Howdy people??? How was your weekend? Mine was good!!! In fact I should say mine was good. There was some announcement made at our work place on Friday which brought a cheer to my life and made my Sunday blissful. The announcement makes a big change in my life but I will write about it only after I get a formal mail. Till then my mouth is sealed n zipped.
So let me tell you about the weekend. From the time we have shifted to this new place I have been craving for Chaat. Not that We don't get it in this area but its just that the quality is not that good. My FIL says, I can eat chaat anywhere and that is very true, hygiene/ place / taste do not bother me (unlike my BFF who first checks out the gloves of the golgappa vendors hands) I have to cross a golgappa stall and I start salivating and being true to myself I have already tried 3-4 thela's here but was dissatisfied. So to satisfy my cravings and after repeated cancelling I finally decided to make the Chaat on Saturday. What all did I make? Let me do an RM and list down the Food items
- Aloo Tikki
- Matar Chat
- Imli Chutney
- Green Chutney
- Corn Chaat
- Gol Gappe - my mom had sent a packet of ready to fry Golgappa's they turned out to be fabulous
- Curd
- Golgappe ka delicious water made by hubby
| A bit of what I had Cooked |
That's it. I was in heaven and when I think of it even now my mouth is watering. You can not take the chaat out of a North Indian and that is a fact. Period!
Sunday was spent in cleaning & scrubbing before we ventured out to Kerela Bhavan for lunch. There was a waiting of 1/2 an hour which I & MIL decided to spend in a souvenir shop. We picked 3 neck pieces, 2 pieces for ear, one chashma stand & a small pouch for MIL. By the time our turn came up we were ravenous. The food looked like this.
We had traveled from 17 kms for this and had been planning to do so for last 3 years, was it really worth the effort?? Honestly, No!!! but then I blame my North Indian genes for it. My food is incomplete without Roti & a little spice which this food lacked. The food I must say was kind of above average but I was very hungry by the time we reached home *sheepish smile*.
| The Spread |
| The Brat |
But all was not lost because we ended up compensating the experience by buying sarees from the adjoining Orissa Bhavan. Both I & my Ma In Law bought 1 saree each, cotton with the traditional samabalpuri print. Aur jeene ko kya wanted!!!
The remaining part of Sunday was spent relaxing.
The week that went by had another highlight....I met a fellow blogger and a good friend Ashwathy. We had been planning to meet kab se but it is due to her efforts that we met, will you believe that she travelled some 30 kms to meet us and her husband came after working full day. Honestly, I was touched with her gesture. On her part it was the Gujhiya that we had made that pulled her so far ;). All in all we had a good time, talked a lot, ate a lot and time just flew by. As it was working day for me also the food that I served was simple but I loved the simple fact that She n her hubby relished whatever was served. When you cook something and the guest doesn't eat properly you feel bad but thankfully that was not case with them. They made all my efforts worthy :-) and aren't they a a lovely couple!!! The brat took his own sweet time to warm up to them sadly by that time it was time for them to leave.
Let me also confess that as far as meeting blog friends is concerned I never take that extra step possibly because I work on Saturdays but the fact is I just don't go out of my way to meeting people. But this meet with her has inspired me, so RM I am all geared up, lets meet soon, what say?
Now come on answer my first question!!
