Life 'n' Such

The picture shows dolma (dried eggplant stuffed with rice and spices). Gulay made them, and they were oh so good!!!!!!!!! Somebody was jealous when I said that

I think she had some extra spices from turkey, but it would be alrite if we leave them out.

Ingredients :

dried eggplant / dried green or red bell peppers (small sized, the top cut off, inside is scooped out, then finally dried) I wonder if we could use fresh ones :-S
washed rice,
onion chopped,
tomato paste,
salt, black pepper, red pepper,
dried mint, dried parsley,
water and oil for cooking,
lemon juice

Method:

Fry onions in oil, then add tomato paste to this. Mix and then add the washed rice, add a little bit of water and cook for 15-20 mins.
Now add the spices and the dried herbs to this. Mix and turn off the heat.

Now stuff the cup like eggplants or peppers with this filling, and start arranging them vertically in a cooking pot in one single layer.

Put some water, oil and lemon juice in this. Cover the pot, let it come to a boil, then simmer till all done. I dont know how much time this would take approx, I will clarify and edit this post again at a later time.

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We all have had this experience, oil stains on your best linen, such a drab!

When my mom was visiting me, many of the saris, got stained by oil, from Indian pickles, we thought, the saris are wasted!!

But Ulfet suggested a fantastic tip! She said we should wash them with Dishwashing detergent!!

And guess what friends, it worked!!!!!!!! We could save most of the saris. The whole theory behind it being that since dishwashing detergents are meant to cut oil and grime, it will do the same whether it is dishes or fabric or your beautiful table cloth or your carpet.

And sooner you do this to a stain, the more chances of it working! So give it a try!

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