AFVOA Newletters of Year 2010

Page 50 of 50 burnt this time), and watching the proceedings in the kitchen with the keen eye a film- goer would have reserved for watching Christopher Nolan’s Inception, lest he bat an eyelid and miss the crux of the story. Grandma, ever the task-master, would not let me take a break. So I turned to the next task: beating the curd to a smooth paste. I was doing well so far. Proud of my performance, I beamed positively shining with radiance (it may have been sweat). And this is where things took a turn for the worse. With the veggies on the boil and in a hurry to add the coconut-chilly paste and the curd to the mixture, I took a bowl of what I thought was curd and poured it into the wok. My mom blamed it on my over-confidence. I blame it on God who made milk and curd indistinguishably white. A hearty laugh later, my mother deftly stepped in to rescue me after all. She worked a miracle by partially draining out the milk, and then adding a lot more curd to the mixture Voilal avial was ready to be served. There was only one thing left was to pass it through the Ponmani tastebud test. I’m happy to report, it passed with flying colours. Recipe Assorted vegetables such as cucumber, snake gourd, carrot, beans, drum stick, julienned, 1 cup each Grated coconut 1/2 cup Green chillies 4 Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Curd 1 cup Salt to taste Curry leaves 2 sprigs Method: Grind coconut with green chillies and cumin seeds into a paste and keep it aside. Heat coconut oil in a wok, add vegetables, cook it on a low flame without adding water, Add turmeric powder, salt and mix well. When it starts steaming, add coconut paste and stir well. Add curd, mix, garnish with curry leaves and serve. The next bi-monthly meeting will be held on Sunday, 21 Nov 2010 starting 1100 h with Tambola. It is a Day Meet. The venue as usual is the Palm Grove Ecological Park and Sports Complex, Island Grounds. Those who desire to attend the Meeting should intimate the details of persons attending to Lt Col M Narayanan, Ph.: 2448 8546, 98847 54610 before 18 Nov 2010.