Julie

I love dogs
But god I can't stand
The smell

I grew up
With dogs
I wonder why
The smell never
Got to me

The last dog
I loved
Julie
Beautiful lovely Julie
You walked out
With oozing cancer puss
Out the house
Is this what I remember
In some subconscious cell
As a dog smell
A scary child's dream
Of something adult
And not explained
Is this why I love dogs
But hate them too

The caged car
That came calling
Dad said
You need to
be put to sleep
But they couldn't
Wipe
That stink
Which reminded me
Of all the love you gave
Lingering under the stair
They you made home
To die.

But that's the smell
I remember
Julie
How I loved you.

The dog smell.

Mama’s killer pork vindaloo kerala style

So i searched the net for pork vindaloo kerala style ( cause thats the killer shit duh! ) and i found some four totally different recipes and i knew that wasn't how mama makes by looking at the picture. So i called mom and got her recipe. Thats my dinner tonight! 

And for all you folks here is the recipe with a pic.

Thanks mom!

Mama’s killer pork vindaloo kerala style

½ kg – pork, cut in to small cubes. Small!

COLLECTION 1

3 to 4 onions – finely diced

1 or 2 green chilly ( depending on how spicy you want it ) – finely sliced

½ an inch of ginger – finely sliced and crushed

10 cloves of garlic – finely sliced and crushed

COLLECTION 2

the masala mix –

red chilly powder

pepper powder

a pinch of turmeric powder

garam masala

dhaniya ( corriander ) powder

( note -Garam masala, dhaniya - take a table spoon each Pepper - 1 tea spoon Chilly powder - 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric powder - a pinch. ( this should give an idea of proportion. This is for people who don't like it spicy. If you are a true mallu add on a lil more of pepper and chilly powder)

mix the above ( collection 2 ) with 2 table spoon or so of vinegar

black mustard seeds powdered  ( 1/2 teaspoon ) – if you can not find powder, wet it a bit and crush to get rid of its skin ( mom says that’s the way to get the flavor right )

Cooking

Add Coconut oil ( I guess you could add any other sunflower oil types, but then hey this is kerala style )

Let is warm.

Add collection 1 starting with onions. Saute till onions are light brown.

Then add collection 2 and mix the two. Mix! let it all get mixed up! Add salt. Mix.

When its nicely mixed add the pork and mix. Mix. 

If you prefer a bit more vinegar add a teaspoon at the most.

Pressure cook for about 22 minutes.

( Note - As to pressure cooking. Number of whistles might vary. But about 20 to 25 mins on low/med flame should have it cooked just fine. If you find you need the pork more tender after this, i would just cook it for another 5 mins more in the pressure cooker. I also like my pork tangy so I add half a tea spoon of vinegar at the end.)

Killer pork vindaloo ready!

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9.618
The pattern never fails
Just a change in texture
We are all just weaves
In the grandiose design
Gods haute couture
The relationship line

We strut down the ramp
Wearing a new line
Stitched by the same hands
Cut by the same designer
In the end the weave is still the same

A new season, a new fad
The toast of many a night
But summer will go to winter
And a new season will come
When you trade the old for the new
But the weave is still the same
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