Happy Diwali 
Or as my nephew says, Happy Dee-wally!
Deepika's Diwali party extravaganza was filled with fun, laughter, fireworks and
Bollywood dancing in her living room.
Now it wasn't fireworks like her brother in law did last year in India, those are illegal in the UK and probably only used at Olympic ceremonies
(they were enormous! And we set them off on a rooftop terrace with no bucket of water or anything to protect us if any of them went awry! He also thought as I was a guest, that I should be the one to light them with a teeny match - as you can imagine I gave him a big thanks but NO thanks) it was fireworks from the surrounding neighbors in St. Johns Wood. Perhaps Paul McCartney was having a little Diwali party in his garden...
The Indian food was also slightly unlike her mother's feast in Delhi... Mexican fajitas were served, she is into the Mexican fajita thing lately! She served Indian street mix (Bombay mix) in newspaper - as it is served in India, made the chick pea dish in the pic which she described as, 'chick peas with
Indian stuff' and some Indian potato balls (not sure what they were called).
The cookies on the top of the tiered tray (see pic) are Indian sweets (but she didn't make those) she did bake the chocolate ones on the second tier which aren't Indian :)
It was a great Diwali celebration and I teased her all night about how great her mother's food was last year compared to her
hybrid-Mexican-British-Indian one this year. But that's what friends are for right?
The wine was flowing, the
Bollywood music going, Nab was putting beautiful
bindi designs on our foreheads and there was a great mix of people so it didn't really matter in the end...
Happy Diwali and Happy New Year
;)
You can now buy frozen rice in little bags, pop them in the microwave and you have rice in 4minutes! I don't like the idea but it tasted ok and is really convenient when you are working late. The Onion served this with her delicious chick-pea curry with spinach the other night.
