VEGAN GLUTEN-FREE SCONE

It is Sunday 4:55 pm, island time! Its raining inconsolably! I say inconsolably, to me a rain drenched sky seems weeping willow! Rain is poets' muse, great poetries have been written drawing inspiration from it! I am more into prose, I do have little of poetry inside me. Raindrops on my skin cause ripple on my mind, not expressive about it as poets. Rain causes me depression, clear signs of a melancholic self. I think I am born melancholic, not necessarily causal effect of abuse, torture. It gives me pleasure, helps me pen lines! I feel sick if I cannot write or sing often, for that we need not master the respective arts! In scale of 10, we need to score at least 5-6, else no point getting fore! I do not understand parents these days, they send kids to various activity classes, good enough to confuse them! This is wrong, ask what excites them, let them learn that with passion, they can master it or not that future would say!

In academics, 5-6 in scale of 10 isn't enough, present day world is competitive. 5-6 / 10 always had been average, that's my standard. Parents have to understand this category kids cannot achieve much in academic world, they have to be motivated into building other fruitful career graph. That's fine, wrong is to become me; laid-back, aimless, idle. I still could live life uninterrupted but present day world would not allow my kinds to survive. You have to be worth it, build yourself depending on your merit.

Rain calls for bhajabhuji / pakora / fries & fritters! I can happily do but  senior of men isn't a foodie. Post surgery, I avoid binging too! Talking about cooking, kitchen, food sounds unromantic. I know, but I am one happy cook; I cook, sing, write, go out for walks to shove off thoughts, involvements that have no outcome, destination! I have to keep myself sane.

We had choice lunch, though not Sunday like lunch! It is lentils-ridge-gourd-bitter-gourd, pointed-spine gourds fries, egg curry!

My breakfast was bread upma, tea, fruits!

I cooked minimal yesterday, the man was travelling, he wouldn't be there almost this week! The evenings get too boring for me, Cristine has her own life, I cannot bother her always! I do not watch tv much, the junior, monkey son wouldn't call home regular, what to do? Not that man & I chat all day, sitting on two ends of sofa gets me peace! We are watching Delhi Crime, Season-3 now, I would wrap up blogpost tomorrow!

This is Monday noon, 12.05 pm, Singapore time! The Sun & Clouds are playing hide & seek, same do I with myself, or may be I do not at all, I bare my heart to fullest[?]; I do hide, all of us do! Such lovely person I live with, he never asks why did you write this here, say that there, what's cooking in your life? After all these superlatives, if he doesn't take me to the Swiss Alps next year, I would get angry! Three of us would go, I would get clicked in finest chiffon sari! This is long standing wish, what else can you expect from an ardent Bollywood fan? Who would click me better, the son or man? Three of us should make it, once our beloved 4th makes an entry, we would travel separately! I am however far from my Divas, and here's my real self!

Bossy's premium choice wasn't me, I am his ancient friend, come on I know it all! Neither I am a saint! We built a happy home though, our temperament doesn't match!  Because my home is built on strong foundation, I can take liberty to roam around humming "tumhe ho na ho mujhko to itna yakeen hai..." When lyrics, music score strike a chord, it touches my soul. This is Runa Laila's best to me! I must learn this number, such fast paced!

I am not always day dreaming, Cristine gets me all news I miss! When we were enjoying, our friends in Cebu were fighting natural calamity! I messaged asap, thank God, they answered me back! I met Patrick & Susana back in 2009 on board ship, Patrick was chief mate, we bonded too well, went out together in every port! They visited us in Singapore when I just arrived! I have made an open invitation to them, they didn't come to us again, their both daughters got married by now!

Last night, I didn't wish to make roti-shoti, on such days, I cook frozen parathas I stock for such days! I buy Pran's or Dawn's. I am against buying frozen packs regular! I love cooking! Singapore is Asia, there are similarities, when I visit American supermarkets, the scenario changes! I do not know how desis can survive on fish fillets, artichoke, kale, bell peppers, pumpkin, tomato! Here I get in hand "pat shaak to chichinga", almost everything we grew up having! Even fresh tyangra, magur travel from Malaysia! Stall 81 of Tekka Market sells live Magur Mach! However, porota-mutton mince curry-avocado chutney makes us happy too!

This is confused self, more I write, contradictory you may find! I am. Let me wrap up, go for walk, sit somewhere, eat! I thoroughly enjoyed baking this VEGAN GLUTEN-FREE SCONE, it's also diary free! I liked having this vegetarian snack I have baked using tapioca flour, rice-flour, fresh coconut, a bit of baking powder, sugar, salt, coconut milk, oil! 

You can have it spreading butter, jam or honey or cream cheese on top, I loved having it as it is! Trust me and go ahead with the easy recipe!

Roughly inspired from a recipe seen in AI Overview!

 INGREDIENTS :

RICE FLOUR : 1/2 COFFEE MUG

TAPIOCA FLOUR : 4-5 TBSP

SHREDDED COCONUT : 1/2 COFFEE MUG

COCONUT MILK : 1/2 COFFEE MUG

BAKING POWDER : 1/3 TSP

SUGAR : 2 TBSP [I USED BROWN SUGAR]

SALT : 2 PINCHES

CINNAMON POWDER : 1 TSP

OIL : 2 TBSP

PROCEDURE :

Of the few recipes I went through, I have taken sincere note from an AI Overview, funny, right?

Take dry ingredients in a bowl, fold in well.

Add shredded coconut, fold in well. Add coconut milk, little at a time! We need tight dough, smooth dough isn't required!

We would roll out dough thick, dusting clean kitchen top with rice flour or tapioca floor.

We would use cookie cutter to shape each! I chose this one.

We would place baking sheet on an oven proof plate! We would place uncooked scones on it, brushed tops with coconut milk!

Mine is convection mode microwave oven! I placed low height wired stand inside, preheated oven at 160*C.

Thereafter, I placed plate with uncooked scones atop it! I baked them @160*C for 20 minutes! 

Enjoy it warm with your favourite beverage! We can store it in refrigerator for sometime!