Colombo International Book Fair

Courtesy Event.lk

What more could be better than a good book for your child??? Books have been pals with human beings for a very long time and slowly books have been now replaced by many different branches of technology. However, there are still people who love the touch of the crunchy papers and woody smell and beautifully printed books. Each year, the National Book Publishers' Association of Sri Lanka organizes the biggest book festival of Sri Lanka famously known as the Colombo International Book Fair at BMICH. 

This time, it started on 18th September 2012 and will be there till 26th September 2012 from 9 a.m to 9 p.m.

Love Your Teeth..... They Are Your Smile!

 Hiya people and once again I'm really really sorry for not posting frequent enough because my precious lappy is not working these days. (thanks to my geniusness!) Anyways, funny I should mention about teeth and smile! I'm having a big toothache these days but not to worry because it's not because of a teeth problem. Anyways it made me realise how important our teeth are, at least to avoid the unbearable pain you'll get once you have a toothache, you should protect yours. Well, basically that's what I'm gonna tell my kids. "Brush your teeth twice a day or you'll suffer in future!"

However, I'm not going to keep writing about brushing your teeth but rather a more deeper aspect. Why on earth do we get these toothaches? What causes those pains? How to avoid a toothache? What are the simple remedies for a toothache? Likewise so keep reading people!

Once I got my toothache, all I could think is how the hell I'm gonna get out of this? So after trying some few remedies my mom told me ( which were okay first but the ache did not disappear fully) I searched the internet for home remedies. Believe me, it was not satisfactory at all. Bearing all that in my mind I tried few of them and few new things but nothing was permanent.

My Love For You........

Soft like the breeze speeding down the lane
Mild like a kitty paw
and warm like the summer rain.....
My love for you
undying & unconditional
And love you forever more....
The serenity of a sunset and
The tenderness of a kiss
The mist of a morning dew
And bliss of mother's touch.....
Everything you gave me
Is so precious and priceless
My love for you
Undying & unconditional
And love you forever more....
Though we not see each other
Though we not kiss each other
The memories you gave me
Is ever eternal...
The moments we shared
Are never of betrayal
That purity
Shall bear the proof
That u & I belong
To each other
Until the world ends.....
My love for you
Undying & unconditional
Love you forever more.....
                                                        By
                                                            ISK

Sri Lankan Style Devilled Eggplant

Hullo everyone! Sorry for not being in touch with you because of my burnt power pack. Still, I wanted to share an amazingly delicious dish my mother prepared today which is actually eggplant! So with the taste in my mouth and recipe in my head here is it is. Hope you try it and taste it becuase like it did to me, this dish will definitely bring some difference to your meal.

Sri Lankan Style Devilled Eggplant

Ingredients

500g washed and julianned Eggplant

2 capsicums cut into slant rounds

2 well ripen tomatoes

2 green chili cut into twos

Oil to deep fry

Salt to taste

1 teaspoon chili flakes

1/4 tbsp tumeric powder 

2 tbsp sugar

1/4 cup tomato sauce

2 tbsp soy sauce 

2 tbsp chopped onion and garlic

Some curry leaves

Some chopped spring onion to decorate

It's Kiddies' Party Time!!!

Dinneranddessert.com

It's been a long time since I've put a recipe on my blog and so sorry for that :). While going through the news papers and usual chat with my friends and relatives, I realized that most of us lack some basics about party food. So as a help I thought of putting down few recipes I've experienced myself. Some are still at experimental stage and some are famous ones from chefs. Culinary art is a constantly evolving one so you are welcome to try these and invent your own recipes from these ones and get your kids to crave for more!!!!!

Photo courtesy Jokeroo.com 

Egg Boats

Ingredients

8 normal size eggs

100g Butter or Margarine

2 red tomatoes

100g cheddar cheese grated

around 35 Pepper seeds

some pepper and salt to taste

A few leaves of Parsley

Method

1. First hard boil the eggs, remove the shell and cut into halves. Remove the egg yolks into a separate bowl. To avoid slipping remove a small circle from the under side of the egg whites.
2. To the egg yolks, Add butter, cheese, pepper and salt and mix well until you get a creamy paste.
3. Then using a big star nozzle, pipe the egg yolk mixture on to the egg whites like a small ducking. Place two pepper seeds to resemble eyes. Cut the tomatoes into triangular shapes for the beaks and place them. On top decorate with a bit of Parsley.