Just One Thing (08 August 2020)

[nanila]

It's challenge time!

Comment with Just One Thing you've accomplished in the last 24 hours or so. It doesn't have to be a hard thing, or even a thing that you think is particularly awesome. Just a thing that you did.

Feel free to share more than one thing if you're feeling particularly accomplished!

Extra credit: find someone in the comments and give them props for what they achieved!

Nothing is too big, too small, too strange or too cryptic. And in case you'd rather do this in private, anonymous comments are screened. I will only unscreen if you ask me to.

Go!

Comments

[lilysea]

Despite I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY DON'T WANNA

brought home delivered groceries inside and put them away

took bags of rubbish to outside rubbish bin

took gross rubbish out of the kitchen to the outside rubbish bin

put something outside for Buy Nothing collection

[nou]

Well done for defeating the DON’T WANNAs!

[readera]

Yay for doing so many things with the dont wannas. I had to fight the dont wannas against some basic self care this morning. 💖💖

[nou]

Managed to make French toast (the savoury Indian variety) for breakfast without overheating in ridiculous weather.

[readera]

Yay for cooking!

[siberian_skys]

That sounds yummy. Would you please share the recipe?

I didn't have a good night's sleep so I crawled out of bed too late to beat the grocery crowd and couldn't talk myself into loading the car and dragging myself to the Goodwil so I decided to work on the second chapter of the fic I've been writing and the computer or internet or something ate it. I think staying in was a good choice. I think the universe is trying to tell me something so I settled for watching a couple of movies while working on the living room and doing some ordering. I'm not really sure where the day went.

[nanila]

Well done for accepting your capacity levels for the day, and doing things that suited them. 🎉

[siberian_skys]

Thank you. I just can't get with it. I don't understand how it's always worse before it gets better. This project is going to last years at this rate.

[nou]

That sounds yummy. Would you please share the recipe?

Of course! I actually shared it with a friend on Slack the other day so I already have it typed out:

You mix 70g gram flour with 1/2 tsp ground cumin, 1/4 tsp salt, 125g coconut yogurt, 35g lemon juice, and enough water to make a thick batter, then stir in 30g chopped fresh coriander and some form of chilli if you like (I use my home-made chilli-garlic sauce which is the uncooked one from http://www.vietworldkitchen.com/blog/2007/10/homemade-chili-.html), then leave the batter to rest overnight.

Then the next day lightly toast 4 slices of bread (I use wholemeal and include crusts) and leave to cool (this stops the toast being too soggy), then immerse them in the batter to get a light coating, then fry them in a large frying pan two at a time in about 1–2 tsp of oil for about 4 minutes on each side, then sprinkle on both sides with a good sprinkling of chaat masala (can’t find my recipe for this, sorry, but there are lots on the web), cut into triangles, and serve with ketchup.

It’s based on https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/may/04/meera-sodha-pondicherry-toast-recipe-indian-vegan-french-toast but tweaked to actually work.

The key to deliciousness is really in the technique rather than the actual recipe:

- Leaving the batter to rest overnight is important so the gram flour can properly absorb the water.

- The thickness of the batter is also important to get right — you want it not so thick that it’ll be hard to coat the bread with it, but not so thin that it’ll all run off when you put the bread in the pan.

- You’ll need to sort of spoon the batter onto most of the bread rather than just dipping it (this will be clearer when you try it). You can put more on top once it’s in the pan, but make sure you save enough from the first two to coat the second two.

- You can just flip the slices once the first side is cooked, but since that side will have soaked up all the oil, the second side will end up a bit dry. I like to slide them out of the pan, add more oil, then flip them as I put them back in.

- Make sure to prod them gently before trying to get them out of the pan, to release the cooked batter from the pan rather than from the bread.

Edited to add: And for people in the UK, do not use Waitrose gram flour for this or your toast will end up soggy and gritty. Buy gram flour from an Indian shop.

[siberian_skys]

Thank you so much. I'm going to have to try this. It sounds so good. I have some of the ingredients already. I think here the only thing that might be an issue is the coconut yogurt.

[nou]

Please let me know how it goes! Happy to help trouble-shoot if it doesn’t turn out quite right. You can use any plain unsweetened yogurt — coconut is just what I choose to use (my partner is lactose-intolerant).

[siberian_skys]

I will. It will be quite a while before I get to try. I need to work on the kitchen. It needs a lot of re-organizing. I'm hoping that most of it can be donated, but I know my Mom kept stuff that shouldn't be used anymore.

[readera]

Last night the ac messed up again & we had to call matintence. I didn't go to sleep till 1 am ish

Also today when i woke up & took meds I had a stabbing headache. Eventually i got up & drank more water & tea & ate something. Went back to bed, had odd dream but no headache when i woke up! Just a bleh feeling from oversleeping. Now to do try to wake up & mop before J gets up. (No clue what time he went to bed)

[nanila]

Oh, ouch, what a tough night! I'm glad you got some sleep eventually.

[readera]

Thanks. I forget how much sleep i need sometimes

[nanila]

Helped put up curtains in three more windows.

Helped the children cope with the heat, especially a very cranky and underslept seven year old.

Had a long soak in the bath this evening.

[readera]

Yay for long baths.

[omnipotent]

Went to art class via Zoom.

Set up Roomba and supervised its test run. Didn't eat any wires, thankfully--just one, but I managed to save it before it was too late. Will keep in mind to try to move cables that can be moved to higher positions before turning on Roomba.

Hung up new shower curtain.

[readera]

Yay for art class & for setting up roomba!

[silveradept]

Took the mower to the lawn, took some herbicide to the weeds, and helped a housemate get their desktop back up and in working order with a tiny trip to the computer place for an adapter. And a useful solution for the question of internet access using the previous router that was ready to begin life as a high-powered wireless client.

[azurelunatic]

Yay!

[azurelunatic]

Helped with another step in the media room renovation: clearing the accent wall.

Got nectarines for drying.

Didn't get freaked out when a Craigslist contact ghosted me.