Ni hao! We reach the ‘Land of the Dragons’ and the wondrous ‘Great Wall of China’.
Passepartout Sajeev, after a long
journey, travelled all over to China to teach us the basic skills of Calligraphy, the art of beautiful handwriting that originated in China. He gave all the children calligraphy pens carved out of wood and demonstrated the basic moves and skills of using the pen with the ink. The children were pretty quick in picking up the skill and were motivated when they took the pens back home to practice further.
The amazing part in China was the children trying to eat peanuts with chopsticks! Praveen
again appeared to help us in this ‘Herculean task!’That was not all. The children were enthusiastic and eager when they were given ‘Fortune Cookies’ with a piece of ‘fortune hidden in it! The elders around were also thrilled to get their fortunes in these cookies. Try out this yummy cookies yourself with the recipe given here.
Fortune Cookies – Recipe:
Fortune cookies can be tricky to make – it’s important to make sure that the cookie batter is spread out evenly on the Tawa. Wearing cotton gloves makes it easier to handle and shape the hot cookies. This fortune cookie recipe makes about 10 cookies.
Take a cup of maida, mix in 1 tsp baking powder and 4 tablespoons of sugar. Add 2 drops of vanilla essence and 3 tablespoons of oil and enough milk to make a batter (thick like dosa batter).
Spread a tablespoon at a time on the girdle and spread with the back of a spoon. Cook on both sides until golden brown.
Take off the girdle and fold over a folded fortune (written beforehand) while still hot.
The game of the Chinese dragon was quite interesting and mind-boggling as the children had to get together to form a dragon and the head of the dragon was supposed to catch the tail of the dragon! What fun was it going round and round!
Passepartout Sajeev, after a long
journey, travelled all over to China to teach us the basic skills of Calligraphy, the art of beautiful handwriting that originated in China. He gave all the children calligraphy pens carved out of wood and demonstrated the basic moves and skills of using the pen with the ink. The children were pretty quick in picking up the skill and were motivated when they took the pens back home to practice further.The amazing part in China was the children trying to eat peanuts with chopsticks! Praveen
again appeared to help us in this ‘Herculean task!’That was not all. The children were enthusiastic and eager when they were given ‘Fortune Cookies’ with a piece of ‘fortune hidden in it! The elders around were also thrilled to get their fortunes in these cookies. Try out this yummy cookies yourself with the recipe given here.Fortune Cookies – Recipe:
Fortune cookies can be tricky to make – it’s important to make sure that the cookie batter is spread out evenly on the Tawa. Wearing cotton gloves makes it easier to handle and shape the hot cookies. This fortune cookie recipe makes about 10 cookies.
Take a cup of maida, mix in 1 tsp baking powder and 4 tablespoons of sugar. Add 2 drops of vanilla essence and 3 tablespoons of oil and enough milk to make a batter (thick like dosa batter).
Spread a tablespoon at a time on the girdle and spread with the back of a spoon. Cook on both sides until golden brown.
Take off the girdle and fold over a folded fortune (written beforehand) while still hot.
The game of the Chinese dragon was quite interesting and mind-boggling as the children had to get together to form a dragon and the head of the dragon was supposed to catch the tail of the dragon! What fun was it going round and round!
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