A Secret Heart - Part 3

Part - 1 & Part - 2

            The day passed out slowly. At evening sruthi came to prithvi,

Sruthi: Did you find her again?

Prithvi: No…(with a breaking voice)

Sruthi: Ok forget about that.

Prithvi: Hmmm…

                They both moved to bus stop. When the bus came they get into it and found no seats are free. They both travelled by standing all the way in the crowded bus. Prithvi hand over his notebooks to sruthi and sruthi gave her notebooks and prithvi’s notebooks to a girl who is sitting beside her in the seat, as she can’t manage to stand with the things in her hands.

                After few stops, sruthi grabbed the notebooks from the girl in a hurry and got down in a stop. Prithvi also got down in the same stop. A few secs later, maya found her note is missing and stopped the bus and got down immediately and saw prithvi and sruthi are walking in a distance.

                Maya called them in a loud voice, “Excuse me”

Prithvi told to sruthi,

Prithvi: Sruthi, even now I am unable to forget her sweet voice, I feel like hearing her voice so near”

Sruthi: idiot, you are not feeling…some one is calling us really.

                They turned back and saw maya coming near them. Prithvi was stunned and happy to see maya and walked towards her. Sruthi followed him.

Maya: You took my notebook too by mistake along with yours. So to get them back I called you.

Sruthi: Oh sorry. Let me check. Wait

                Sruthi checked all her notebooks and said maya’s notebook is not with her. She said prithvi to check his notebooks. Prithvi checked and found a notebook labeled “Maya” in the front page and returned to her. Maya thanked him and moved from there. After she left, prithvi hold sruthi’s hands in joy and said he is very happy that he wanna dance like a mad dog in the road. Sruthi looked him in confusion.

Prithvi: Because of you I saw that girl again today and now I know her name too… Mayaaaa…what a lovely name!

                Sruthi is shocked that she unknowingly brings the girl back into prithvi’s life.

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Mutton Biryani With Mutton Gravy

Mutton Biryani

Ingredients

Mutton/lamb meat with bone – ½ kg

Basmati rice/jeera samba rice – 600gms

Big onions (chopped lengthwise) – 2 nos

Small onions – 10 nos

Green chillies – 10 nos

Mint leaves – 1 cup

Coriander leaves – 1 cup

Ginger/garlic paste – 3 tblsp

Turmeric powder – ½ tsp

Cumin seeds powder – 1½ tblsp 

Bay leaf – 2

Mace – 2

Curd – 1 cup

Coconut milk – 1 cup

Lemon – 1

Salt – required

Oil – required

For Biryani powder

Cardamom – 5 nos

Star anise – 2 nos

Cloves – 3 nos

Black stone flower/kalpasi – few

Poppy seeds – 3 tblsp

Cinnamon stick – 3 nos

Nutmeg – 1

Dry Red chillies – 5 nos

Fennel – 2 tblspn

Method

♥ Soak the rice for 30 mins and Drain it and set aside.

♥ Boil the cleaned mutton in 1 glass water with salt and turmeric powder in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes or more until well cooked.

♥ Take a pan and add all the dry ingredients for biryani powder and fry for 5 mins in slow flame and grind them into fine biryani powder.

♥ Drain the mutton stock and keep it aside.

♥ Grind mint leaves and coriander leaves with water and make semi-thick juice.

♥ In a cooker add oil and saute bay leaf, mace and chopped big onions until onions change into light brown color.

♥ Add ginger/garlic paste and sauté for few mins.

♥ Now grind small onion + green chillies and add the paste and saute.

♥ Then add some mint leaves and coriander leaves and mix well.

♥ Add the boiled mutton and cumin powder and stir.

♥ Now add the rice and sauté for 2 mins.

♥ Add 1 spn biryani powder.

♥ Measure the mutton stock, coconut milk and mint/coriander juice which makes 1 ltr and add it. If the above 3 things doesn’t make 1ltr add some water.

♥ Now add curd and squeeze half lemon juice.

♥ Add required amount of salt and two tspn ghee and mix well.

♥ Close the cooker lid with whistle on and cook it for 8 to 10 mins in medium flame.

♥ Switch off the flame and release the pressure to open.

♥ Mix well the cooked biryani and garnish with fried cashews and coriander leaves.

♥ Serve hot with onion raita and mutton gravy.

Mutton gravy

Ingredients

Mutton/lamb meat – ½ kg

Small onions (chopped) – 20 nos

Turmeric powder – ½ tspn

Dry red chilly – 7 nos

Coriander seeds – 2 tblspn

Cumin seeds – 2 tblspn

Black pepper – 1 tblspn

Oil as required

Salt to taste

Method

♥ Clean and cut the mutton into small pieces.

♥ In a cooker pour some oil, add chopped small onions, salt and turmeric powder and sauté well.

♥ Then add the mutton and sauté for few mins.

♥ Cut two red chillies and add it to cook.

♥ Take little oil in a separate pan and add remaining dry chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black pepper and fry it for 3 mins.

♥ Grind them into a semi-thick masala paste.

♥ Add 1 tblspn masala paste to the mutton mixture in cooker and sauté well.

♥ Throw in some salt to taste and pour ½ glass water in.

♥ Close the cooker lid and whistle on.

♥ Cook it in medium flame for 20 minutes.

♥ Now the mutton gravy is ready to serve.

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Love Of My Dreams

You are the one who

Come in my dreams,

You brought back my memories

And my heart goes frantic,

A flash in my eyes

Explores in light and shade,

Why don’t you speak a word?

Why don’t you give a single glance?

Where did you learn this trick

To win my locked heart?

When the silence of the night

Swallows the entire earth,

A gloomy darkness covers the reality

Come to jazz up my dream world with love,

You may have thousands in your dreams

Yet you are the only one for me.

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Happy 1st Birthday My Blog

I am so happy and very much excited today. You know what? My sweetie cutie blog is turning out one year old today. It’s been like a magical moment when I started my blog a year before on the same day. Time is running so fast and this little blog of mine crossed a year successfully with 64 posts. This past year has been a huge learning experience as well.

When I started this blog, I have no idea about what to post and write in it. But now I am surprised to look back the posts I posted past one year in this blog. I really feel good to read my old posts. I have shared many happy moments and sad moments of my life too in my blog. It’s the only precious possession owned by me.

I am proud to tell that my blog is my best friend where can I pour all my heart felt feelings without any regrets. My blog is the outlet of my soul to the world. I hope it will be with me throughout my life.

I am thankful to god, to my family, to my friends and to my beloved unknown readers of my blog throughout the world for reading, commenting and for helping me to keep my dreams alive. I don’t think I would have made it this long without all your love and support.

And now for my blog,

                Happy happy birthday to my baby blog “Dream World” I wish you would grow old with more posts in the upcoming years too. I love you my little blog!!!

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Heart Feelings 13

Many times I hesitate to say

What’s in my heart,

Because I have a lot to say

And I don’t know where to start,

I hope and best is today,

To express all my heart feelings

And what I feel for you,

I ran out of words in the world,

To tell you how much I care,

 The only thing I can do to the best is

To make you feel how much,

I Love You

More than you could ever imagine…

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Simplicity - The Essence Of Beauty

I always have a belief in “Simplicity is beauty”. I have wondered many times how a simple “hello” can turn someone’s day as much as beautiful. I have always admired people who are simple in their appearance, thoughts and actions.

                Overtime, the pursuit of material possessions and money has caused many people to drown out simplicity. The desire for luxurious life ruined mankind. Often they forget, “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”. Its good to live simply when things are going well, but when life is difficult, it is essential.

                Simplicity may mean different things to different people. But it has common characteristics. It means to live day to day life with only the things you need and be content with what you have. Being simple doesn’t mean to neglect attention to details. But to make things precise and easy.

                A smile, a simple movement of few muscles on our face is very simple to do, but is seen as one of the most beautiful thing that a person can do. Life’s biggest happiness lies in small and simple things.

                In this world, there are many things still money can’t buy. We all want a big home to live. But can we guarantee we can fill it with full of happiness, peace and joy? No we can’t. but a simple thread of love among family members can do it.

So let’s not make life too complicated by dreaming too big, by expecting the unexpected, ignoring those simple things where true happiness lies. Let’s make it simple by doing the basic rights, by welcoming what life offers us rather than getting disappointed.

“Life is amazingly good when it’s simple and amazingly simple when it’s good”

                                                                                      -Terri guillemets

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