Come summer and the Chennai market is flooded with water melon and musk melon (kirni pazham, molaam pazham). Cantaloupes are a musk type melon with the characteristic netting on the skin. Cantaloupes and melons are fragrant fruits, related to cucumbers and squashes. Fresh Cantaloupe should be well developed with a full slip at the stem end, well delineated netting, light gold to light gray green background color and a bright orange colored flesh. Cantaloupe is eaten in its natural state wither at the beginning of a meal or at the end as a dessert. It is often pureed and served frozen in desserts such as sorbet.
Cantaloupe Smoothie:
Tasty, refreshing, and fat-free! Try this delicious cantaloupe smoothie recipe!
Ingredients:
- 1/2 ripe cantaloupe, peeled, seeded, and cut into chunks
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 cup vanilla fat-free yogurt
- 1 cup crushed ice
- 2 tablespoons sugar, or to taste
Combine all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Makes about 4 cups.
As you can see in the pic, I am currently reading a book: A fine Balance.
I recently 'discovered' Rohinton Mistry...dunno how, but I did come across his name somewhere and then searched him up on the net....and I cant believe how I could miss out on such a wonderful writer for this long. Well, I bought his book--A Fine Balance--and have started devouring it eagerly. Crystal clear crisp writings that compel the reader to almost visualise the happenings as if it were happening right under their nose. Most reviews say that his works reminds one of Charles Dickens for its compassionate realism and narrative sweep.
A Fine Balance, is set in the turbulent 70's in an unnamed city by the sea and captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism of India. In the story, four strangers come together--a widow, a student and two tailors who have fled the violence in their native village. Hope this book satiates my thirst for reading a 'good novel' by an Indian writer after a long time.
