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Family, Food, and Pedicures…

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Hello!  I hope y’all are having yourselves a great weekend.

You know what?!  I am a bad blogger!  I totally forgot to tell y’all that I was headed to Connecticut this weekend to visit my aunt and her family.  Oops!  See, I have family all around the country – coast to coast.  This aunt is my mom’s other younger sister (my mom’s the oldest of four).

I drove here last night after work.  I was starving!  I’m such a bad traveller when it comes to planning ahead food wise, but luckily my aunt had a traditional Indian meal ready for dinner.  Yum!

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A Gujarati food lesson…

This, my friends, is a traditional Gujarati meal.  Gujarat is the state my family is from in India.  The orange stuff in the bowl is mango pulp – we call it russ.  Gujaratis are known to love sweet foods, and I am no different!  I use the russ as a dipping sauce.  The super thin wheat bread is called roti.  The mixture at the top right of the plate is red lentils cooked with garlic and spices, and the top left is occupied by okra.  We call all veggie combos shaak.  If you want to be more descriptive, you just say the name of the veggie first – potato shaak, spinach shaak, etc.  I also had rice and yogurt curry, both of which went unpictured.  Oops!

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This morning my aunt and I chit chatted over breakfast about how her and my uncle met and decided to get married…it was so fun!  I definitely have to do a detailed post on Indian marriages…so interesting!

We then got ready and headed out to get pedicures…my favorite!  Talk about going outside my comfort zone – I decided to go with a greenish-blue color!  I’m usually feet-a-phobic, but I think the color warrants a picture…

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We didn’t stop with the pedicures!  Next door to the nail salon was a little café called Stockbridge’s.  My aunt told me that it’s known all over CT for it’s award winning cheesecake, so we obviously had to make a stop. Smile

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Fresh New York style cheesecake…YUM!  It was super light with the perfect amount of sweetness!  YUM!

This is turning out to be a pretty great Saturday.  I LOVE my family…I LOVE food…and I LOVE pedicures – a winning combo!

Tell me something fun you’ve done or are planning to do this weekend!

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Written on May 14, 2011 Related:Family, Food

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  1. Colleen says

    May 14, 2011 at 2:04 pm

    OH my gosh, can I please come eat traditional Indian food with you?! That meals looks heavenly. This weekend I’m celebrating Cory’s birthday (it’s on Monday) – so that’s pretty fun! Have a great weekend, girl!

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    • Parita says

      May 15, 2011 at 4:55 pm

      Come on over! And happy birthday to Cory!!!

      Reply
  2. Alayna @ Thyme Bombe says

    May 14, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    Cool, now I know what Gujarati food is! I bet that mango dipping sauce is incredible.

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    • Parita says

      May 15, 2011 at 4:56 pm

      It’s great, especially with spicy vegetables!

      Reply
  3. Amy @ Second City Randomness says

    May 14, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    Love the color!

    I’m super weird about feet. Like I hate them. And I hate people touching mine. AND I have runner’s feet (gross). Pedicures are so good for my feet… but I just feel so awkward getting them!

    Reply
  4. Jenny says

    May 14, 2011 at 5:33 pm

    Wow those eats look so yummy, love the cute pedicure.
    And I need to have me some NY cheesecake!! 😀

    Reply
  5. Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin says

    May 14, 2011 at 9:12 pm

    I just posted about my pedicure too. We’re twins!

    Russ sounds delicious! I would be tempted just to drink it like a juice. 😀

    Reply
  6. Priyanka says

    May 14, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    Yummy food, oh how I am missing real aam ras!

    Reply
  7. Jenny @ Fitness Health and Food says

    May 15, 2011 at 12:22 am

    mmm I love spinach shaak! mmmmm it’s past 11 pm and now I’m craving some!

    Have a wonderful weekend with your family, its so great you can get together with so many different bunches of them so often 🙂

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    • Parita says

      May 15, 2011 at 4:56 pm

      Spinach shaak is one of my favorites too! And yes, it’s so nice to have family around. I’m getting spoiled!

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  8. Laura @ S2theT says

    May 15, 2011 at 1:25 am

    Is that homemade roti?! Soooo good!

    Have a great rest of the weekend!

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    • Parita says

      May 15, 2011 at 4:56 pm

      Yep, it’s homemade!

      Reply
  9. Khushboo Thadani says

    May 15, 2011 at 2:28 am

    Fun day! I’m excited about my manicure and pedicure this afternoon! I’m still drooling just thinking about my dinner on Friday: porcini mushroom fettucine with saffron, smoked cherry tomatoes and clams followed by homemade vanilla bean ice cream! YUM!

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  10. Ameena says

    May 15, 2011 at 11:59 am

    I love dal! Any kind, any place.

    Looking at your toes I just remembered that I need a pedicure. Very badly. Cute color!

    Reply
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