All posts by Helle Møller

Retired from a long working life as secretary/assistant in UN and EU institutions. Freelance stress counsellor and proofreader/copyeditor. Now living in Berlin.

Black lentil dhal

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  • 200 g dried black lentils, thoroughly rinsed, soaked and cooked according to instructions on the package (….. can also be used)
  • 3 tblsp ghee or oil
  • 3 medium red onions
  • 5 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp ginger, chopped
  • 2-3 green chilies, halved lengthwise
  • 1 tsp ground turmeric
  • 4 black cardamom pods
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 2 tsp cumin seeds, freshly ground
  • 2 tsp coriander seeds, freshly ground
  • 2 tblsp tomato puree
  • 1 tin tomatoes

Sizzle the onions, garlic and ginger in the ghee or oil till the onions turn translucent and start to brown only slightly. Add the chilies and the spices and cook for another five minutes. Add the tomato puree, stir. Then add the cooked lentils, mix well, and add the tinned tomatoes. Simmer for a while to let the flavours blend.

Ravensbrück Concentration Camp and Downtown Fürstenberg/Havel

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As I walked from the station (Fürstenberg/Havel) to the Ravensbrück Memorial, there was still some frost on the ground, so I could not resist some photos, although that did not have much to do with the theme of the day (except I could not help thinking of what probably used to fertilise the grounds ….).

The Memorial and the Camp

The view from the site of the gas chamber towards the town of Fürstenberg/Havel. So close …….

Needs no introduction

Please scroll down in case of a gap here.

Quoting from the memorial website:

“The company Siemens & Halske had 20 workshops constructed outside the camp’s perimeter, where prisoners were forced to work from the late summer of 1942. “

So they probably contributed to the manintenance of the grand, fenced- in, Siemens family graveyard, twice the size of my living room, in Stahnsdorf.

There is also a museum/documentation centre where you can easily spend an hour or two if you want to hear, read and see everything:

The Castle, about two km from the camp, on the outskirts of downtown Fürstenberg/Havel, no doubt with a view to the camp across the lake from the upper floors

Other impressions from Fürstenberg/Havel

The town well from the 13th century

Painting by Jonas Pihl for sale: “Large Hadron Collider”

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Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 120. Suggested price: 30.000 DKK
Click to enlarge.

Acrylic on Canvas, 120 x 120. E-mail for further info.

Antique map for sale

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Antique (1680) map of Luxembourg by Frederic de Wit, outer measurements approx. 57 cm x 66 cm, for sale at highest offer.

Colours are brighter than on photo. More photos can be made available on request.

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Beelitz-Heilstätten October 2018

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More information here: https://baumundzeit.de/

Gazpacho for many

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3 glasses of passata (yes, that is cheating, but unless you are at the height of home-grown tomato season, it will give a better flavour).

9 slices white bread (toast bread) soaked in water

3 medium cucumbers, half peeled, and diced

9 red peppers trimmed and diced

9 garlic cloves

3 large or 6 small red onions

3 dl olive oil

3-6 tblsp sherry vinegar

Salt and freshly ground white pepper

For more flavour, cumin, smoked paprika and/or chili can be added. Alternatively, rosemary, thyme, …

Chop, blend, and mix it all together. Easily stacked in the fridge, transported and poured from in empty plastic bottles for example from distilled water.

Hoofstock in Tierpark Berlin 2018

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Kieztour June 2018

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December colours in Tierpark Berlin

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St. Peter-Ording September 2017

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Fotoschule des Sehens on tour

Ebb and flow

 Playing with my new (first) macro lens

Amazing space. Not to mention the light

This and that and a lighthouse in the mist

Houses on stilts

The birds

Playing with formats

(Thank you for modelling, kind stranger, even though you had no idea)

Playing with Lightroom

And that was it. On the last evening, I made a last-minute decision to sprint to the beach for the sunset, remembered the camera but not the fact that the card was in the PC, and then there was not much to see anyway. So I just took these with my mophone: