Curry and Spice

Curry and Spice A passionate, self taught cook; a food blogger who loves to cook, eat, write about recipes, life! I blog about the recipes I cook at home.

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I have good things to say about that mini bowl treat at Woodleigh mall! I chose a boneless chicken-Sichuan peppers stir ...
13/09/2026

I have good things to say about that mini bowl treat at Woodleigh mall! I chose a boneless chicken-Sichuan peppers stir fry, I chose plain rice to go with it, they give you bowlful, I took less! I spotted the Mumma-Son duo, didn’t see the daddy around!

I need to rectify one misinformation given, Popeyes at Woodleigh Mall shifted to 2nd floor, it didn’t go away!

There’s also one at Kovan Mall, I like most their unique Mac n Cheese; too light a bowl, with only parmesan cheese sprinkled on top!

The thought of milk n cheese boiled together gets me stomach ache!

Friday mornings, I have breakfast locally, last Friday it was that, I liked but I cook in such less amount of oil these days that any amount of greasy feel in food seems a terrors!

You see, as we age, our tendency would be to eat less, use less amount of sugar, salt, oil in cooking and not “I can digest, let me eat”! Also, Life is to live & in style, making ourselves presentable isn’t a sin but need!

I am approaching 56 & my aim isn’t to look younger than my daughter likes but to look fit, feel better!

Also taking pride in looks alone without much of matter inside seems ridiculous to me! Not knowing fashion in your teens is okay, we learn with time, watching others but we must learn to be articulate at earliest!

I would be soon 56 and feeling happy & proud on days my tiny green spot gets decent blooms has no conflict inside! I would always be fiercely “me”, not in anyone else’s shoes!

I don’t understand the world, what you want from me unless you ask it from me, so I prefer doing my things, cooking, decking up, wandering alone, even writing love letters!

Anyway, only physical exercises keep us fit, okay mind games are for fitter brain, if I am incapable of, you may please ignore, be in / with your league!

Let me serve on your plates! Yesterday, cooking was as usual mix of vegetarian & non-vegetarian stir-fry, medley, curries, sour dal curry, prawn, fish, chicken, okay?

I forgot to click the oil-free “Ghugni”, inspired by reels about oil-free ragda matar!

My individual meals are usual! Failing to make low calorie dosa, those lentil-egg kebabs in oven happened, I want dal as dal, nothing else!

What else? Let’s be light & calm in someone else’s life! Also to get a recipe reel tomorrow! I would do what I have to do, anything otherwise lefts me jobless, a job that doesn’t fetch me a penny, only pleasure!

I enjoyed entire process of making this vegetarian snack,DESI MANCHURIAN CUTLETS. Recipe with steps, clicks, pictures @ ...
10/09/2026

I enjoyed entire process of making this vegetarian snack,DESI MANCHURIAN CUTLETS. Recipe with steps, clicks, pictures @ https://spiceupwithsoma.blogspot.com/2026/09/desi-manchurian-cutlets.html! Had I made the popular sweet & sour Manchurian Balls, I had to prepare sauce, make noodles or rice on side. You may try this on stovetop, oven.

I never tried it earlier, vegetarian Manchurian Balls, whether Manchuria does it who knows, Singapore doesn't, adds egg to a dish, says it's vegetarian. Life is tough for vegans & vegetarians.

Neither any Western country does cutlets, rolls the way I do! I may only request to place your trust on me, do them. Which would come first; trust me & try or try mine & trust?

Whatever, This is good way of feeding vegetables to kids, any vegetable hater. Food has to be given interesting makeovers regular. I source bell peppers 3 for 3$ whilst you all would buy 1 for 2$. Shopping is an art, walk a little more. Also travel a bit interior, support small businesses, whenever possible.

Making love with food is what I do, that keeps me happy! The problem is bit of excess food is causing me trouble! Muah C...
09/09/2026

Making love with food is what I do, that keeps me happy! The problem is bit of excess food is causing me trouble! Muah Chee I like but that big plate yesterday afternoon made me feel heavy! Popiah is love unlimited, this new stall I discovered makes fabulous! I would customise, request no egg, no prawn, less sugar! Yet, this isn’t careful eating, careless in fact!

If all pleasures we sacrifice, what’s the point living? I am not in entertainment industry either! Thinking of that, I ate more than half of sugar palm fritters I made! I don’t get even though surrounded by palm groves from all sides, this island doesn’t sell it! The single shop that makes it available to us; either get us half-ripened medium sized or huge ones!

I thoroughly enjoy bread-omelette done in few drops of oil in a manual toaster! Try it! I can’t take the liberty regular! I liked the amount of care taken to make it for me, who doesn’t love a touch of care?

Luchi has become a monthly twice affair, may be so I should stop taking pride in the making! A bit of excess water in dough would give you this look!

Khichuri causes wind but I love, specially on special prayer days, what’s khicuri without roasted moong dal? Do one thing, try red lentils-plain rice khichuri with fried onion-garlic, slitted chillies, make it runny!

Upma has become my regular affair, I would prefer homemade! What’s cooking around by the way? If only I had an inkling! Anyway, I don’t have time, such engrossed within self! I would be trying something for blog tomorrow! Tell me now if you have any specific wish!

07/09/2026

I faintly remember I did my first reel in this area! It was few years back, a weekend morning, forgot which song or what was it about! I think I deleted those! I won’t say I am wiser today, that likes, shares, going viral are tasteless, they are good but making peace with fact is what we learn with time! Let’s do what we enjoy doing, this morning I was listening to this favourite, and my untrained voice should not have dared to try this light classical based number! This is an academic district, I am not behind bars means I am spared! Call me names if I don’t serve well on your plates, but what to share, look at number of Autumn festivals!

Hello, what’s up? How’s your weekend so far? I am wondering why I am tired without doing “naru, payesh”! Yet, age can’t ...
06/09/2026

Hello, what’s up? How’s your weekend so far? I am wondering why I am tired without doing “naru, payesh”! Yet, age can’t beat me at this moment. We stop being mobile, we become prisoners! This week I should share myself, my humble wardrobe! Do you want me to share some here too? I actually consider it my pure business profile, a business without any return, you don’t love my creations anymore! I am sure my posts, page do not reach you!

Anyway, islandwide there are 24/7 joints where you get varied items, some would serve idli only in mornings, not at all places I have them! If it’s idli, it has to be perfectly round, fluffy and this joint at Hougang Avenue1 serves all day & night, loved! When I told I would come after a month, the way younger to me guy exclaimed “one month?” His warmth touched me, the same guy I scolded last month for serving me plain utthapam when I asked for onion infused! I promised to visit sooner, only 3km away!

Short bread cookie is woh, seems heavy these days, the waffle crisps were thin! I rarely allow them! Umisushi, few other sushi joints I visit for maki, that day at Umisushi, I loved pickled radish & cucumber maki, green tea!

Home cooked brunches got repetitive, I cannot cook something I don’t enjoy! May be I am all about I, Me, Myself! Some of my preferred brunches my family wouldn’t touch!

I cooked a little yesterday, even that little we can’t finish in a week, don’t know why! The vegetarian, vegan were elephant yam boil-fried red chilli oil, salt, Bengal Gram dal, bottle gourd, hyacinth beans-coriander paste bowl! The non-vegetarian bowls were dried fish bharta, tamarind sour curry with American Carp(not pedigreed in WB), my parental side loves tamarind, raw mango, wood apple sour curry with smaller live carps! I kept fried pieces for one in family!

I prepare & stock chicken, mutton nuggets in freezer! Tuesday, I may marinate & stock chicken legs for weekday evenings! Snakehead Murrel, both side in my family cooks with onion, garlic, like meat curry, so I did; heads thrown off! Most recipes are gluten-free!

The wooden logs took me to childhood, the saw mills I used to visit in place of birth! The story material I have can fit within a fat book, then I don’t have confidence about English grammar, vocabulary, spellings; don’t want editor’s name on cover either; want a famed publisher! My belief is not everyone should become everything, there must have something called “niche”! You guys can keep me happy with likes, shares, comments, follows, blog visits!

Whatever said, done, my competitors can’t be my friends, I would continue to respect quality in others!

Oh yes! My choices are class; I would sit at any place, be kind, reach out to roadside needy but rub shoulders with who I want to! I was grossly misunderstood when I said, “don’t stoop low”, just can’t violate my body, mind, upbringing, choice, family!

That was special prayer at home yesterday, in a tiny scale! Seek Blessings if you wish to people! This tiny scale woul...
05/09/2026

That was special prayer at home yesterday, in a tiny scale! Seek Blessings if you wish to people! This tiny scale would continue until next year May! Thereafter if I am there, you would see me offering full fledged “Bhog” to my God Family! I hope they understood the reason! However, they didn’t want me to show you the minuscule platter offered, given I thoroughly enjoy cooking not only for Humans, but also for My God Family! Please don’t take it to heart, you would offer, decor the way you wish! Like I am poor about decoration part, neither can offer huge number of bhog we are supposed to! Believe, abide by what your faith is! We believe in multiple avatar of God, , I would go ahead with it as & when required! I only listen to my heart! For us at home, I cooked rice-lentil hotchpotch, five types of fries(I didn’t do), sweet palm fritters, tomato-dates-raisin relish! Offerings were sweets, auspicious raw rice-banana-coconut, fruits, yogurt(not in picture)! If I am fine next year this time, I would get back to my way of offering! Do what you want, we don’t know of next moment! From my side, know I can’t be loyal to any particular one even if I hold you precious; feel free to do what you need to do, our expectations would never meet reality at a point! All of us wish to be pampered the most, a human tendency that’s absurd! Let’s do something instead that keeps us happily engaged! Come on, it’s busy day for me, CURRY AND SPICE would continue even without single like, share, challenge accepted!

greetings everyone! May you all stay Happy, Healthy, Reach Heights, may all of your wishes be fulfilled! I would share...
04/09/2026

greetings everyone! May you all stay Happy, Healthy, Reach Heights, may all of your wishes be fulfilled! I would share how I did it this year tomorrow, meanwhile try this quick made EASY OVEN COOKED BRITTLE recipe @ https://spiceupwithsoma.blogspot.com/2026/09/easy-oven-cooked-brittle.html, I have shared the steps too, you only require few ingredients! You all may do it any day you wish!

Yesterday, I got late to finish blogpost, anyway we cook everything fresh for our God Family, right? You may counter question me, how would a newborn chew brittle? Not everything is debatable, being a believer is more about faith, belief, dedication to super natural, rather super power. If doing these keeps us happy, we would! If anyone doesn't that's also fine.

Although, I wouldn't serve cooked food to God Family this year, I would remain busy today, I wish to cook hotchpotch, fries, chutney for family, fasting too. We are supposed to fast until 11.36 pm, then offer prayer past midnight bell. I can't fast that long, do it by evening. Offer the way you wish to, take that liberty, have love on your minds. I keep all avatars, Laddu, Radha-Shyam, Balaram-Subhadra-Jagannath! Laddu & Jagannath are same! Happy Celebrations!

03/09/2026

Okay, before I wish you in the evening or may be tomorrow morning on occasion of Janmashtami, I felt like sharing bit of madness, things I enjoyed at 17, when Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak got released, three girls, one boy went to watch, girls cried, one girl more, the boy also of 17 sounded such “crudely practical”, one girl got upset! The story I told you all few times! One girl, now you know her age, refuses to flaunt white strands, take pride in obese self, still weeps singing same songs! Whats wrong in that? In present scenario, Aamir lives a colourful life, I too, I think Aamir isn’t pretentious, he flaunts what he does! My point is not that, it is to say repeatedly I am Bollywood fan, a Bengali Lady living through Bollywood in Singapore who loves appam, coconut-tamarind-lemon rice! You see I am short of brain, I take time to understand things, most of the time I don’t and I don’t care! Today, I didn’t think of sounding decent in your ears, my agenda is different! Of course you would celebrate your kids, near & dear ones without hitting hard others! Why should educated selves sound cheap, you don’t have to proclaim regular how happy you are, we are humans, we understand your pain, future concerns, all of us live in fear of unknown blows! Give me chance to show some love to your love too, how to if you shun my pride? See ya all readers, family & friends tomorrow with blogpost, I would finish writing really late tonight. Singapore is still home, don’t know how long!

I was pretty eager to do review of this chain, The Soup Spoon! I keep passing by at every mall, never checked with their...
02/09/2026

I was pretty eager to do review of this chain, The Soup Spoon! I keep passing by at every mall, never checked with their offers!

These days, I eat such tiny meals in the afternoons, I can’t sit at these joints!

Not only my stomach refuses excess food, my stringent budgeting is a reason too!

I am not taking any dig at anyone, but there’s a huge difference between an independent earner & dependent!

I do have the freedom to spend but there has to have a limit if I am not earning it! I have no complaints, we must respect someone else’s sweat!

I do have other complains of course, I am vocal about it instead of absurd honey coating!

These same people would click me in see-through chiffons or Georgette somewhere in Europe how much of old I get!

Each & Everyday, I would say, yes, independent earning is necessary, males who say the job my family’s women don’t do should go to a needy, may be less of left leaned, more of patriarchal! Women who make same excuses are lazy, incapable like me!

I echo the poet, I wish I could sit & write all day, earn. I don’t have vocabulary, grammar sense, confidence like that of the poet, had I have, I would have any day chosen English!

What I admit, you may accuse me, my kinds of! But there is a way of doing it, out of nowhere, do not start pinching others! I am too sensitive, awkward words, gestures, behaviour prick me hard!

We can be nice to each other! Be you, who are you scared of? I don’t need to understand anything, anyone, I should have the honesty to tell even someone dear that your this & that act towards me have hurt!

Well, my nature doesn’t make me lovable, popular self! What to do? I am not tactful!

What I would take from core family, I wouldn’t take from everyone else! Also, you have to take good care of your standards, don’t lower it for no reason!

At this joint, I thoroughly loved the meal, ordered a buddy meal, I had to share meal! I loved the chicken salad, falafel wrap the most, the bun too, the veg minestrone soup seemed tangy to my tastebud! The plates were big! I had sugar-free peach oolong tea, the other drink was lemon-black tea! Go visit The Soup Spoon for variety of salads, soups, sandwiches too!

Friday & Saturday, Janmashtami celebrations would be there! This year, I won’t be offering cooked food, would celebrate in small scale! Next year again I would the way I do! Tomorrow, let me get the brittle recipe in blog!

01/09/2026

I am just done with a brittle making, the last step gave me struggle, I have brittle recipes in blog, yet this would come to blog on Thursday, do you agree?

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