Morning randomness & quick breakfast Tortilla Wrap

A beautiful morning as i look out of my window, hazy & the sun still shies away frm shinning.

I often think to myself that what if we decide not go to work today on a weekday for a change and together enjoy our hot elaborate breakfast. It's just a matter of one day after all?? Oh just then, i see my husband out of shower, dabbing his after shave and spilling some on my clean floor and telling me that he needs to leave in 5 mins.

Yes, thats how most of us leave the house on most of the days. We are all juggling between personal, professional & a lot of unnecessary issues which quite actually don't personally matter to us. All humans are born happy though we were crying when we were born..so thats what life is all about. We just bring up issues & crib for the sake of it when honestly we know that being happy is effortless and its within us!

Do small little things that bring a smile to you..like i did this morning..cooked a quick & i mean really quick breakfast to see us smile before we step out for the day!

Chicken Tortilla Wraps

Ingredients:

• Tortilla - 2 no. 
• Grilled chicken- as in my case was extra from last night dinner
• Red peppers
• Green pepper
• Red onoins sliced
• Chitpotle Mayo or add a spoon of sriracha sauce to mayo
• Lettuce
• Cheese slices- cheddar preferably 
• Fried egg- i didn't have time to add but i could

Putting it together:

Slice ur grilled chicken or you could chop it bite size. Place the lettuce on the tortilla, put in the grilled chicken on top, cut finely the onions, red pepper, green pepper and stack it on the chicken, place the fried egg on top & then slide the cheese slice on top. Swirl some mayo-sriracha sauce on top and then wrap it inward frm the side facing you first, then bringing the other left-right sides together. Put it on a hot griddle with the fold facing the hot griddle so that your wrap is sealed. 

Very important, you cannot be greedy and put in a lot of stuffing in the tortilla cos then you will end up tearing your delicate wrap. So in this case, a lot is surely not merrier!!

Just then i began to think that life is similar to a wrap, we accumulate a lot of things yet everything don't come together and tear the world that we want to create for ourselves. Sometimes, little things put together in harmony and effortlessly can be joyous too!! 

Love, laugh & live on..

Cheers!!

Mutton Curry- Sunday Feast

This one is my all time favourite- Mutton curry cooked at home! Sluurrpp!!

As a kid, my memories of Sunday still lingers on..my uncle would go to the butcher early in the morning to get the best produce of the day..around 11am, that smell of mutton roasting in the slow cooker whiffed in the air and almost in everybody's house around my neighborhood followed the tradition of cooking mutton..it was like soul-healing frm the weekdays busy schedule.

 My mum never let the cook make mutton..she was proud of her recipe and thought nobody could replicate it..but like they say- legacy must pass on & this classic dish is untouched with my twist or i rather not dare! 

Ingredients:

• Mutton- 1kg curry cut
• Onions- 5-6 sliced thinly
• Ginger Garlic paste- 3-4tsp
• Bay leaf- 2 no

• Black cardamom- 2 no
• Cinnamon stick-1 large no
• Green chillies- 2 no slit half
• Coriander powder- 4 tsp
• Cumin powder- 2 tsp
• Tumeric powder- 1 tsp
• Red chilly/paprika powder-2 tsp
• A little pinch of sugar
• Garam masala powder-1 tsp 
• Salt
• Vegetable oil to cook

Method:

Cooking for me is not methodical, it should be therapeutic. I usually cook without any measurements..cook with your senses and trust me then the food will taste soulful!

To get you started, heat oil in a heavy bottom pan, put the whole spices, green chillies & then the aromatics ie; the onions & ginger garlic paste and fry till you get tht lovely reddish color on the onions. Now put the mutton, put all the ground spices one after the other (any order would not make a difference) Season with salt and cook till you think the mutton is done. At this stage, you could also transfer the mutton to a pressure cooker for 15-20 mins on low flame. No garnishings required for this dish cos i love it just as it is!! Savour it with steamed rice.

Try it on a sunday and don't blame me if your Sunday siesta extends till your tea time! Till you cook & try it..

Love, laugh & live on..

Cheers!!

About me...

I always thought that it's not necessary to let the world know that u love something as far as u love it & live it!

My life is beautiful..*touchwood* Blessed with such amazing parents who always let me follow my dreams..my brother who's been my guardian through out and yes, my husband who has been my best friend & my pillar..well, these are the set of people i love, fight, cry, adore and who at times annoy me the most but for them, i'm here cos they always told me.."You have stories for everything on this Earth" So, this one is for them!!

I'm no extraordinary..i love simple pleasures in life..cooking up a meal for my family, travelling with my family/friends, reading anything & everything and sharing it with people, and like every or atleast most of the girls-shopping excites me!!

My mum says "tell me one thing that u don't like to do" And i think to myself--Actually, i love it all!!

So, at 4am i'm thinking to myself that should i post about food, or fashion or maybe travel & places or health & lifestyle and just then the intellect-me says world politics could be another option..oh, ohk..naaahhh!!

Let my stories be random and moreover cos randomness excites me!! But yes, something that stays everyday in my heart is the love for cooking & eating..so my cooking tales will surely dominate the rest cos that's what i enjoy most these days!!

Let the sojourn to my another innings begin with this..till then,

Love, laugh, & live on..

Cheers!!