Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is a tender contemporary poetry collection about love, heartbreak, longing, self worth and learning to let go. Its greatest strength is emotional accessibility: Singh writes directly to readers who feel intensely and care deeply. The collection offers comfort without pretending heartbreak is simple, though its simplicity may occasionally feel familiar to seasoned poetry readers. Did you Ever Love Me? Have you ever loved someone so completely that, after they left, you were left wondering whether they had ever understood what they had been given? Not merely whether they loved you, but whether they ever noticed how much you loved them, how much patience you offered, how many small things you remembered, or how often you chose to stay when leaving might have been easier. There is a particular loneliness in that question because it rarely arrives at a dramatic moment. More often, it finds you while you are doing something completely ordinary. Yo...
Prep: 10 minutes
Cook: about 20 minutes
Makes: 4 servings
175g baby plum tomatoes, halved
2 small brinjals, thickly sliced
2 large yellow capsicum, deseeded and roughly chopped
2 red onions, cut into thin wedges and roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
5tabspn olive oil
250g couscous
400g blanched, chopped tomatoes
1tbsp red chilli paste
Fresh dhaina patta, chopped
- Preheat oven to 230°C .put vegetables and garlic into a large tin, drizzle over 3 tbsp olive oil and season. Toss to coat. Roast for 20 minutes.
- meanwhile, put couscous into a separate roasting tin and add 300ml cold water. leave to soak for 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatos
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