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7:29 am
October 16, 2009
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Gori Girl
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Happy Diwali to everybody!
A lot of people in my office are wearing Indian clothes to "celebrate" (and we'll go to the local buffet & stuff ourselves at lunch  ). My South Indian boss was pretty surprised when he saw all five members of his junior staff in either kurtas or saris!
Is anyone else up to something this weekend?
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10:37 am
October 16, 2009
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sistergh
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Happy Diwali! We went to the temple last night and bought a new pot for our house and an electric diya. We also put up some pretty bright lights outside. Tomorrow we'll have friends over for puris (my first time making them) and gajar ka halwa and I think go to the Lakshmi puja at the local temple. This is our first Diwali as a married couple, and I can tell that my husband is a little homesick thinking of fireworks, etc. Hopefully we can find ways to celebrate here that are fun and can help a little with that…
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11:10 am
October 16, 2009
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talldrkandninja
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Happy Diwali to you as well. There is a bunch of Indians that work here, and they were nice enough to invite everyone to the "celebration", which included snacks (fursahn?) and sweets (mithaie). The jalebies were good, but the rest was meh.
Speaking of Indian food, I have this craving for goat meat, So bad. Random. I know.
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11:20 am
October 16, 2009
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Jenn23
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Happy Diwali everyone! Hope you enjoyed the buffet GG. We'll be chowing down in a few hours at the Diwali Festival at our local YMCA. I'm excited! They will have crafts, mehendi, clothes/jewelry for sale, food, performances and bhangra dance lessons. I can't wait! Have fun everyone…
(GG, please delete my other post on Diwali-I started a thread and then saw you had already started one here. Oops!)
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9:44 pm
October 16, 2009
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luckyfatima
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Happy Diwali!
Dubai is decked out in Diwali lights, including many houses on our street. Our neighbors have been sending us sweets since the day before yesterday. I took a tray of homemade habshi halwa to work and shared.
22 karat gold Jewellery promotions abound…some families MUST buy jewellery for Diwali, and right now it is over 30$/gram, sooo high! It is all Diwali on the radio stations and many jewellery stores are luring customers with free gold coins or small diamond sets with purchase.
Everyone looks extra sparkly at the mall.
My immediate neighbors had a gathering last night and I stopped by to say hello. It was fun.
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Mat pooch ke kya haal hai mera teray peechay
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7:50 am
October 17, 2009
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2pel0ch3nna1
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Deepavali nal vazhthukal! :) I hope y'all enjoy family time, eat all the yummy sweets and puri you can stand, and have a lovely Deepavali. I made some 'cheatsheet' kulfi last night according to the recipe Aththamma showed me last time G's parents visited. She's called 'Kulfi Auntie' in her neighborhood because she makes and gives out kulfi for every holiday. Words cannot describe the taste. Anyway, this recipe is much easier than the real-deal homemade fare. It takes 30 minutes to make, versus standing and stirring over a hot stove stirring full-fat milk for three hours, but is worlds better than kulfi I've had at local restaurants and grocery store. Here's the unsolicited recipe, in case anyone else is as much of a kulfi junkie as I am.
1 can evaporated milk (354 g/12 fl oz)
1/3 cup sugar
1.5 tbsp black cardamom powder
2 tbsp pistaschio, peeled and broken into pieces
a pinch or two of rubbed saffron threads
100 g fat free condensed milk
– Boil evaporated milk in a tall pot (pressure cooker is a good go-to b/c it bubbles up and could overflow) for about 5-7 minutes and stir to prevent milk from scalding on bottom of pot. Then, slowly add sugar, stirring while adding. Reduce heat to simmer and stir for another 5 minutes. Then, add cardamom, saffron and pistaschio and stir to make sure powder/threads distribute somewhat evenly. Pour condensed milk and stir thoroughly. Remove from heat and let cool before pouring into kulfi molds, tupperware container or whatever and freeze overnight. DELICIOUS! Nandri, Aththamma!
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7:58 am
October 17, 2009
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2pel0ch3nna1
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Oh! Quick note: That recipe is enough for roughly 6 servings of kulfi. OK, enjoy!
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4:52 am
October 18, 2009
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Happy Diwali, everyone! We went to G's parents' house last night for dinner and a small puja. It was just the immediate family, but it was nice. We also called G's grandfather in India. He told me that he tells everyone that I'm European in origin, but that I'm more Indian in my mannerisms and how I care about others. It was the sweetest thing. 
2pel0ch3nna1, thanks for the kulfi recipe! I'll have to try that sometime.
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10:44 pm
October 19, 2009
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Gori Girl
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2pel0ch3nna1, that looks like a pretty straightforward recipe – thanks! If you have any more great ones, please share 'em in the recipes section of the forum (I go there to look for recipes when I'm feeling ambitious beyond my normal quick stir fry or lentils for dinner).
We ended up going to the temple this weekend for an early aarti, but man, was it cold – about 35 degrees and drizzling plus gusting wind! I guess we're getting deep enough into fall here in DC that it's time to put away most of my Indian clothes (and flipflops, shorts, skirts, light blouses, etc…), and pull out the sweaters and snow boots.  (I have no idea how my MIL survived living in Kashmir wearing a sari – many, many shawls, I guess.)
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