Puri Bhaji

Over the weekend/bank holiday, seven children and eight adults over. Lots of fun and madness.
Among the pots of food cooked was my children's latest favourite - puri bhaji. This is their staple at Chennai Dosa for £2 something, and occassionally made at home, when we buy the veg oil to deep fry in and lots of dhania.
I've found the simpler the bhaji is, the better it tastes. Onions fried, some tomatoes (or not), garlic, rai, oil and salt. Dhania makes it all come together.
Demolished by our 3 in a few minutes.....

Communion cake, another packed for giveaways...

Such a long time since I last wrote on here, euphemistically, put too much on my plate and now trying to eat it all.....

This is my oldest's communion cake. She did her name in icing at the bottom. My standard go to is the BBC easy fruit cake recipe which is a doddle, and Sainsbury's icing and marzipan and Dr Oetker's silver balls.....
This is the second cake, cut into pieces for each family.

My IL's were asked to bring the silver boxes from Bombay - Rs4 a box and I put slices of this into the boxes for giveaways.
All in all, it was a lovely day, inspite of the rain. The children, all 13 of them were entertained by SIL upstairs, then came downstairs to play the family games, again all sorted by her.
Yes, there was the mandatory sorpotel, and because of the help with the luch, I had the time to do a tiramisu and mango mousse :)
S's dress was a bit of a blip, ordered online and this confection of lace and satin and puffed sleeves and gathers arrived - Husband and I were a bit zapped but took it to a tailor who made it look a bit better, fortunately. Will post a pic at some stage.
I cannot get the fuss made about changing out of her dress as soon as we get back from church - the dress is meant for today, cannot be used again (probably not), so why change her?
Anyway, thanks to the communion, the house underwent a massive clearout and tidy up of the bits after moving. Still have 7 boxes of books in the garage though, waiting for a bookcase!