XOXO
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You know sometime you wish that yummy and tasty food are easy to cook, this is definitely one of those recipe.
Ingredients
Method
• Place oil and garlic in a bowl.
• Add prawns and stir to coat.
• Heat butter in non-stick frying pan.
• Add prawns and cook over high heat for about 4-5 minutes or until prawns are cooked. Add pepper before serving.
Take care,
M from nepaliaustralian
XOXO
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Posted in Recipe
Tagged Australia, australian nepali, blogger, easy recipe, M from nepaliaustralian, Nepalese, Nepali, nepali blogger, nepaliaustralia, prawn recipe, quick and easy recipe, yummy
This Easter long weekend, we didn’t go away anywhere. Instead we made some plans with our friends and it was quite fun.
One day we took the kids to the Easter show.
It was a free event in Cronulla and there were the traditional rides, show bags, an animal farm, market stalls and roving entertainment.
We went on a big slide with the kids on our laps and kids enjoy the elephant merry – go-around as well. They also went into a jumping castle and had heaps of fun.
Chhori and her friend loved getting their face painted and they both looked adorable for sure.
But like every year the highlight for me was the petting zoo. They had alpacas, sheep, chicken, ducks, pigs, goat, rabbits and a calf. It was amazing to see the kids enjoy the animals and pat them too.
We also bought them the bubble guns and it was a hit as they could have hundreds of bubbles instantly.
Overall it was an amazing day out for the parents as well as for the kids.
Another day we took the kids to the park and they had a great time. We had lunch from a nearby café while the kids play at the park.
But the highlight of the Easter long weekend was the food. We planned a food marathon so we had something special for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
On the Friday we went to a sea food buffet and it was really great and we ate a lot. I loved the prawns and the amazing dessert.
Then on Saturday, it started with my scones for breakfast and amazing garlic prawn and chicken paella for dinner.
The next day we had gwaramari for breakfast and typical Nepali thakali thali for dinner.
We tried to make it as close as possible to the famous thakali thali and it contained rice, dal, gundruk ko achar, mula ko achar, chicken curry, saag (spinach) and mushroom curry. The whole combination tasted amazing.
On the third day it was pancakes for breakfast, chatamari and pakauda for lunch and nepali dal-bhaat-tarkari-masu for dinner.
The food was amazing and it didn’t feel like a lot of effort as different people were doing different dishes. But I have to admit, I put on at least a kilo after eating all that food.
I will share the recipes for a few of the dishes soon. Most of them are already on my blog so please do try them and let me know how it goes.
Till next time take care.
M from nepaliaustralian
XOXO
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Posted in Celebrations, Holidays
Tagged australian, australian nepali, chhori, Dhido, easter, easter show, food marathon, Happy Easter, M from nepaliaustralian, momo, Nepal, Nepalese, Nepali, nepali australian, Nepali blog, nepali food, Nepaliaustralian, petting zoo, rides, royal easter show, seafood buffet
As I have mentioned before, we do not follow the Gregorian calendar so on the Nepali Calendar we have birthdays on different days every year depending on the position of sun, moon and planets. So we celebrated Chhori’s Tithi birthday in traditional Nepali manner with puja and sagun.
Luckily it was a weekend so I had enough time to prepare and wasn’t too rushed.
I wore a tradition sari and Chhori wore a lehenga. She was so excited that she was turning 3 that she had been telling everyone she met that she is going to be 3 soon. It was cute to see her excited about her birthday.
Once everything was prepared, Chhori sat down and I started the pooja.
I started the pooja for Lord Ganesh and then pooja for to Chhori. I explained to her everything I was doing and she listened and followed the instructions. She didn’t complain or try to get up from her place for the whole time and I am super proud of her.
She got the sagun and gifts and she was so happy.
I am hoping our effort to show Chhori our culture and tradition will help her understand where her roots are and how amazing and rich Nepali culture is.
I made a small pink birthday cake to cut that day as I didn’t want her to have a birthday celebration without a cake 🙂
On her birthday according to the Gregorian calendar, I baked a cake and took it to her childcare. When she saw me with the cake she was so excited and started to show the cake to her friends.
The teachers had arranged the table for us to celebrate her birthday. She sat with her friends when we sang the birthday song for her and then cut the cake.
As childcare has a policy of no nuts and no chocolate I had made a simple vanilla sponge cake with fondant and it turned out OK.
If you are a parent, kid’s birthdays are so special and I hope Chhori will have a special one every year.
Hope everyone is having a great week.
Take care,
M from nepaliaustralian
XOXO
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Posted in Being Mum, Celebrations, Our daughter
Tagged australian, australian nepali, bara, birthday, Cake, cake smash, chhori, daughter, going home, grandparents, kathmandu, M from nepaliaustralian, mum, Nepal, Nepalese, Nepali, nepali australian, Nepali blog, Nepaliaustralian, Nirbuni, Puja, Sagun, Sel roti, toddler, yomari
In a span of 2 years, I have seen so many of our dear ones leave this world.
It started with my MIL’s sister with cancer followed by my dad’s sister, cancer again. Then after a while we lost AS’s grandma due to old age and them my mum’s sister (cancer) and then very recently my dad’s brother (kidney problem).
Going through all this grief in such a short period of time, I started thinking about death more seriously.
I know death is the only thing which we all know is certain but still when our near and dear ones pass away, we are left with pain and grief. Just because we all know everyone is going to leave this earth doesn’t make our pain any easier.
But at the same time I am appreciating life more. I am trying to enjoy time with friends and family doing things I love to do and living my life to the fullest so if I don’t wake up tomorrow, I know I will have no regret.
It is definitely lot harder to do than I have planned but I am going to keep this in mind.
Life is definitely unpredictable and too short for egos in relationships.
Surrounding myself with like mined and positive people will make it worth living. I am making the most of my time, saying what I want to and doing what I want to do. Nobody should be taken for granted and it works both way.
Someone’s death is a reminder for us that life is shorter than we think.
Hope I could provoke your thought about life and death and see this world slightly differently as no one knows what will happen tomorrow.
M from nepaliaustralian
XOXO
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