Kitchen Sisters Workshop

WHAT: Kitchen Sisters Recording, Interviewing & "Sound Doctor" Workshop WHEN: Thursday, October 27, 2011. 10 AM—1 PM WHERE: La Selva Beach, CA (Near Santa Cruz) COST: $115 (payable to Kitchen Sisters Productions)

Dear Friends, Nikki Silva of The Kitchen Sisters, award winning producers for NPR, is conducting a recording, interviewing, and "sound doctor" workshop on Thursday, October 27 in La Selva Beach (at the commune where she lives) just south of Santa Cruz. This three-hour session is designed for people who want to acquire and hone their skills for radio, online storytelling, oral histories, audio slide shows, family histories, museum exhibits, news, documentaries, podcasts, and other multimedia platforms. The workshop will cover miking techniques, sound gathering, use of archival audio, field recording techniques, how to make interviewees comfortable, how to frame evocative questions that make for compelling storytelling, how to listen (which is harder than it sounds) and more. We'll talk about creating audio and multimedia content for the web, and self-publishing projects. Nikki will also give a quick tour of her studio and ProTools editing set-up. The workshop will be customized to fit your project and interests. People who attend come from many mediums and work worlds (from radio stations to detective agencies and beyond). The groups are lively and good contacts are made. You are invited to bring a work-in-progress, a past work, or an idea you'd like to brainstorm during the "audio doctor" part of the session. Nikki will play excerpts from a few Kitchen Sisters stories that are illustrative of various problem-solving techniques. The session will be limited in size so that everyone can fully participate around the table at La Selva. A snack will be provided. If you, or someone you know is interested, email kitchen@kitchensisters.org. Please pass this along to a friend. See you there, The Kitchen Sisters

Baking with baby

Here we are baking a lovely banana cake. Baby helped - by eating the mix. And we just couldn't wait to try it.

Dill Rice/Akki/Pathiri Roti

Today I got dill and wanted to use it in a dish where I can really smell and taste it. I remember, when we lived in B'lore, India, they use it in "Akki Roti" which is nothing but roti made with rice flour. Recently I came to know from my hubby that similar kind of roti they make in Kerala also and call it as "Pathiri", but they don't use dill in it. So I thought of making this my own way!

Ingredients:
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1 bunch Dill washed and chopped finely
2 cups Rice Flour
2 cups Water - very hot/boiling
Salt to taste
1-2 Green Chilies chopped
1 Onion chopped
1 tsp Cumin seeds
1 tsp Oil

Method:
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1. In a mixing bowl add rice flour, salt, dill, green chilies, cumin and oil, mix well.
2. Now add boiling water and mix it with a wooden spoon until the dough is hard to mix anymore.
3. Now knead the dough on a clean surface or if the bowl is big enough you can do it in the bowl itself, make sure you don't burn your hands, as the water will be hot.
4. After you make a ball out of it. Cover the bowl with a wet paper towel and let it rest for about 10 -15 mins.
5. Now cut a butter paper into a square shape.
6. Meanwhile heat a non-stick pan or dosa pan.
7. Make lemon size ball one each time out of the dough and cover the dough again so that it does not dry, keep a bowl of cold water to your side to dip your hands in.
8. Place the butter paper, and place the ball on top, dip your hand in water and press the ball down gently to form a medium size circle, make sure the roti is not too thick or too thin.

9. Now lift the roti along with the butter paper and place the roti side on the pan and gently remove the butter paper so that the roti will stick to the pan.
10. Cook this roti on a medium flame, drizzle with some oil on one side or both and cook around 4-5 mins on each side.

11. Serve this with Coconut chutney or chutney or your choice or sambar.


Sending this recipe to: Archana and Priya.

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