BBQ

We have more reason to have fun and have a good time - thankfully. We had a BBQ on Sunday 1st August. We had a proper get together finally; it was probably the first time this year that we had a few of our friends and some of the kids friends over to the house. We started early as it was a Sunday; we had lots of good food and drink. We bought alloo tikki (potatoe cutlets) with cholay (chick peas) and tamarind chutney. We BBQed chicken and vegetables on skewers. Our very good friend made tandoori paneer. Another good friend made marinated tofu. We had salads galore; enough to feed the 5,000! There were also lamb kebabs - delicious; the best kebabs in the whole of Great Britain. My husband who made most of the food, also made tharka dhal (spiced lentils) on the gridle.

The food went down a treat, it was absolutely delicious. Everybody was so so full. My husband's BBQ gets better and better every year. It is legendary. Stories about his BBQ are told all over from, San Francisco to Delhi to New York to Penang!

We all had a great evening - it was lovely to be able to relax and have fun with friends and family after such a long time. We used to do this kind of entertaining almost every weekend but now we seem to be so wrapped up in our problems that we don't do much at all. That needs to change. We need to make time to relax, have fun and generally chill out.