The Gourmet in me...

Friday nite..... I had quite some number of party invites... my head was throbbing and i gave a miss to all and went straight to bed as early as 7 pm....

7 . 38 pm.... ting tingdi ting ... ting tingdi ting.....
One my colleagues is on the phone....
Hello BS... its my daughter's birthday and i am giving a little treat at Hotel Nafees.. Please Join us....
and i hear a distinct sound in the background, "Didi... wr is my gift... i want pink bangles"... Oksss i got the point.....


I dressed up and went scouting for pink bangles in vain... i didn't even know the kids wrist size... i compensated getting a really big pale yellow teddy and a bouquet of pink roses.... By the time i reached all had ordered soup and were waiting for me.... the Kid was showered with all the gifts and she stood to cut the cake... okss usual formalities no bling there....
But the seating arrangement was the highlight of the day.... all were seated either with their closest friends or "just Friends" and me being the only single ( Yet!!!) i was seated beside a really old friend whose main aim seemed to be eating every pabulum he could reach for.... Not bad.... i would be saved from the embarrassment of infinite time i take to decide on what to eat..

After having the so soft melt in mouth apple Pastry, i ordered for chicken clear soup, as i just cant digest any-other stew in the name of soup.... Ultra Flop- It should have been named turbid soup as it was far from being clear and i just couldn't bite into the chicken stocks... :( i tried the chicken consomme of my dear friend, which was much better....

Then we ordered a plethora of starters... Vegetable Manchurian and the Hara kebab was a real treat to the taste buds... fish fingers tasted like it was a week old.... chilli chicken was OK types.... my dear friend ordered Tangri Kebab for me..... No wonder the eat out specialized in mughalai cooking.... the rite stuffing of chicken mince meat into the rightly crisp Chicken thigh... mmmmmhh.... i stopped myself from licking the fingers.... i relished the white sauce, rather than the fish fry, that came along with it.... Chicken lollipop won the title of best Appetizer

For the main course we ordered Romali roti and Lamb bone stew(Goat’s Trotters Curry / Paya)..... i was feeling the seating arrangement was to my benefit, and it was confirmed now...... The combination was awesome.... hotness was right both in temperature and spices....

The Chicken biriyani stood up to the hype created by my friends... the onions were just crunchy as i like, rite spice, ritely boiled rice and juicy chicken... i was drooling over at even the boiled egg that came along...

Had a lemon soda.... wrong choice..these ppl just don't even have slightest hint what a sweet lemon soda mean...

Then rounded it all with the double scoop of Litchi Ice-cream and a double scoop of Choco-Almond Fudge...

Humpty - dumpty... sat on the table..
Humpty - dumpty... had a great meal..
All the King's Chef and all the King's Cook...
Couldn't put Humpty together again...... BURPppppp...

Kitchen Klutter...

ya ya.. i accept i was supposed to leave a blog on my munching away on gobi manchurian on other stuffs i prepared on the 22nd.... but that lazy bone, just underneath my funny bone didnt allow me to access my blog till today... So here i am after several eat outs since the 22nd, the April....

when i reached home, i was all ready with the necessary ingredients.. at the last moment i found a pack of baby corns on the kitchen table.... :) don't i just love baby corns.... i set out deep frying the cauliflower and corns dipped in flour mix... i let the gravy boil in a pan aside and kept adding the florets and corns as and when they turned goldenbrown....

I had the rice prepared already.... so i just let the manchurian simmer till it gave that mmmm... aroma... i gave the burgers and the egg cutlets a miss 'coz by the time i finished preparing the manchurian i didnt even have the energy to eat it let alone prepare another dish....

I hit the bed within 15 min of finishing the dinner.... Blame the sun....

My Experiments with.. errr the kitchen..

Not that i haven't visited this place before or i am bad cook.... Infact, i dish out edible easy to make dishes and in those moments of "once in a blue moon" even venture out to make ppl happy, and cook their favourite dishes.....

But the last three days made "The Kitchen" a real Playground....

Actually my maid is on leave... Any other month would have find me walking to a near eat out and binge on my favourite dishes... But it being April and the temperature on the coldest nights being 32' C, i fear to venture out....


So i paid a visit to my kitchen sans kitchen....
First day was a real mishap.... i planned to make chawal and dal fry.... blame it on my sleepyness or tired head, i realized a good ten minutes later i had lighted the stove that i had actually boiling the rice and lentils together...... SMACK..... didnt feel like throwing it out.... added salt, sambar masala, Turmeric powder, Coriander powder to dish out Bisibelabath.... This actually resembeled more of the stuff you dish out for your 10 month old baby sister... oksssss... its all in the game....

Second Day was more fun.... i was fully awake and a visit to the nearby green grocer, i had everything i needed...... it was real good to eat the Jeera-Aaloo & Tomato-onion gravy i made with rice and bread......

Third day..... I felt like trying out the Breads section.... this was more (or shud i say most) easy.. and it tasted good to.... i had made vegetable club sandwiches and this recipe of mine was an instant hit.... No, i am not gonna reveal that to you.... i treated some colleagues to this new recipe of mine today morning... i am damn sure i'll be invited to the next sleep over.. he he he.....


Today i am planning to make Gobi Manchurian, Egg Plant Rice ,Burgers and egg cutlets.... Lets C....


I 'll leave an one liner tommorow on today's experience.

Dark the con of my tongue...

When my colleague went on a official trip out of India, i pestered him to get me a great box of my favourite....

oh boy oh boy .. after a week, me returns home from office and to my joy finds atleast 6-7... man, my colleague is a real chum...

late that nite after dinner i sat down to savor my gift.... one bite and my face wud have bet an ginger eaten monkey in the worst facial expressions contest, to get the first prize.... wat i forget to mention was d percentage purity.... my dear Quality Assuarance colleague went for pure 99%

So much for my love of dark chocolates....