Appearances can be deceptive. What meets the eye may not always be the truth. We often make judgments on people or things by their outward appearances almost instantly. Recently I was on a train with my family where I saw a man sitting on a seat adjacent to ours. He had a serious countenance, grim expression and did not speak to anyone. All of a sudden, I noticed a strange object in his pocket, which resembled a.. a…(hush)….bommbbb?? Please don’t blame me. Agatha Christie and the News channels did this to me perhaps. I discretely pointed it to my husband and asked him if we should consider alerting the security. He asked me not to jump to conclusions and stopped me from doing that.
You can imagine how I spent the rest of the journey, keeping my eyes and ears open and sending silent prayers. An hour later ( which seemed like ages ), the train finally pulled up. I heaved a sigh of relief. But what followed after that made me embarrassed no end..
That man got up removed the suspicious object from his pocket, unfolded it and positioning it on the floor got off the train. Turns out he was a visually impaired man and that was his walking stick.Thank God and my husband for not letting me do anything which could have been insensitive. Appearances can really be deceptive. Lesson learnt!! Hopefully, I will never ever judge people instantly.
The next day we attended a wedding where we got some more dose of deceptive appearances, in a lighter vein though..
We enjoyed the wedding ( I will post the pictures soon) with lots of entertainment and delicious food from different cuisines(vegetarian though).
When we returned home, I made this tasty creamy dessert with the summer fruit Lychee. As if my adventures were not enough, back home I got another dose of my lesson ‘Appearances are deceptive’ 🙂
My daughter’s seemingly innocent cat Fluffy:
Eyeing me and my Lychee dessert secretly:
I am sure my daughter and her Fluffy are never going to agree with me on this one 🙂
Well! Are you still interested in the recipe? You should be. Because all that looks creamy need not have cream in it. But all that looks delicious HAS to be delicious.
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Lychee Kheer
Ingredients:
- 1 tin Lychees drained (approx. 250 g)
- 2 tbsp. basmati rice
- 5 cups milk
- 1/2 cup sugar(more or less)
- 1/2 tin condensed milk
- 1/2 tsp. green cardamom powder
- few drops of vanilla/pineapple essence/rose water
- 2 tbsp. Lychee syrup/crush (optional)
- Almond and Pistachio slivers for garnish
Method:
Soak the rice for half an hour. Drain and pulse(grind) coarsely. Chop the lychees roughly keeping a few for garnish.Take milk in a deep, thick-bottomed pan and boil for ten minutes stirring continuously. Add the pulsed rice to the boiling milk and cook till rice granules are soft, making sure they don’t stick to the bottom of the pan. Add sugar and condensed milk.
Add the cardamom powder and essence.Now add chopped lychees and take off heat. Spoon the kheer in individual earthen bowls if available.Decorate with whole lychees and dry fruit slivers. Keep in the fridge to cool.
The hot kheer absorbs the aroma of the earthen bowls and makes it even more aromatic and flavorful.Enjoy chilled…
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I am taking this delicious chilled dessert to party with my FF friends. Thank you Angie@TheNoviceGardener for hosting this wonderful event week after week after week. Joining her is a new co-host Anna@AnnaInternational. Come and join me for lots of fun and excitement…
Aromas and Flavors from my Kitchen 
Lovely story and recipe. 🙂
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Thank you ☺
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Very exquisite dessert!
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Thank you so much ☺
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Kheer is the best ever and now with lychee to go with it, its gonna rock it more!
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Thank you dear ☺ You are going to love this version of kheer.
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Loved your account of appearances being deceptive! I make the Basmati rice kheer but had not made it with lychee. Sounds yummy!
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You can try it with pine apple too Sandhya ☺
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Ooh I am drooling thinking of both lychee and pineapple flavors now!
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Haha 😊 Thanks Sandhya. I am sure you will make even a simple dessert look exotic 👍
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Love all of these photos & deceptions… just shared the man floating mid-air with my husband 🙂 Fun! Happy FF 🙂
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Haha☺ Those two guys were in that position for hours.
Thank you for liking Josette. Happy FF to you too 💕
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Lol enjoyed reading your post and this kheer looks awesome!!!
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Thank you Malar. I am so glad you enjoyed the post ☺👍
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Lovely story of the train n lychee kheer .My daughter likes lychees
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Thank you ☺
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Great lesson about appearances being deceptive… And the dessert sounds wonderful.
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Aww..Thank you for your kind words ☺
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Leechies are good from heslth point of view and the kheer with it WOW
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Thank you ☺so much for liking it.
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What a fun wedding and Fluffy is adorable! I love the combination of the lychees with the creamy pudding 🙂
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Yeahh! It sure was lot of fun. I will soon post some nice pics of the wedding ☺ And thanks for liking Fluffy. My daughter will be so happy to hear that.
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Great story and pictures – I am an Agatha Christie fan so I probably would have thought the same thing. Lychees are something I have never used – maybe I need to try them 🙂
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Thanks Judi ☺ for thinking alike. Actually watching too much news has generally made people suspicious . But I was so glad i didn’t do anything silly for which I would have had to regret later.
And lychees yes, please do try them. Fresh or tinned. Both are equally good. Juicy and sweet. You can serve them with vanilla icecream as well. Makes a wonderful dessert.
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Very entertaining! Evil cat, I’m sure…:)
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Haha☺ Fluffy is actually very shy and timid. Thats all the evil she can do..eyeing things lol . My daughter makes sure her pet gets her share ☺
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We have Homer the cat (a girl cat. Who knew under all that hair?) and Gibson the “lap”rador retriever: http://frugalhausfrau.com/2012/10/03/my-not-so-frugal-addition-to-the-household/
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I liked your Tale of two pets lol. Very adorable ☺
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It never hurts to be vigilant. I love murder mysteries so I would have probably been freaking out along side of you. The wedding looked like it was a lot of fun and the recipe looks delicious!
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Haha. Nice to hear I am not alone on this 😊 And yeahh the wedding was a gastronomic delight with loads of entertainment. Have a wonderful week ahead dear Julie 💕
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You to skd!
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Yum this sounds delicious and what weird photos? Is that a common thing to do? Would love to have seen those illusions x
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Thanks Justine 🙂 No,no..not at all..lol..It is not a common thing to do. it was meant to entertain the guests at the wedding. they also had Russian dancers doing their Fire dance and many more such acts which I will share soon. But on the downside, people were more interested in these actors and their acts that I felt the bride and the groom were deprived of the 100% attention they deserved on their D-day. But it was a fun wedding on the whole 🙂
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looks wonderful all the same, you must have had an amazing time x
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Yeah. We really did. But after coming back have to work hard burning those calories off lol
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hah i bet but def worth it x
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I am sure the bride and groom was engrossed in watching it too x
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☺ I thought so too
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I love this post cause you have included more stuff than the delicious food!… Thanks for sharing SKD ⭐
Best wishes, Aquileana 😀
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Thank you so much dear Aquileana ☺I was just sharing my experience last week.
Best wishes to you too
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Your story is so interesting and it is such a great reminder for all of us to not judge a book by its cover! Lovely pictures and even lovelier dessert! Slurps! My hubby loved the dessert and now keep bugging me to make it. Heheheh
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Thats a fantabulous thing for any food blogger to hear. As a fellow food blogger i am sure you can understand how ecstatic I am to hear such an excellent review . Thank you Thank you thank you Melinda 💕
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This is a very fun post! And the dessert sounds divine. Hugs. 🙂
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Thank you so much. Getting a nice review from you is a reward in itself for me.
Hugs and regards 💕
skd
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