CURRY AND SPICE: LEFT-OVER RICE CRACKERS

Thursday, 26 March 2026

LEFT-OVER RICE CRACKERS

This morning was spent juggling with above. In recent past, when I did, it tasted good! The man was served with his evening sips, instead of papad or cucumber or nuts, he liked until heat hit his tongue. Unlike me, he can't tolerate chillies in food, I taught our son to have what we eat since age three, not biting green chilli but have normal adult food! I want chillies, lemon piece, onion, like seasoned Bengali!

I feel bit disoriented, not because the LEFT-OVER RICE CRACKERS were about to fail for mistake I made in beginning. I wished to correct, blog about it today! A woman in style may not be an easy catch, this mind set need to change! Anyway, I did this easy recipe from scratch! Cristine wasn't at home, later looking at pictures she commented,"they are good". Praises make us feel happy, this middle aged lady fails to anticipate jolt that comes thereafter. A bitter feeling can't destroy my spirit, Almighty gets me something else to rejoice. My demands from this world ain't big! I wouldn't get into details, I don't want my readers, my own know every details about me! I guess Hercule Poirot isn't after me, I ain't a celebrity!

Me, my fantasy is another world, son's father doesn't bother me, he is home today, had his medical. Does son has any time for mamma? 13th August, 2020, we weeped together, in six years he has learned to live without mamma. I am happy they don't invade the little of my personal space I request for. If you find me sitting on a bench or food court or a first food joint alone, smiling, at times with wet eyes, know I am neck-deep in thoughts; you are in my thoughts! Your gestures have power to make or break me!

If man is home, I would be stationed in my corner of the couch!

We don't talk for hours, I am lost in my world, he watches Television; yet I never feel an outcast here, only if he had been soft towards me!

If we get 60% of what we expect from life; its fine, the rest 40% is adjustment, commitment, compromise. None of us are perfect for each other, you too have expectations from me I am failing to provide.

I like local Horfun, also what Cristine made for us today. I told her our preference. The man and I continue to love that bygone days' Bengali middle-class homes' potato-onion-green chilli-egg-noodles. The son, I believe continues to choose oriental food in Singapore, he didn't eat it on his visits to Kolkata between 2010 & 2018! The waffle at Dream Cafe & Centre at Katong Shopping Centre was good, garlic bread was usual; do visit if you may! What Cristine's friends gifts her, she would serve me, the matcha tea tasted good!

These are current stock of tea, coffee. We do drink coffee, not choosy, fussy about it. The man wants good quality tea, never to have with milk, sugar, biscuit, cake, a true tea connoisseur. I wish to add more of infusions, specially Chamomile tea helps remove headache, giddiness; don't wish to spend! I couldn't ever get out of my humble upbringing! Life is still good, gifted with beautiful people! If you made me smile today, you are a gift in my life. I would make you use your left-over cooked rice wisely! Do try this low oil, sugar-free, vegan, gluten-free crackers! Initially, I added water to paste cooked rice, that wrong step costed me dearly. Cooked rice is starchy, water isn't required! How I got this crisp finish is long story! I preferred to delete the stepwise pictures, chose to write a full-proof recipe instead!