A Secret Heart - Part 5

Part-1 & Part-2 & Part-3 & Part-4

                Sruthi see both prithvi and maya with shocked face. Prithvi introduce maya to sruthi,

Prithvi: This is maya, a new member of our class, and maya, this is sruthi, my best friend.

                They both exchanged smiles and hellos and a few formal talks. Then prithvi tell sruthi to help maya in studies so that she will catch upto the day classes she missed. Sruthi feel disgusted but hides it with a fake smile. Maya thanked prithvi for making her comfortable on her first day in the college.

                At the break time, prithvi called sruthi and maya to canteen. But maya refused to go with them as she have more writing works to complete.

Sruthi: Ok maya, you carry on. We will come back. Come on prithvi lets move.

Prithvi: Wait sruthi, lets help her, we will go to canteen later.

Maya: It’s ok no problem… I can manage (smiled)

Prithvi: No, nooo, how can we leave you and go. Give your note I will help you.

                Prithvi take maya’s note and started to write. Sruthi is so annoyed.

At evening, sruthi came to prithvi as usual to go home together. But prithvi called maya too with them. Sruthi looks irritated and walks with them silently to the bus stop.

Prithvi: Maya, shall I ask you one thing, if you don’t mind?

Maya: Yaaa (with a confused face)

Prithvi: Will you give your mobile number? (hesitantly)

Maya: Ofcourse…(she gave it to him with a sweet smile)

                Sruthi fumes.

Prithvi: Sruthi, you too note maya’s number.

                Sruthi unwillingly noted maya’s number in her mobile.

                When the bus arrives, they boarded into the bus. As usual, there is no place to seat and they travel in standing. Prithvi stand beside maya and they both were talking. Sruthi was left alone and she remains quiet.

Prithvi: Sruthi, are you ok? You are looking very dull today… why?

Sruthi: Nothing, I am ok, a slight headache.

When the bus stops,

Prithvi: Sruthi, I forgot to tell you that I have an important work on the way. I am not coming with you today. I will go directly to my home after finishing the work.

Sruthi: Ok (in a low voice)

                Sruthi got down from the bus and watched grouchily that prithvi and maya happily chatting with each other.

                                                                                                                                            -To Be Continued…

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Truth Always Prevails

Many of the morals and principles that we live by throughout our life were given by our parents when we are young. Among other things, parents are largely responsible for building the character of their children. They are our role models.

When I was a kid, my mother used to tell me that, although she was good, truthful and honest person, it didn’t pay to be that way. She wanted me to be same as good. She said that dishonest and conniving people are the ones who get ahead in this world. Though I was young, somehow I knew in my heart and my soul that her perspective was wrong. I didn’t understand why. But as I observed the world around me, it often appeared that she was right. This was very confusing for me to process.

I don’t want to stray too far from the focus of the article. The point that I am trying to make is that what we see with our eyes is not always true. We see many people climbing up the ladder of success through lies, cheating and dishonest means. It’s equally true that at the end such success will only short live.

We travel our path of life facing people and situations that test us, at times being seen as guilty, until we can prove our innocence. This is harder when it is a true friend or loved one doesn’t believe us. What can we do? Trust, truth shall always find its way to be known and shown. Sadly it may be too late. The friendship, the love may be damaged too greatly. But there is no escape from the truth. It’s god’s law, a universal law, the truth will always win through.

Our thoughts should agree with our words, our words should agree with our actions. Though we can’t undo anything we have already done in life, we can face up to it. We can tell the truth and seek forgiveness. Truth is the gateway to the kingdom to god.

              “Three things cannot be long hidden: The Sun, The Moon and The Truth”

                                                                                                              -Buddha

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Chicken Biryani With Chicken Gravy

Chicken Biryani

Ingredients

Chicken – ½ kg

Basmati rice/jeera samba rice – 600gms

Big onions (chopped lengthwise) – 2 nos

Small onions – 10 nos

Green chillies – 10 nos

Tomato (chopped) – 2 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 – 1½  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.

♥ Marinate chicken for an hour in half lemon juice, 1tblspn ginger/garlic paste, ½ tspn turmeric powder and ½ cup curd.

♥ 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.

♥ 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 the chopped tomatoes, 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 marinated chicken and cumin powder and stir well until the chicken is half cooked.

♥ Now add the rice and sauté for 2 mins.

♥ Add 1 spn biryani powder.

♥ Measure the 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 the remaining 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 chicken gravy.

Chicken gravy

Ingredients

Chicken (boneless) – ½ kg

Big onion (chopped) – 1 no

Tomato (chopped) – 1 no

Coconut (grated) – 2 tblspn

Turmeric powder – ½ tspn

Red chilly powder – 1/2 tspn

Dry red chilly – 2 nos

Coriander seeds – 2 tblspn

Cumin seeds – 2 tblspn

Fennel – 1 tspn

Black pepper – 1 tblspn

Cinnamon – 1 small piece

Cardamom – 2 nos

Cloves – 3 nos

Ginger – ½ piece

Garlic – 4 pods

Lemon juice – 1 tspn

Curd – ½ cup

Oil as required

Salt to taste

Method

♥ Clean and cut the chicken into small pieces.

♥ Marinate the chicken with turmeric powder, lemon juice, red chilly powder and curd for an hour.

♥ In a frying pan pour some oil, add fennel, chopped onions, salt and turmeric powder and sauté well.

♥ Add chopped tomatoes and sauté until it turns mushy.

♥ Then add the chicken and sauté for few mins.

♥ Take little oil in a separate pan and add grated coconut, dry red chillies, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, ginger ,garlic and fry it for 3 mins.

♥ Grind them into a smooth masala paste with little water.

♥ Add 1 tblspn masala paste to the chicken mixture and sauté well.

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

♥ Close the pan with a lid and let it cook for few mins in medium flame.

♥ Stir it occasionally until the oil separates.

♥ Now the chicken gravy is ready to serve.

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Heart Feelings 15

Travelling in life doesn’t need

speed to reach the destiny. It

need all positive ways to break

hurdles that come in your way to

reach your goal. Life is not a race

to be speedy, make it meaningful

with a steady mind because what

you get in the end doesn’t matters,

but how you got it matters.

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My Dream Boy

He is the Master of My Heart

He is the Hero of My Stories

He is the Prince of My Castle

He is the Thief of My Feelings

He is the Emperor of My World

He is the King of My Soul

He is the Mirror of My Joys

He is the Language of My Silence

He is the Explorer of My Destiny

He is the Conqueror of My Dreams

He is the Ruler of My Everything

He is the Love of My Life

 I am the Slave of his Thoughts

And he is in My Dreams Forever

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My Childhood Hobby

                     I have many hobbies when I was a kid. But my favorite hobby was drawing. I love to draw cartoons whenever I get time. By time the hobbies I had eventually fades but the artifact remains. Its very funny to see the drawings which I drawn in my childhood. Here are some of the precious memories of my childhood. Don’t laugh after seeing this lol :p 

Baby Mickey in Pink :D  

This is Baboo the elephant ;)

Minnie with flowers >:D

Bears with popsicles :o

Rooster eating icecream :p

 Next comes the pencil drawings. Its several years old so its not good in picture but not bad, slightly visible rofl :D

Mickey skating in snow :’)

Aladdin and Jasmine in flying carpet :$

Mickey with stick & Mickey the pilot B)

Donald duck & Bugs bunny :)

Cat with pencil >:o

 Hows it wink wink ;)

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