Just reminiscenes...

A whiff of the tadka, mustards splattering and curry leaves crackling....and pressure cooker just finished whistling...
in another 10 mins mum calls out to have dinner with warm rice and hot sambhar and crisp papads ofcourse accompanied by the side veggies and pickles...hmm a vision drawn from some of the stored memory which i did not know existed....

It just came as a flash ...when i was making or rather trying to make sambhar... I never knew I relished the dish till I craved for the one mum made...Trying to emulate or rather get the taste of mummy's food..

For guys like us it is lot easier...market mein jao , packet lao, kholo , gholo aur ban gaya tayar ekdum jatpat...Upma toh totally easy...

So courtesy MTR Masala Powder , Sambhar was tayar and roomie was khush kii ekdum sahii sambhar hai but i was like yeh aisa nahi hai ghar ka ..yeh toh hotel ka sambhar lag raha hai ...

Next time I called up mum, I was like Maa what do u put in the sambhar..I know there is drumsticks and managed to get tamarind too also asafoetidia(Hing - i never get the spelling right) .Now we get it here in powder format also but how do u make right from scratch sambhar ? And mum is like you crossed seven seas to have dal and sambhar...didn't u have it enough when you came home...Go try some Pizza, Pasta or whatever they eat there ....

So long now am trying to make do with sambhar made by me till i can get back and hack into the trade secret...

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The weather is so so cloudy ...ekdum apna aug-september ke rain jaisa....I came to office and not a soul around...It was good 15 mins later that my next door collegue and I realised that we both are around and said Good morning...

With him wondering why is the office like a tomb ....Probably because of the spring break or i guess weather is bad bolke..

Feel so sleepy..and it is ekdum right weather for crisp bhajias and steaming masala tea....
although massala chai toh door kii baat....lunch mein onion rings bhi nahi milein ...
Onion Rings ...American equivalent of bhajiye..where huge rings of onion are soaked in egg milk and pancake batter..though i guess nothing can beat the true flavor of besan soaked onion rings...ekdum indian style...

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