My eldest son, Rishab, turned 10 on 22 July 2021. It has been a change for all of us to see him enter to a double digit age.
He is now 120 months ...3650 days...87600 hours...5256000 minutes old.
He wanted few things to celebrate the birthday and he got these instead :
10 is a very amazing age. I hope it fills your heart with the gladness you bring into the hearts of your loved ones. Happy birthday!
Time flies when you're having fun, and I've had fun watching you grow over the last 10 years. It has gone by so fast! Enjoy your day my Son!
Hello everybody! Its me, Rishab, writing a blog again! The topic of my previous blog was about plants!
In this blog I bring you a topic that is extra special. Food! and I bring you my secret recipe... cheese corn nuggets! its the type of recipe that makes your mouth drool. in this blog I will be covering a few things about that recipe:
chapter 1.)Simple steps to make the recipe
chapter 2.)Things to avoid when making the food
chapter 3.)Is it a healthy recipe?
So now, I will start with
1. Simple steps to make the recipe.
Don't panic, It's actually a very easy recipe.
But, you have to follow the steps carefully and add the correct amount of ingredients needed for the recipe.
Without wasting any time, let's start.
1.The first ingredient needed for this recipe is boiled mashed potatoes. You need at least 2 or 3 potatoes to do it. Mash it with any tool you have at home(it could be a spoon) or use your hands.
2. The second ingredient needed is boiled corn kernels. you need 4 tbsp of them.
3. Next, you can add capsicum or chopped coriander leaves for the taste. You can add about 1/4th cup.
4. Add 1/2 a cup of grated mozzarella cheese. I used the Amul processed cheese cubes in my recipe.
After this, you can also add ginger garlic paste for the taste. It's not a must, it's optional.
5. Add salt for taste.
6. Mix all of the ingredients thoroughly. It should itself feel like a thick paste.
7. Keep the mixture aside.
8. Next, mix 4tbsp of maida(all purpose flour) in a separate bowl with 50ml of water and a pinch of salt. It must be of medium consistency.
9. Take 3 slices of bread and put them into a blender to get powdered bread as bread crumbs.
10. Put it on a plate separately.
11. Apply oil to your palms generously and make balls of the corn kernel mixture you made earlier.
12. Take the balls one by one and dip them in the flour mixture using a spoon. Then drop it into the bread powder. Roll it and the the bread crumbs will stick to the ball. Make sure that the veggie ball is fully coated with bread powder. Repeat the process with all the balls.
13. Next, refrigerate all the prepared nuggets for 30 minutes.
14.After 30 minutes, take out the nuggets and keep it aside.
15.Heat oil in a frying pan. Then put the nuggets in the frying pan. put at least 2-3 nuggets each serve. After all the balls are golden brown put them on a tissue to remove excess oil.
16.After that, serve with mayonaise or ketchup!
We have finished chapter 1. let's move on to chapter 2.
Things to avoid when making the food.
In step one, mash the potatoes thoroughly. if you feel any lumps at the bottom, those are unmashed potatoes. Avoid this problem by mashing it fully.
In step 12, if you see any sides white, that side is not coated. Avoid this problem by making sure the nuggets are fully coated.
Also in step 12, apply oil first before shaping the nuggets. If not, it will be very hard to make the nuggets as a lot of dough will stick to your hands. Even after you applied oil to your hands first, and dough sticks to your hands, apply oil again. Do this when dough sticks to your hands.
Thats all! avoid these mistakes and you nuggets will be yummy!
Before we step on to chapter 3 I will show you some photos about me making this recipe!
here are the photos:
Now that you've seen the photos, let's move on to chapter 3.
is it a healthy recipe?
Well I have nothing much to say about this, but it's healthy and unhealthy. You've made the recipe home, right? well, thats healthy. the body needs some cheese to stay healthy, but not too much.
Well, I bet you've had a fun time. Bye and hope to see you again in my next blog!
Year end awards make kids feel feel special! Most schools have some sort of award program at the end of the year to recognize students for achieving their highest caliber in the area of they excel.
2020 was a busy year for all kids including Rishab to learn online via Home Based learning. The role of a parent was to adapt to the changes to ensure the child enjoys learning without getting distracted. While it was easy to be at the comfort of your bed to listen to what the teachers had to teach, things are different when you have to take exams.
As time passed and schools reopened later in 2020, they had to keep up with the schedule of more home works, assignments and exams.
Looking back now, all the effort that went to giving it his best academically paid off when Rishab got a letter from School that he won the Good progress award.
Well done Rishab!
When we got Rishab in 2011, he was everything that we could ask for. It
was Gods own gift to us. Three of us spent the next decade enjoying all
moments in our life together. While there was nothing to complain,
Rishab always dreamt of a sibling to complete the family bond.
In 2021, we were blessed with Kedar Subramanian who bought the long awaited joy to Rishab who now enjoys being the big brother.
It is often said that having a brother is one of the best things in the
world.The relationship between siblings is like sweet-and-sour candy. You
need to fight to keep the spark alive.
He is the one who will always be there for you as a support
system. Although he may both, annoy you and overprotect you, there
certainly are many benefits of having an elder brother.
Things which are most important on earth are plants. When I was seven years old in 2018, my dream was to become a gardener. It was because I loved plants. My grandmother planted lots of plants such as money plant, pumpkin plant, and more. By seeing this, I wanted to become a gardener like my grandmother.
When I turned eight, my father took me to a plant shop called nursery. After I got there, I was impressed by how many plants they had! my favorite kind of plants were flowering plants. As life moved on , insects started to bite me when I played in the park. I was very frustrated and complained this to my father and mother. They used insect repellent but the insects continued to bite me.
One day, when I was watching something on YouTube, I discovered something there. guess what? It was a weird-looking plant, the outside was green, the inside was red. many insects started to go in the plant(the plant is like a mouth. there was trap like hairs too!) the plant shut its mouth quickly. the juice in the plant tore up the insect's body and killed it! then the plant opened up its mouth again. and in there, a dead insect! another kind of plant looked like a bottle of juice in it! when a ant/insect falls in, they drown in the juice and die.
Venus Fly trap
Nepenthes (Pitcher plant)
Now by seeing the description of that video, they told that these kind of plants are called ''carnivorous ''plants''. the plant name's was called the "Venus flytrap" and the ''pitcher plant'' . these plants captured my imagination and I was so excited to buy these plants!
Now, in this time of 2020, my father and I went to the plant shop nursery and got those two plants! In addition to those plants, we got a flowering plant, some soil for our plants to grow and some fertilizer. Once we got home, we placed our plants in the right place.
(week 1) November 4
potato seed germinating
tomato seed sprouted
(week 3) November 26
(week 6) December 17
this is the video of all the plants my family had grown
Rishab
Music has been described as being meditative and peaceful, soothing the soul, returning to center, filling their space with hope and inspiration. Playing Piano is one of Rishab's favorite way to spend his time.
Learning the instrument for the last 4 years , we pushed him to take Grade2 exams via Con Brio examinations in 2020.
While still in Grade 2 , this level explores repertoire that develops the foundation of music and technique. This level will require candidates to demonstrate good posture and healthy tone production. Music for this level consists of pieces commonly featured in methodology books that cover simple rhythms and melodic material for developing co-ordination.
In the month of November, Rishab practised the exam pieces with enthusiasm and fine tuned his areas of improvement with his Teacher Jesslyne. In 2020, when most learning in the world moved to online learning, exams were also conducted the same way.
On 20th November , the effort from Rishab and his Teacher showed its result. Congratulations !
