Sambhar Uninterrupted

Very true. Recipes vary a lot. And also the same recipe cooked in a different place, tastes different. Initially, I craved the taste of Indian vegetables when cooking in the U.S. Used to try all varieties of tomatoes and more. Finally, man is a creature of habit. Now, I've almost forgotten the taste from childhood.

That makes me wonder - cooking in party size amounts sometimes gives a different taste to a dish. My grandma used to say it is because of the different source of heat (wood, cooked in open air, etc).

 

Not to turn it into mutual admiration society here, but it is mostly reading your snippets that has made me observe more, and be more conscious about simple joy in the little things.

My dream kitchen would have a door with a lock (on the inside : ) )

20? Wow. Can imagine the scene, all sitting on the floor, and the love and noise and cousins mock competing for the veges.

Really? No twinning here. : ) If I leave dishes in the sink for the next day, it spoils my post dinner time and sometimes I even have bad dreams of a long-ago roommate, who had a strict rule of no dishes in sink. Once I left the rinsed pressure cooker in the left-side sink, forgot to put it in dish-stand. Aiyo what a lecture she gave me. Though I don't mind if I've rinsed the dishes and just need to load.

: ) For me that is when His Excellency of few words and rare compliments, asks, "Is there more?" Or, "Can I take more, are you saving for tomorrow's lunch?"

 

Thank you! For the gentle nudging, including this thread: From Thoughts To Words

 

Thank you. Will ask a friend for an equivalent Telugu version and maybe will post too.

I am glad you didn't post un-kosher thoughts. : ) Wouldn't do to spoil everyone's sambhar experience for ever. : ) There is a scene in the Hindi movie Sarvamangal savdhaan, where the heroine's friend tells her she will never look at or eat a glucose biscuit the same way again. Youtube has it "<movie name> funny scene."

 

Haven't had drumsticks in sambhar in a long time. The kids don't like the drumsticks, don't even now how to eat : ) We are more than happy to finish all the drumstick pieces ourselves.

LOL. I have a huli-anna friend in real life. I don't ask her what was lunch. I ask was it not huli-anna. : )

I take out the dabbas that are in top shelves first, so I don't spend time when oil is hot to drag a chair and get on to it oh-so-carefully (ain't getting any younger!)

 

Thank you. Hadn't read about Sambhar Lake in a long time. Looks like it is the scene for movie shooting, riding bikes... and the movie PK had scenes there.

 

Aah I remember those days. Used to drop off one to a class, rush back home, switch on stove, and finish half a dish. Drive back again in 40 minutes. Carpools never worked for me. 2 kids and a dog!! That's quite a lot of distraction!

Only we women would have this combination as a dream combination - wine, kids and cutting veggies. : )