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CARROT GINGER SOUP

CARROT GINGER SOUP - Serves 4/6 bowls
Preparation time- 5 mins Cooking time- 20 mins
INGREDIENTS
•500 gm. carrot - chopped
•1 medium-size Onion - chopped
•1 medium-size Potato - chopped
•1” Ginger - chopped
•1 teaspoon salt
•1 cup Milk
•Pepper

METHOD
STEP 1: Put all ingredients except milk and pepper in the soup maker
STEP 2: Add water till the contents are fully immersed
STEP 3: Set the soup maker to ‘smooth’ and start it
STEP 4: When the soup maker switches off, add the cup of milk and blend
STEP 5: Add pepper before serving
STEP 6: Garnish with coriander leaves (optional)
Note: (If soup maker is not available)
Boil all the ingredients in a pan (except milk)
Transfer them into a blender & add milk
Add water as required
Blend until smooth Ann. Vasantha Narayanaswamy
Continue with STEP 5&6 as mentioned above

From Aappams to Appalams
- Ann. Lekshmy Manoj

I came to this world exactly 40 years back on a windy night in the beautiful
land of Kerala. It was my mother’s dream to have two girls and name them
Vani and Rani following a popular movie back in the day. Her wish came true,
me and my sister were born. I was named Lekshmy after my Grandmother.
Our parents ensured that we were exposed to music and dance right from a
very young age and regular participation in various competitions. I worked for
a few years as a trainer in software testing and enjoyed it to the core. Later I
combined my passion for music with teaching and started my music school.
Then came the time for my marriage, I had 2 conditions, the boy should not
be from the medical profession and he should not reside in Chennai. I was not
very fond of Chennai. But the irony of life, my husband is not only a Dentist
but also from Chennai. We both had language barriers and cultural differences
right from the beginning. He was born and brought up in Dubai and so
modern in his approach, and I was from a small town in Kerala who didn’t even
know what an escalator was.
A couple of funny incidents happened, the first dinner we had together. It was
the first time I had been to a lavish restaurant. After dinner, they brought two
bowls. I thought my husband had arranged some surprise for me, I had heard
of surprise in the form of rings, in the form of cakes, but in a bowl, it was the
first time. The waiter kept two bowls of water with a slice of lemon. I asked the
waiter for a spoon and then I turned to see my husband dipping both his hands
into the bowl. I thought how disgusting, any case before further action or
discussion we left, only later did I get to know what a finger bowl is.
Another incident was my first flight journey which was to the Maldives. I
entered the aircraft and sat on the seat by the window, something was wrong. It
was so suffocating. I desperately tried to open the windows but it would not
budge.
Looking back, I am thankful for all such incidents throughout my life. Though
I was born in Kerala “the Land of Aappams”, it is Chennai “the Land of
Appalams” which made me a better person today.

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