live and let live

Every year San Diego Malayali’s [ Malayali - Wikipedia ] gather in Poway Lake for annual picnic. This year we had a fun filled picnic. There was great barbecue, burgers, drinks, chips, salsa and a whole lot of other foods and fun games for kids and big kids. The day was cold, but that did not hinder the fun or the spirit of San Diego Malayalis, but it sure made lighting charcoal a little difficult. Saju was in front with his makeshift fan get that cold charcoal on fire. After some very yummy food, we were ready for serious games.

Meet the organizers.

Bejoy
Bejoy organized the event and coordinated the food.

Prince [In the front]. The CEO of Kerala Events. He will not like us giving him credit, he is too humble to accept the importance of the role he plays in organizing these Kerala events. In September we had a wonderful Onam celebration in Poway community hall in which Prince played the central role.

Sreelal[left], Saju[second from left] , Rajeev[second from right] and Mohan[right]

Sreelal – Sreelal was the game coordinator, and was responsible for making sure that event was fun filled.

Saju – what can I say, he wore many hats, he was the chief cheer leader, food innovator coming up with new recipes on the fly and also he clicked most of the pictures you see.

California Chicken topped with curry leaves, a recipe Saju specially created for Poway Picnic

Volley Ball Game

Since I wasn’t one of the organizers, I do not know a lot of others who made this picnic possible. Thanks to everyone who worked hard to make this happen. The chicken marinades were very yummy. Also special thanks to Michael who brought tons curry leaves to share with everyone, I hear that is becoming an annual tradition as well.

Link to the gallery is here [Kerala Picnic]. There are lot of other pictures in Google Picasa as well but listed as private, in case you want see those send me a message using comments.