Non Entity is Unkown and Exists

He: Why are you comparing yourselves with another woman?
Rhaea: Well I am not, but I am guessing your expectations of a woman, and maybe another
He: I dont and cant think of another in your place
Rhaea: Had I not met you, then?
He: It is now a non-entity
Rhaea: But had you not met me, you would have met that non-entity?
He: Yes, so there is someone out there. That non-entity exists!
Rhaea: :)
Rhaea's Dad: Non-Entity is nothing but Unknown; When you know it, it is an Entity; 0 gets its meaning because of the existance of 1; 0 & 1 become relevant because of the presence of something beyond it - "2"!
Rhaea: Am I now "0", "1" or "2"!!!
He: (smiles)
Rhaea (thinks): Even Silence, Smile and Subtlety can be as good a statement, as a statement itself!

Wake Up to MTR's Upma

Food for thought (this time, Food with calories, taste, look and feel - not Bach's quotes or rand's ravings)

Upma is a simple South Indian dish made of semollina/rava/suji, sauted with mustard seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, green chillies and onions. It is known to be a quick fix dish when sudden guests show up at your doorstep (which did happen a lot in 10-yrs-back-India and does still but lesser)

Upma became synonymous with anything quick-fix, at least in the southern indian slang. Again if you are living my age and have a tamil connection you may remember the Mamootty starrer "Azhagan" where he is a hotel business man risen from scratch and called to preside over a dance performance. He begins with "Naan upma maari" = "I am like Upma" - as he would have actually been invited as a quick replacement for the original chief guest who wasnt gonna make it!

That being a little bit of insight into the simple yet fun dish that is Upma, today, a saturday and my trusted and lovely cook absconding, i decided to make something to feed ourselves - chanced upon this MTR Ready to cook Upma! Ah what a relief from Bread omlette and i loved me more for stocking it.

I am not trying to review this little one. But I think this is one good snack / breakfast item that you may want to stock for those rush hours.Not that there are many more ;)
For Rs.7/- the 90g pack serves 2 light-eaters (good enough if served with ghee and sides, taken with some juice/fruit/coffee)You just need to boil twice the quantity (as the mix you are using) of water, with ghee/oil, mix it in and cook in low flame for 5-7 mins. Voila - breakfast ready!!!
Nutritional facts Per 100g:

• Calories - 411
• Protein - 9g
• Carb - 69g
• Sugars - 1g
• Fat - 11g
• Fibre - 0.4g
• Sat Fat - 8.6g
• Monounsat fat - 0.2g
• Polyunsat fat - 0.08g
• Trans fat - 0g
• Calcium - 29mg
• Iron - 2mg
• Sodium - 1.3g
• Vit A - 105micg
• Vitc C - 2mg

One tablespoon of ghee (for 90g) added when boiling would help the dish not to stick on the vessel.1tbsp of ghee = approx 15-20g has about 130-180 cals and 15-20g of fat.
Sides that go best with it: Coconut chutney, Onion/Tomato chutney, Pickle, Yogurt, even just sugar!

This is one serving that is giving me about 300-350 cals (half of the full packet + half of 1.5 tbsp of ghee) I had it with sugar, my childhood habit, piling on some 30 unnecessary calories :p But it was a happy Saturday morning breakfast!
Enjoy if you happen to try it!

Andh-a-aadi

After a hiatus!
Am I happy :)