Weekend Masti...

The Guinea Pigs # Vikky, Rusty and Zuhhu
Occasion: Weekend… he he he
Venue: My Place
Menu: Vegetable rice, Egg Curry, Potato- Cauliflower curry, Fruit Salad, Cucumber- Carrot Raitha…


Vegetable Rice:
Ingredients:
Boiled Rice
Shredded Carrot
Diced French Beans
Cauliflower Florets
Salt
Ginger-Garlic Paste
Shahi Biriyani Masala
Oil

Method:
Boil water and dunk the cauliflower into it for obvious reasons... Saute ginger garlic paste in deep frying pan.. pour oil... fry beans in this.. add the carrots after 2 mins and follow it with cauliflower florets... cook till tender... add salt, Biriyani masala and mix well....
Let it cook for 2 mins... Now add d rice in smaller quantities and keep on mixing... It will resemble something like this...

Egg Curry:
Ingredients:
Boiled Eggs cut into half
Diced Onions
Diced Tomatoes
Salt
Ginger Garlic Paste
Turmeric Powder
Red Chilli Powder
Coriander Powder
Oil
 
Method:
Saute Ginger Garlic Paste in oil and add the onions... saute till tender... let it stand for 2 mins annd add the tomatoes it... cook till u get a mashed pulp... add salt, Turmeric Powder,Red Chilli Powder and Coriander Powder to it.... Mix well till u get the aroma.. by now the green smell of tomatoes must have gone... add the eggs.. mix well without separating the yolk from albumen.. mix till the masala mixes well with the eggs... This will resemble something like this...
 

Potato - Cauliflower Curry:

Ingredients:

Boiled Potatoes- Cut into long pieces

Cauliflower florets

Salt

Channa Masala

Oil

Method:
Heat Oil... add the potatoes and fry till they turn golden brown... Add the cleaned florets... cook till tender... add salt and channa masala and mix well... cook tilll the vegetables and masala blend well.. let it shimmer for three minutes.... It should look better but this is wat i got... anyways it tasted better than it looks...

Fruit Salad:

Ingredients:

Diced Apple

Lemon

Method:

Nothing Much... Squeeze the lemon over the diced apple and sprinkle some vanilla essence over it... this is the result...

Cucumber - Carrot Raitha:

Ingredients:

Shredded Cucumber

Shredded Carrots

Diced Onions

Diced Tomatoes

Curd

Salt

Method:

Just dunk all the vegetables into the curd and add salt to taste... U will get this awesome cooler...

Had a great Lunch.....

2 minutes.. never... 5 mins??? erm may be....

K's Method :
Boil water.. Dunk the slabs into water for a couple of minutes... drain water , keep aside..
Dice the onions... Fry them over low flame in as much little oil as possible.. Add the masala accompanying the slabs... dunk the hydrated slabs... saute them till when u feel like turning your attention from L to the stove...

Enjoy the result with copious amount of Tomato Ketchup to hide the burnt taste...

L's Method :
Boil water... Dunk the slabs into water still on stuff.. forget them till D Rat runs over to turn off the stove.. Leave the slabs in water, till realising the act...
Dice the onions... Fry them over high flame with as much oil as possible... Add the masala accompanying the slabs... dunk the hydrated slabs... saute them, all the while trying to make up with K, and muttering under breath i am cooking for you only SH

Enjoy the.. erm,  slosh if u got guts....

Dear Mamma's Method :
Boil water... Add diced carrot, radish, beans, beet root, cabbage, or in that case any vegetable available in the house hold... add d masala and d slabs and saute them till it looks edible, all d while assuring this way it gets healthy as well enjoyable...

Enjoy as a evening snack.

Darling Dad's Method :
Boil water... add ALL the edible vegetables available in kitchen(near d stove) ofcourse well diced... dunk d slab, masala and in case semolina if available... Saute till it smells ho.. cough cough... hot and awesome....

Enjoy along with a tall glass of (Lord save) Bitter gourd juice or mixed veg juice..


Yeah yeah... u guessed rite all.. these are the time tested methods for preparing 2 minutes noodle, MAGGI... only snag being, in 2 min it still is uncooked.... I have been subjected to all this torture over a long period.... first my dear darling parents, now K and her B.f. L, who behave very much like my parents (only difference being this pair tries to make out in front of you at the drop of hat, or read when u turn around to get that book)


Neways... d ubiquitous Rat's Method of preparing Maggi :

Boil water.. dunk d masala and d noodles into the water... saute till it looks cooked... Enjoy along with a pack of Frito-lays potato chip.....

Ah heaven... In btw... curry and tomato flavor of Maggi sucks.. dont even try them...

4 mistakes of my life...

Checked out the New Udipi Hotel at Saket Square yday nite....just for the sake checked out the basics...  Made 4 terrible mistakes of my life...

Mistake 1 # Ordering Idly.. Almost fluid like, in Hottest Sambar... Stone Cold chutney... Top of it, there was nothing more than Ajwain and Mustard seeds in both Sambar and chutney..
Mistake 2 # Ordering Fried idly... More ajwain... now also in idly apart from sambar and chutney...
Mistake 3 # Ordering Sambar Rice... more n more Ajwain....

and d major mistake no 4 # ENTERING that stupid stupid place...

man i am suffering from Food poisoning now.... Thank goodness i escaped inspite the waiter assuring their Dosa was d best... i just expected more ajwain... Me thinks they got ajwain at some cheap rate and just add it to all dishes... me also thinks they prepare Sambar as a stock solution and use it invariable for everything...

Bad bad bad desicion... Rating - 0.5 / 5

just 5 mins...

yup yup yup.. made something in 5 mins yday... no no.. not maggi noodles....
Potato fry.... u gotta believe it babby....

Had planned to go out with colleagues yday evening.. we were to meet up at 7 30 @ Mangal City Mall... so i thought i had enuf time to make some aloo tikki's... but voila D called up and said she is one the way and will pick me up in 10 mins... 10 mins, like Hell...

Set my watch and diced potatoes.... sauted them in oil, added masala, salt and it was made in record time... 5 mins.... Kewl....

Only miss was i cudnt sit back and eat it with bread.. D was at d door by then... grabbed a chips packet and ran off, texting Dear Roomie K to enjoy the Fry...

The Dandi Yatra....

Take three Slices of Bread and cut them into identical squares.. do d same torture to a carrot but maintain the shape as rectangles... Pour 3 Tablespoons of oil and fry the carrot till tender... add the bread and repeat the process till d bread turns crisp and slightly brownish... Add Channa Masala to taste...


Sit Down to eat with your roomate... Exclaim "Something's Wrong"... Hit the Forehead and shout " Oh shucks.. forgot to add salt"....


Enjoy the saltless Bread Fry...

Express Breakfast...

For Filling

• Boil Potatoes till tender


• Cut carrots into long slender pieces


• Peel and mash the boiled potatoes


• Fry d mashed potatoes and carrots in little oil in a kadai


• Sprinkle Channa Masala and add salt to taste


• Garnish with Rashly chopped Coriander and mint leaves

Now...

• Take Bread slices dipped in little water


• put in some of the above prepared filling


• Make the whole stuff into a ball


• Bring the Oil to boil in a bigger Kadai


• Put in the balls

Wat u ll get is a ugly blob instead of Ball shaped Bread Rolls....  Call K to d rescue...



K Continue's

• Dip d already prepared Balls into readymade dosa mix flour...


• Deep fry them in oil...

Hot & Awesome Bread Rolls ready to eat.. top with some mint chutney and Sauce...





Ratzzz.. that was my try to make some new breakfast dish yday morning...

Square, Rectangle, Circle and shapes Unknown...

I was on a call with SA when SB called up with d Party invitation.. Hotel Sayaji @ 7 30 pm...

Crap.. i already had a tea party to attend at 7.. no ways that it will end before 8 pm.... But we know, that punctuality : Indians : : Peace : OBL... So d Rat guessed, even by 8 the host will be "just on his way to the venue"...

well it turned out the same... I landed up with a huge Red Gerbra Bouquet to find ppl waiting for the Ghost Host..

The venue was "Square "... we were 15 in all and had a reservation before hand...

d artwork with stones, pipes and metal fillings...

Now to the Real Thing:

Menu:

the buffet had both Veggie and Non-Veggie option... Me who eats everything that walks, flies and swims excluding Homo Sapiens, Air Planes and Ships opted for the latter obviously...


Chicken Manchow Soup - Not too hot not too cold.. Rite Temperature so that i cud enjoy the tanginess and Mushrooms... now wait a second there was supposed to be chicken in there rite??? It went for a swim i think..

Cheese Pasta - The Cheese Shreds blended well with the Mayannoise and rightly cooked Bucatini and Fettuccine...

Salad - The salad Bar had Chicken Salad, Scrambled Egg Salad, Russian Salad, Citrus Salad, Potato Peanut Salad and the Normal Veg Salad... They also had Papaya Salad, for god knows why..

Onion Pulao - Rite choice for neone who want to skip d regular plain rice... The onions were sweet and just as i like (neither crispy nor soiled)...

Mutton Biriyani - He He He... now i am not being partial but just that i looooooveee Hyderabadi Biriyani so so so much...

Murgh Makan Palak - Seriously this is a must try... chicken very cut into not so big pieces and easily manaegable for the fork and knife types... the taste lingered in my memoies long after thae party...

Grilled Fish in Olive Sauce - I gave a 9 on 10 for this dish... i never knew fish could taste this good... my only fav in fish being Crisp fries...



And now to the much awaited and hyped Dessert section of Sayaji....

all pastries were eggless which is a big hit with d neurotic clan visiting Sayaji pretending to eat...



Eggless Chocolate Triangular - Chocolate Tiramisu with Lavish Chocolate Sauce on type and milk choco chips....

Guava Cheese Cake - I hated myself for taking this... there was not even a streak of guava.. not even a essence or fragrance... i wasted the whole serving... :-(

Zebra Gateaux - Alternate vanilla and chocolate pasteries with thick dark chocolate decorations... i ate the solid decorations more than d pastry...

Mango Caramel Custard - It was a pleasant surprise not to find the conventional vanilla caramel custard... and even more pleasant when this variation struck d rite cord...

ZupZup - Jelly Bean sans d hard candy shell... a sugary layer replaced that.... nice variation

Hilton Baked Cheese Cake - There was a chocolate fountain and vanilla cakes to be dipped in it, but i liked my cheese cakes dipped in chocolate better...

Chococup with Blue Berry Mousse - My 10 on 10 dessert... Solid Choco cup filled with Blueberry whipped cream... this was d highlight of d eveniing...



Ambience :

In house Muscian rendering english and bollywood hits in his offbeat voice really a pain if your concentration strays off your plate or d neighbouring table's gorgeous gu.. erm cough cough... they had beautifully themed the walls with geomatric patterns using stone, pipings, gravel, metal fitting etc... even d glass paintings had geometry linking to the restaurant name - "Square" ... The buffet placement itself makes u drool (or was it dat hunk in place of d main course server.. erm cough again)... the lighting was easy on the eyes and d high ceiling made a place seem airy and spacious inspite of lack of space....

but if u want a laid back dinner with ur family, better give it a skip and opt for the adjoining "Kebabsville" .. Too much crowd and too much sound...

Art Above the Buffet Arrangement...

Effect on Pocket: It is Rs 350/- per head + 20% Taxes, which i find worth given excellent food and variety provided... On comparision it is far better than its counterparts in Indore vis-a-vis Shri Maya, Crown Palace etc..

i cud visit again just for the Chococup with Blue Berry Mousse, Grilled Fish in Olive Sauce and Onion Pulao ... Top 3 on my list...



:-)