Good Cooking from India

Good cooking from India by Shehnaz Mehta

Ananas Shrikhand
Date yogurt
Pitha

It being ugadhi time, we had raw mangoes leftover and some chana dal paste.

Aloo Aam (4.3.14)
Potatoes with raw mangoes. it had slight tang, but couldnt find any mango pieces. I had put less than 1/3 mango to begin with, just to play safe with tang.
I made mamidikaya pappu (mango dal) with chana dal. Usually its made with toor dal. Overnight the mangoes lent a nice tang taste to the dal.

Sabudana Cha Usarh
1. Sago soaked in yogurt and then seasoned with fried peanuts and sesame seeds, green chillies. (4.3.14)
2. With leftover sago, I tried it with almonds, chili powder, salt and raw mangoes cut into little pieces. It is an addictive snack. I could relate the taste to sabudana vadiyalu
3. When we were little and complained about stomach ache, Mom showed us how to boil the sago in water, with some sugar mixed in it. We looked forward to stomach aches.

Gobi Gajar (4.5.14)
I have never cooked cauliflower with carrot slivers. Nothing earth shattering but still a combination. Now I realise that the author has left out salt from the recipes. I wonder how the sabudana cha usarh would have tasted with some salt.
During high school, I came across the idea of mixed vegetable curry from my neighbors who were North Indian.

Vadi biyyam

Vadi Biyyam We do this for the 21st day of baby's birth. The rice is then cooked in a couple of days, with all neighbours invited for lunch. number of times a woman can receive lap rice odi biyyam songs

Paqui Tortilla Chips Nacho Cheese Special

Paqui Tortilla Chips Nacho Cheese Special are the best. Their huge size makes a statement. They are serious about this. They taste good by themselves or with any spicy dip, or shovel avocado with them.

Essay to movie night

I was reading A merging of head and heart by Judith Dancoff and came across Barefoot in the Park . I started watching the movie and not so soon the characters had knichi and pelminchki. They have to be part of Albanian cuisine but are more fictional. May be ouzo is bozo. I have always liked the idea of making up food for pages. Knichi is supposed to be popped in and not nibbled. Do you know of foods that need to be had in certain ways to taste good? As the movie progressed, my taste buds recalled the Bhelpuri in the kitchen.

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