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...
Tom Khaa Kai
(A creamy chicken and mushroom starter)
Serves : Four
Time required: 15 minutes
2tbsp oil
3 flakes garlic, chopped fine
3 small fresh red chillies, slit into two
100g chicken breasts, cubed
150g button mushrooms, washed and sliced
3g lemon grass, cut into small pieces
2tbsp Madras curry powder
2 cups (500 ml) coconut milk
Salt to taste
1 ½ tsp sugar
¼ tsp black pepper powder
2tsp lemon juice
1tbsp fresh coriander leaves, chopped
HEAT oil and stir-fry the chopped garlic. Add the red chillies, chicken breasts and stir-fry further until the chicken is partly cooked. Add the sliced mushrooms and stir-fry on high heat for about a minute, add the Madras curry powder. Add coconut milk, salt, sugar and pepper powder. Add lemon juice and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
(A creamy chicken and mushroom starter)
Serves : Four
Time required: 15 minutes
2tbsp oil
3 flakes garlic, chopped fine
3 small fresh red chillies, slit into two
100g chicken breasts, cubed
150g button mushrooms, washed and sliced
3g lemon grass, cut into small pieces
2tbsp Madras curry powder
2 cups (500 ml) coconut milk
Salt to taste
1 ½ tsp sugar
¼ tsp black pepper powder
2tsp lemon juice
1tbsp fresh coriander leaves, chopped
HEAT oil and stir-fry the chopped garlic. Add the red chillies, chicken breasts and stir-fry further until the chicken is partly cooked. Add the sliced mushrooms and stir-fry on high heat for about a minute, add the Madras curry powder. Add coconut milk, salt, sugar and pepper powder. Add lemon juice and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.
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