Lately, my go-to lazy meal has been rice with pancharatna (5-jewel) daal. It is hearty, easy, and does not need a lot of spices to be flavourful.

Udad daal Masoor daal Moong daal Chana daal Arhar daal (Please check translations online as they have various names in English. These are the Hindi names.)

Half a cup of this mix in a pressure cooker with one cup of water, or slow cook it in a saucepan. Ghee in a saucepan, as much as you want + some oil to prevent it from burning. Cumin, 2-3 cloves of garlic and one green chilli cut in half lengthwise. Pinch of salt. When the garlic is golden, put in some chopped tomatoes, add half a teaspoon of turmeric and half tsp salt, and fry until mushy. Drop in the lentils and cook slowly. Add water if you want it more runny. Taste and add the final bit of salt to taste Optional garnish with coriander leaves and best served with basmati rice.

Try cooking the basmati rice with a couple of cloves and a bay leaf for that added aroma.

Special Interest Group. An internal committee convenes to decide the fate of the process.

(I don’t know the answer, but I’m pretty sure it stands for signal.)

“CHLAMYDIA! YOUR DAD’S HERE!”

Btw this is the accomplished Indian actor Sourabh Shukla. He’s quite good.

It’s better than my father-in-law’s prayers he sings every morning. He is tone deaf so it is catchy in a twisted way.

Dave Chappelle as Rick James walking into Charlie Murphy’s house.

Is this an AI-generated blog? All the posts are dated December 12, 2024.

Which book is that?

It’s the same for us (India): “Sink” for the kitchen one and “washbasin” for the non-kitchen ones.

They must have taken driving lessons from a thermostat.

Influencer?

Well I don’t want to end up with a straw in my butt!

Why did you punctuate like this?

I love Gorillaz and have listened to Deltron 3030 plenty of times but never made the connection!

The fur protects it for the most part.

Yes.

The way I do it is if a list only has single sentences or sentence fragments, I omit the period.

If there is at least one point with two sentences, everyone gets a period.

If a list has sentence fragments and double sentences, I cry. Then I rewrite the fragments into complete sentences, complaining about it the whole time.

Using “basis” to mean “based on”.

“Basis our discussion, please go ahead and…” “We decided on a price point basis our market research.”

It makes me uncomfortable.

Inconceivable!

What about triangular taco shells? That’s just two sides.