Kerstboom

The needles of the christmas tree do prick indeed. 

The family

My grandmother told me that this is what can happen in 50 years ....

 

Kaboutertjes

This is in the forrest behind my parents house. 

Kasper

 

Horstmans Dorst

 

Horstmans Honger, part 1

 

Zus

Sneeuw!

Heather

This picture is of the tafelberg heide, 10 minutes away from my folks' home. I snowed a bit last night and we might go for a 'slee ritje' in the afternoon.

Petting zoo

Yesterday we went for a walk in the fortress city of Naarden and had a good time there.
There was a petting zoo (kinderboederij) as well.

Vakantie

Finally made it to Huizen. here are some pictures.

Java vs python?

Check this

lazy me

If you don't want to grind rice when preparing dili, you can do this.

Introducing commands in cctbx: Reminder

1. in xxxx.xxxx.command_line add script
2. libtbx.refresh
3. rehash

Tamil slang

Check out this article on Madras Bashai.

Who came up with these things??

- Bazarla oozara illana nizara kalatidu vaanga.

- Un moonchile en peechang kaiye vaikka.

Featuring: Shakthi

I was cooking and found Shakthi playing with the computer. This here is after shopping. We bought a pair of sunglasses as Shakthi kept on pulling my glasses.
Tandem

Sura fryum

1. Boil half a pound of shark in some water with mangel podi and little salt. When boiled, smash it finely.
2. Cut 1 onion in very small pieces
3. Cut 8 to 15 garlic cloves in thin strips and half an inch of ginger in very small pieces
4. Cut approximately 4 green chillies in small pieces.
5. Heat oil, add mustard seeds and urid dahl.
6. When mustard seeds are done pooping, add onion, garlic, ginger and green chillies.
7. When onion and garlic are done, add the smashes sharp and fry a bit.
8. Add salt and freshly cut coriander leaves

Serve with white rice

Sunday Samayal

Goat-parupe-kootuh

1. heat pan, add no oil
2. when hot, add 2 pound goat, and some mangel podi and salt to taste
3. add 1/2 onion cut to small pieces
4. add a cup of water (things should be half under water) and let it boil

In a separate pan, bring 2 cups of water to a boil, and add 1 (small) cup of channa dahl. Let it boil until done.

Grind the following spices

1. 6 red (cherry shaped) chilies
2. 2 soup spoon of coriander seeds
3. half an inch or ginger slices
4. some geera (1 soup spoon)
5. black pepper corns (1 soup spoon)
6. two hands of ground coconut
7. 6 garlic cloves
8. 1 cinnamon stick and 4 cloves

Make it into a nice paste. in the mean time, the goat should be cooked a bit. Take out the goat onion mixture and heat up some oil. Fry some geera seeds and 1 1/2 onion cut in small pieces. Also fry the masala paste, as the spices were not toasted. Add the goat mixture and fry a bit. Add boiled, and drained channa dahl and mix well.

Garnish with coriander, serve with white rice.