings. i always store them in my pantry because you NEVER know, when your heart suddenly want to enjoy the weather and ambiance of your own backyard with bhel puri. so for now i just pretend like road side vendor and mix the ingredients like pro, make some tea and enjoy the snow.

                                          THERE is no use of COMPLAINING WEATHER 

                                                        when it is gorgeous outside                

                                                FIND THE WAY HOW TO ENJOY IT:)

when you are mixing bhel puri ingredients together you have to be careful since the juicy veggies and sauces make puffed rice soggy, so add the crunchy stuff just before you eat or before serve.

Ingredients:

•   puffed rice-2cups

•  boondi -1/4 cup

•  sev -1/4 cup

• crunchy papdi - crush them by hand and take fistful

• cooked potato - 1/4 cup diced in to small cubes (optional) 

• finely chopped red onion- 1/2 small onion 

• cucumber- diced in to small pieces (optional)
  

• tomato - 1 Roma tomato  or any one you have, dice it.

• green chillies- 2 chopped chillies or add more if you want more spicy
  

•  grated carrot- little bit (optional)

• coriander chop in to small - fist ful

• tamarind chutney, green chutney,chilli powder, chaat masala- 1 tsp each or more if you want

                               salt, you don't need it since chutneys, boondi, sev, had plenty of it.
                             even thought you stubbornly wanted more salt just go ahead and add;)
                                                   mix all of them together...find a good corner
                                                               with a window view and .........

                                                           ....................enjoy !!

that's my backyard 
lake is frozen and goose are ice skating :)
enjoy good music or a poem

Snow in the Air by Raymond A. Foss
Snow in the air
long before the first flakes
started their long fall from the heavens
snow in the feel, the smell,
the texture of the air
feeling the falling barometer
the shift in the weather
Falling lightly at first, while
I stood at the sink,
mesmerized, watching
their dance downward
Go upstairs, roust the girls,
hear the excitement, the joy
at the first real snowfall
Accumulating white, flake by flake
on the ground, the cars,
still quiet snow, light and airy
a film of white, cell by cell
cleaning the world
in white

all images taken by ME