Food lovers say AIYE !

Food lovers say AIYE !..

today i was having a discussion with my sister about writing a blog, she then told me I should write a book !. Having done my MBA i immediately thought about our very own Chetan Bhagat. despite this guy having made million gazillion sales of all his books I DO Not want to be like him ( so Chetan Bhagat , if you happen to read this, here's the real deal !). I want to write books that invoke the inner chef in them, i want to bring about moments where the reader transcends from a simple chicken butter masala to one which exlpodes with tender pieces of delectable chicken smothered in that sinful thing called butter( I think most of you would have thought about the usual - smatterings of joy, pints of love and so forth !...well.. those too! ) swirling in that sensuous red sauce of tomatoes( atleast now most of you would have known that the chicken butter masala is made of tomatoes! ) and garlic and some other ingredients that are secretive in nature- its secret, because i dont know them!.

I just came back from Bangalore ( was doing my MBA project there) when my sister bought a cookery/coffee table book for my sis-in-love Roshamama ( sorry RoshAMAMA !..mum makes us call her that !), anyways she bought a book on Suriyani Christian cuisine ( for all those who dont know I'm one -that is ,Syrian Christian from Kerala) which talked about my culture ( even I learnt a few things from it ! ).If you have'nt guessed by now that I'm a foodie ..i dont know how else to tell u !...I am the ultimate foodie !!!!!... this goes way back to my days in childhood when on my 1st birthday, i practically drooled over my delicious birthday cake ! The utter joy on my face is a sight to behold !!!. So. coming back to the discussion with my family , my sister told me that I should definitely write a book on food and make all of your mouths to water !.

Since i'm right now in Karnataka I thought I should try out some authentic Kannada cuisine. So far, I've been mesmerised by the Oppatu( similar to the Poli of the north). I was blown away by the oppattu served at Big Bazaar store at Banashankari, Bangalore. You might be thinking, whether this is my project ! well , however much I would like it to be, it's not. The oppattu was amazingly hot and tender and crumbling right under my fingers that i was fighting a loosing battle between gravity pulling down my oppatu and me placing my mouth right under the crumbling bliss. The oppattu goes surprisingly well with hot, melted shudhu-ghee and you are rest assured that you would feel like you've reached food heaven.