Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy
to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship.
It is of great importance to the morale.
– Elsa Schiaparelli
Leek and Potato soup
Eggplants in Tomato Sauce – Tamatar Vaangun
Fiery Red hot eggplants are appealing to the eye as well as the palate.
Gol Gappe/ Pani Puri/ gupchup/phuchka
Panipuri : The mouthwatering, spice water based street snack that the female species of India just can not live without. It would be safe to say that men like it too, but you won’t find a group of men hanging out to have pani puri. They do however join in if we, the women ask them to have a couple or two of these wonder globes of spice water.
Rava & Corn Upma
M S Subbulakshmi’s soulful voice, the aroma of the brewing coffee, the sizzle of the curry leaves and the pitter patter of rain drops! This was the scene, a very long time ago when I had my first bite of Rava Upma. Some memories, like this one, are etched in your heart for ever. Being a Kashmiri, I had never had Upma before this day. We traditionally use Rava or Sooji to make a sweet dish called halva. And since we are not too much into sweets as well, we usually make halva as a prasad. This was …
