Prologue

One day when I get famous and need fillers for my book, I might give this more thought ..... for now this will do. I claim to be no expert at either travelling or cooking or the random things I write about... But I would like to collate all my good memories (and efforts) into this space for reminiscing on those grey rainy days... What Blog its more of a 'Brag'!!

My Thank You Speech..........

I was introduced to cooking in the early years of my life by my Aayi while I sat at the kitchen dining table while she mixed spices and vegetables to create those sumptuous dishes. My brain took in what I did not intend to learn. My Aayi is a fantastic cook. Each day I woke up to a sit down breakfast of Idlis, Dosas, Upma, Dodak, Usli and the likes. A far cry compared to the ‘eat while you dress’ cereal we make do with these days. Any efforts Aayi made of training me in the kitchen went futile. It is hence ironic that Aayi, ‘my first teacher’ is still to taste anything cooked by my hand. My hard core cooking days started only when I moved to UK with my husband a few years ago. My husband, like a true martyr, suffered through my numerous cooking expeditions. His encouragement, fulsome praise where due and frank critical review drives me to try something new each week. It is to these two people that I owe whatever little cooking I know or strive to know today.

Chilly Paneer


This one can be whipped up in minutes.

A packet of Paneer cubes
lots of garlic (10 pods)
brown sugar or regular sugar
Soy Sauce (1/2 cup)
Spring Onion
finely chopped Green Chillies
Cornflour (optional)
Salt to taste

Heat oil in a wok till hot. Add garlic and let it fry for a few minutes taking care not to burn it. Add a bit of sugar so as to carmalise it.

Add Soy sauce and let the mix heat up. Add salt. The cornflour can be added at this stage mixed in a bit of water. Next add the paneer cubes. and the spring onion and chillies.
Saute for few minutes and this dish is ready to serve.

Making this dish just before serving helps retain fresh flavours.

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