tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post85210666391876594..comments2024-03-16T06:57:34.250-04:00Comments on Bong Mom's CookBook: Kerala Style Chicken Stew and a Yellow BeltBong Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-61141437048229189332013-05-14T16:28:36.176-04:002013-05-14T16:28:36.176-04:00I tried this one last night and it was mindblowing...I tried this one last night and it was mindblowing. I followed your recipe down to a T - just skipped the cashew nut part but still added the ghee and I added some sugar as well. It was so good and tasted almost like thai chicken and the sliced ginger and garlics actually felt like bamboo shoots :-) Will make it again and again!<br /><br />Mausumi<br /><br />Mausumi Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-59448379722180775862013-05-05T01:55:11.182-04:002013-05-05T01:55:11.182-04:00Such a lovely post, Sandeepa. Hearty congratulatio...Such a lovely post, Sandeepa. Hearty congratulations to the proud winner of the yellow belt and her proud family! God bless.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-70412407684524629992013-05-04T16:50:58.219-04:002013-05-04T16:50:58.219-04:00And I also need to catch up with all the posts I m...And I also need to catch up with all the posts I missed!Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338468510575659800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-37266002551418306542013-05-04T16:48:47.031-04:002013-05-04T16:48:47.031-04:00Awww San, this post is really connecting with me i...Awww San, this post is really connecting with me in a big way! My lil one who is probably six months younger than LS is similar...no she won't cry but is extremely quiet, timid, won't smile etc etc if there are too many unfamiliar people or if the focus is on her. I do reward her when she does what she has to in situations she is not comfortable with and yes, I want her too to remember her "yellow belt" moments when she's older :)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338468510575659800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-67175149838995127802013-05-04T16:48:18.879-04:002013-05-04T16:48:18.879-04:00Awww San, this post is really connecting with me i...Awww San, this post is really connecting with me in a big way! My lil one who is probably six months younger than LS is similar...no she won't cry but is extremely quiet, timid, won't smile etc etc if there are too many unfamiliar people or if the focus is on her. I do reward her when she does what she has to in situations she is not comfortable with and yes, I want her too to remember her "yellow belt" moments when she's older :)Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338468510575659800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-22661536902655712222013-05-02T11:11:03.785-04:002013-05-02T11:11:03.785-04:00Well, I think people are reading this post in diff...Well, I think people are reading this post in different ways :) But I DO NOT think my child behaved in a "certain unpleasant way". Maybe in her own way but definitely not "unpleasant". Also I did not dread going through it because of the way she behaved but because I felt that she was at discomfort and not enjoying a scenario which she would have otherwise.<br />Taekwondo definitely helped or maybe that she has grown up. But recently she shows lot more courage in confronting peopleBong Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-77196488419401311262013-05-02T02:39:12.049-04:002013-05-02T02:39:12.049-04:00Thank you... will look for the same or ignore as a...Thank you... will look for the same or ignore as advised. Yes, I'll use the home made garam masala mentioned in the recipe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-90749846962062928822013-05-02T00:26:20.785-04:002013-05-02T00:26:20.785-04:00Sweet, heart warming post. So easy to relate to th...Sweet, heart warming post. So easy to relate to that feeling of dread when you know that your child will most likely behave a certain unpleasant way and you still have to go through with it for they have to survive in the world and you have to grow up to know that your child is a different individual. I have 2 daughters and very similar situations were presented to us during pre school for the younger one and she recently started martial arts too. I am glad we enrolled her. The disciple and hierarchical respect they teach there comforts me somehow.<br />Why is it so often the younger one....based on yours, mine and some of the above comments? <br />Was there a recipe up there? Let me go re-read :)Anamikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11690656175070188212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-50032638014418588742013-05-01T23:10:14.077-04:002013-05-01T23:10:14.077-04:00Aww ... Congrats LS! Onek ashirbaad ... I wish I w...Aww ... Congrats LS! Onek ashirbaad ... I wish I was as brave when I was small. :-)Sharmilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09513616266624467146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-20197010330303355602013-05-01T15:13:07.395-04:002013-05-01T15:13:07.395-04:00Was so proud of LS that I forgot to mention that I...Was so proud of LS that I forgot to mention that I made Kerala stew a few times, started with a playdate, from Sailu's recipe. And also ended up adding some veggies. We had ours with bread. Mandirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626963378027285069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-12990927053531262672013-05-01T15:09:24.738-04:002013-05-01T15:09:24.738-04:00Kudos to LS for facing her anxieties and coming ou...Kudos to LS for facing her anxieties and coming out on top. congrats on the yellow belt too! Mandirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626963378027285069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-79471683344660273922013-05-01T14:19:36.078-04:002013-05-01T14:19:36.078-04:00Lovely post Bong mom! I am also mother of a shy ch...Lovely post Bong mom! I am also mother of a shy child and have gone/going through exact steps I was a shy child too and my other don't need to remind me that, I exactly remember how I used to hold her Saree's Anchal in-front of so called less known uncle and Aunties! Now I can make blog friends also :) I make friends cross department in my office. But you know what I still can find that shy girl in me, and they overpower the new social one at times, though social me have now more control on that process :) and yes many coaxing and cajoling of my parents and several relocations in childhood helped to empower the social me while growing up. I try the same way for my daughter and then give her own time to do things too.Chandrimahttp://www.blog-e-zine.blogpot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-52764606789498363302013-05-01T13:40:23.605-04:002013-05-01T13:40:23.605-04:00bookmarked!!, I like your blog!
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As you said,...Nice post. Congratulations to Lil S!<br /><br />As you said, we write what we write because we want to be remembered in a certain way. I intermittently kept a diary when I was younger. As I grew older, I stopped. I also told myself if I ever went back to writing one, I'd leave out the sore bits because it would just hurt me to read them again. Bad enough we remember all that anyway, with or without diaries!srahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03243944393796831559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-73300995037111192672013-04-29T22:10:51.740-04:002013-04-29T22:10:51.740-04:00My son was so shy when he started his school days ...My son was so shy when he started his school days and now he is totally the opposite. Congrats to LS ! Great LS will be happy to read and laugh after many years her yellow belt experience! My sunday lunch is always chicken too, love this creamy curry!Chamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06912395013740648068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-84027041405179756722013-04-29T09:37:43.667-04:002013-04-29T09:37:43.667-04:00few things:
1. She is only 25 months. very very l...few things:<br /><br />1. She is only 25 months. very very little<br /><br />2. If she is getting pinched/bullied by kids at the daycare, please please talk to the teacher. It is important. My daughter has a great rapport with the teacher so if anything like that at all happens she has the teacher to help her :) But also I have never seen kids in her class pinch/bully. So that is a thing your school should be aware of<br /><br />3. Never ever beat her. Don't even think of it. Chill. <br /><br />4. Kids come in all different flavors. I have two and I see it every day. My little one does have her friends and she is extremely friendly with some of the kids in her class. For her it is a matter of time.<br /><br />5. Does not matter what you were. The child is a different individual :)<br /><br />6. And as I said they all grow up fine as long as you have taught them the essentials:-- being kind, sharing, being brave, politenessBong Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-71565062815311351902013-04-29T06:06:52.108-04:002013-04-29T06:06:52.108-04:00Sandeepa...are you a mind reader??!! U wont believ...Sandeepa...are you a mind reader??!! U wont believe it but for the past couple of weeks I have been thinking why my lil one, Brishti, who is now 25 months old hides her face in front of my colleagues..or doesnt even play with the elder kids in our neighbourhood...she loves the tiny tots though!!!Even at her creche, she gets pinched by kids younger to her..and she just stands & cries!!Whereas at home she is a completely different person...she throws tantrums at the drop of a hat!!!At times I get so vexed that I feel like hitting her black & blue!!!!!!!!!!!!!And when I narrate all these incidents to my friends at work...they find it hard to believe...arrrgghh!!But I was not at all a shy kid..I was extremely gregarious!!! I hope our lil ones come out of their shells and make friends!!!Debjanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02179550323431775686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-68423908132923570182013-04-28T00:54:50.246-04:002013-04-28T00:54:50.246-04:00Maybe I didn't express myself clearly but LS i...Maybe I didn't express myself clearly but LS is not really an introvert. I meant an "introvert" is a person who does not really enjoy company of other people and likes being alone, right ? In this case, LS never likes to be alone or do things only by herself. If she knows the people she is with, family or friends, she will do stuff with them and will play with them or at least hang around them.<br />But if she is accosted by people she does not know too well, she gets a bit intimidated by them. Well more than a bit actually.Bong Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-51629404555526962682013-04-28T00:47:50.017-04:002013-04-28T00:47:50.017-04:00I was shy too until 3rd grade and then something h...I was shy too until 3rd grade and then something happened :-D But I was never really an extrovert. Kids change all the time.<br />LS is not so much as an introvert because she does enjoy being in company of other people, people she knows well. But it takes her time to warm up to those whom she doesn't know much.Bong Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407918137263251235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35578975.post-3904862201352015072013-04-28T00:16:21.402-04:002013-04-28T00:16:21.402-04:00My son was shy at first too when young. Now he is ...My son was shy at first too when young. Now he is such an extrovert. But I have a friend who has a daughter. She used to be so talkative and lively and now she has turned out to be such an introvert. So I suppose you never can tell. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12695675934031759127noreply@blogger.com