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Saturday, April 11, 2020

My Goan style, egg chops.



In Goa, egg chops are usually bite sized and served as an appetizer or as a mid-afternoon, snack. However, I make them larger and serve them as a main meal, with veg rice and salad. Also great for picnics.
You will need:
4 large hard boiled eggs peeled      4 large potatoes peeled and cubed   salt   
Knob of butter     2Tbsp Fresh, chopped coriander    1 tsp ground cumin     
2 tsp ground coriander      ½ tsp paprika     ½ tsp chilli powder (Or to taste)    
 ½ tsp garam masala       salt and pepper      1 egg beaten       fine breadcrumbs   
 Oil for deep frying

1.       Boil the potatoes in salted water, until softened. Drain, and place in a bowl with a knob of butter and mash until smooth.
2.       Mix in the coriander, spices and salt and pepper. Set aside to cool.
3.       When cool enough to handle, take a small amount of the potato mixture and squeeze around the boiled egg. You need a nice thick covering. When all eggs covered, put into the fridge to chill for a short while.
4.       When ready to eat, heat up the oil for deep frying, while this is getting to temperature, tip some breadcrumbs onto a plate. Take one egg ball and dip it carefully into the beaten egg. Roll it in the bread crumbs and repeat again. Keep on a clean plate while you do the other 3 eggs.
5.       Take one egg, place it on a metal slotted spoon and carefully drop into the hot oil. I usually only fry 2 at a time.  Fry until they are golden brown. Drain and then serve.


My Spicy Potato Balls



My Spicy Potato Balls
Mashed potatoes, with fresh chilli and coriander, lemon juice and gram masala. Coated in a thin chickpea flour batter with a pinch of chilli powder and then deep fried.
Served with parathas, or bread rolls and coleslaw, makes a great easy supper for all the family.
You will need:  4 med sized potatoes boiled and mashed    2 tbsp. fresh chopped coriander   1-2 fresh chillies deseeded and chopped   2 tbsp. lemon/lime juice   1 tsp. gram masala salt and pepper 
50g chickpea flour (besan)   50g plain flour   300ml water   salt    chilli powder to taste

1.       Mix mashed potatoes with the coriander, chillies, lemon/lime juice, gram masala salt and pepper. Shape into balls about the size of a golf ball.
2.       Make the batter buy combining both the flours, and beating in the water. Season with salt and chilli powder.
3.       Dip the potatoes in the batter mix and deep fry until golden. Remove and drain on kitchen paper.

     

New Releases for Melange Books



The Curse of the Dacron Gem
Castle - Book Two
When Lord Troy Sussex buys a recovered gem with unique powers, he believes it will free him from the spell that confines him to his castle. But the strange power the gem possesses has an unexpected result and the fate of Domum rests with a thief, a sex slave, and a warlock in exile.
Every action has consequences. When Gilbert steals the Dacron Gen and then sells it to Lord Troy Sussex, he initiates a disastrous chain of events. To maintain his youth, Lord Sussex is restricted to his castle by a poorly worded spell. In an attempt to give himself freedom he makes use of the Dacron Gem by using words from an old spell book. Overnight the world of Domum outside the castle property begins to revert back to a state before humans arrived.
Gilbert and Marisa, a sex slave of Lord Sussex’s castle, are convinced to make a perilous journey to a gateway to Earth to obtain help from a Council Madoc, a warlock in exile, to reverse the curse of the strange gem.
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The Gridshadowers
Humanity undergoes a quickening in this thrilling tale of connection, sacrifice, and human transformation. Some people become dangerously hypersensitive to their own technology; others develop strange new powers. Meanwhile, a downtrodden EMT and a quixotic young scholar turn into headstrong hostages while caught in a chilling bus ride that is headed way off grid.
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Thriller Sci-Fi Romance
Heat Level: 2 flames  Simmering  Some love scenes. These are more sensual then graphic.
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Festival of Felonies
A Collection of Sam Jenkins Mysteries

This story collection includes the veteran cop's humorous mysteries:

Have You Considered Voodoo?
New York Detective Sam Jenkins is handed a bizarre case that develops into the serial killing of animals. It doesn’t take long to find a prime suspect; he’s a juvenile headed to no good end, but the system doesn’t make life easy for our tenacious squad dick.
Reenacting a Murder
When local antique dealer, G. Nobel Whitehead, is savagely killed at a historical reenactment, Police Chief Sam Jenkins wades through a cadre of quirky local characters to learn how the victim’s shady dealings led to his demise.
Paper Trail
A lone, mentally disturbed young gunman murdered his mother, two adults, and six small children at the elementary school in Prospect, Tennessee before ending his own life.
The man carried three guns; one pistol had been legally purchased by his mother for her protection. The origins of the other pistol and the fully automatic Russian assault rifle were anyone’s guess.
After Police Chief Sam Jenkins conducts an investigation to track down the past ownership of those guns, he confirms a few suspicions and uncovers more interesting facts.
The Fergusson Shooting
Jamal Fergusson’s mistake costs him his life and forever changes Police Officer Billy Puckett’s.

On a cool, damp evening in Prospect, Tennessee, seventeen-year-old Jamal tries to buy beer from a convenience store. When asked for ID, the boy decides to steal the beer and assaults a store employee.
All this was witnessed by Officer Puckett who attempts to arrest Jamal for robbery. Only the big teenager has other ideas. While resisting arrest, Fergusson violently attacks Puckett and tries to take his handgun.
Moments later, unarmed Jamal Fergusson lies dead in the parking lot.
The next day, the community expresses their outrage and a famous activist descends on East Tennessee, declaring that he will help the Fergusson family seek justice for their murdered son.
Not much stands between the angry citizens and Puckett except Police Chief Sam Jenkins.
A Fire and Old Ice
Prospect, Tennessee’s mayor, Ronnie Shields, walks into Sam Jenkins’ office with his hat in his hand. Ronnie’s wife wants to sponsor a benefit fashion show to raise money for an animal shelter. They need the chief for two things: Convince his friend, TV reporter, Rachel Williamson, to emcee the show and find amateur models to wear the outfits.
The show begins perfectly, until someone sets fire to the spring collection of a flamboyant Knoxville designer named Mr. Alex.
Jenkins’ arson investigation puts him up against a trio of redneck troublemakers and takes him back seventy years to Europe and a closely guarded family secret.
Think of this one as an episode of NYPD BLUE written by Woody Allen.
Genres
Mystery
Series Heat level 1 flame
Sweet Love scenes are not consummated, or if the love scenes are consummated details are not given.
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Thursday, March 5, 2020

Review of Saltwater Terrace, Arambol Beach, Goa



Sat at our table, to one side we had the Arabian Sea and the twinkling lights of Arambol. To the other the industrial rustic, style ambience of Saltwater Terrace. We could have been in any Gastro pub or trendy European coastal restaurant and bar.
The menu offers a good selection of Indian, Goan and continental choices.




Mr R, opted for the Honey BBQ sauce pulled pork burger. INR360/£3:89
A delicious good size homemade burger, served in a toasted bun, loaded with lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber, topped with a yummy sticky, honey BBQ sauce. If that was not enough to satisfy your appetite, you then had a good portions of Chucky chips, homemade onion rings, coleslaw and a dish of spicy salsa to get through.



5/5 red hot chillies





I chose the spaghetti and meatballs INR 300/£3:24

Were they like mama or I make? Oh, si,si,si!
As soon as the bowl hit the table, we could smell the parmesan cheese in all its glory. I just couldn't wait to dig in. Packed with homemade pork meatballs smothered in a delicious, spinach, mushroom, tomato and basil sauce, I was in pasta heaven.



5/5 red hot chillies




Even with the live music, the staff kept the drinkers happy while feeding the diners with an eased confidence, pleasant and helpful.

What an amazing night. If you love good food and live music Saltwater Terrace is the place to be. It’s a fact. Good food is even better with a side order of atmosphere.
*I was given two complementary main meals in return for an unbiased review.*

CONTACT:
Address: Khalchawada, Arambol, Goa 403524
Phone: 070188 77958
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Just a couple videos of the great live entertainment at Saltwater Terrace.


Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Review of - Wait & Patience Album By Spencer Maybe



On a recent visit to Arambol, Mr R and I were captivated by musician Spencer Maybe, a rock, blues and country-swing artist. Loving his music so much we sort him out for a second time, only to be given a free copy his latest album- Wait & Patience for an unbiased review.
So what did I think of Wait & Patience?
Well, the album was first-rate. All the genres of music I love; a little bit country, blues, country folk and soft rock. 
Spencer has an amazing talent of not just writing songs, but is story teller. Yes, I know every song is a story, nevertheless story writing and song writing can be very different. Myself as an author, I would not know where to start, writing a song.  Spencer, on the other hand has the skill to take you on a magical journey, by telling you the events that are happening and the chorus is the emotional reaction those events.
Songs I Really Loved:
Silence is Golden /Mirabella / Monday Morning / Have you seen her
About Spencer Maybe
Spencer, is a gifted musician, composer, artist, and Burlesque performer from London, U.K. He has been composing and playing music for over twenty years. Starting his career as a singer songwriter, busking on the London Underground, for fifteen years and then travelled through the U.K., South Africa, Sri Lanka, India and Spain, as well as producing four, full studio albums. Spencer is now touring India to promote, his fourth album Wait & Patience.
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New Releases for Satin Romance- All The Queen's Men by Megan Hussey


All The Queen's Men by Megan Hussey
In her own special way, every woman is a queen. In these sensual, empowering stories, a collection of unique and all-powerful women seize control of their lives, their professions, and their loves. Their men, of course, are the stuff of dreams. Allow these sexy, willing to please hunks make you feel like a queen.
Genre: Fantasy - Short Story Collection
A Pink Satin Romance – Sensual
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Sunday, December 1, 2019

New Releases for Satin Romance



Aftermath
Awakened by Terror #2
I survived, physically. Leaving five bodies behind, I escaped the desert. With three more dead before it was over, Bell one of them, they were all dead. The other survivor didn’t matter. Bunny’s mind was gone. She’d never be able to tell what I’d done. I didn’t need any reminders of those days of terror, not of what I’d done, or the deaths I caused, not with the nightmares and blackouts in the aftermath.
Pratters, the only one who suspected the truth, used my fear of exposure against me. Months after I thought it was all over, he showed up with a brain damaged, crippled man. Dumping Michael on me, he told me I was the only one he could trust that those he worked with wouldn’t suspect. Making me the one to hide and help Michael, Pratters swore he’d altered records. No one would know where Michael had gone, both of us would be safe. None of the promises eased the new fears. What of Michael? Oh, my God, I wanted him. Did that make me the whore Bell called me?
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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The Rotation
Katie Gills knows how to compartmentalize. She has a plan in place and although she has physical needs, those can be met by a simple set of rules created, in her mind, to save her from the ultimate distraction. Love. Limiting herself to a single sexual partner could lead to attachment and that would be breaking rule number one. Instead Katie maintains a rotation of perfectly distant and secretive lovers.
Augustus ‘Tuck’ Tuckman hadn’t been on campus long enough to get the feel of the place. The junior transfer had played his way into a football scholarship and he was using it for its intended purpose. Get a degree and get out. Life came after a career was established.
The crash of a beautiful girl into Tuck’s arms had feelings sparking in all parts of his brain, but she had a wall in place that made a future questionable. Can he play the game by her rules and still win? Or will he need to show her every thing is legal between the whistles? Even love.
Genre: Contemporary  New Adult  Interracial Romance
 Pink Satin Romance Sensual
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Flipping Rich Bastards
An Eleanor Albright Edwardian P. I. Mystery
A book that the Dowager Countess of Grantham would love.
Lady Eleanor Albright has left her, 'brothel-loving, girl-seducing, entitlement-inflated husband with whom she can't believe she ever had sex,’ and is—again—living with her Irish mother, Lady Adele Albright. With her daughter’s marital woes unacceptable, Lady Adele schemes to end Eleanor’s “problems” one of which is her daughter’s attachment to a man seven years her junior, a barrister, Lord Henry Faraday. To add insult to injury, Henry has included Eleanor, as an expert chemist (and purveyor of women’s creams), in the death of the sanctimonious Baron of Tweedmouth. To help her friend, the cherubic Baron’s son, Eleanor must defy family, society, even the man she loves. Louis may well have cracked under the pressure of his harsh, bullying father.
Genre: Historical Romance  Mystery
A Pink Satin Romance Sensual
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Romancing My Lady

One Magical Night
Marcus Calhoun returns home after divorcing his unfaithful wife. He renews his friendship with spinster, Anne Prentice. Marcus soon discovers his friendship with Anne has changed to love. Due to an imperfection, Anne can't believe Marcus loves her, until Marcus manages to prove his feelings.
Courting the Nanny
Helen Jameson turned away from the man she loved when rumors spread that he had betrayed her with another woman. Years have passed, and Helen finds herself having to serve the man she once and still loves as nanny to his twin boys, as a way to pay off her brother’s gambling debts to him. Elliott Falconer has wanted to marry Helen for as long as he can remember. He forgave her for not trusting him and believing a lie. Now that he has her in his home, he hopes to rekindle the romance and make his long-time dream come true.
To Love a Music Master
Piano virtuoso, Jasper Hughes, once found his piano student Annabelle Watkins undisciplined. Seven years have passed since their tumultuous parting. Now she’s back on his doorstep, asking Hughes to teach her again. He reluctantly agrees, and finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him.
Night Magic
In Depression-era Minnesota, Eleanor Swenson inherits her deceased parents’ dream resort—six cabins in need of repair near the Canadian border. Lumberjack Riley Flaherty has recently lost his job. When Eleanor offers him a job as her “handyman” he gladly accepts, smitten by her beauty. When wild animals in the northern Minnesota woods threaten them into leaving, they don’t give in, but discover true love beneath the northern lights.
Genre: Historical Romance Anthology
A PINK SATIN ROMANCE Sensual
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