Fun it was.. yes.. guys... i tried making a typical Punjuu dish.. all by myself.. and guess.. it was nice.. tasty.. teekhii.. :D
Matar Paneer.. airtel did become rich by 100 calls atleast ! Anyways.. the dish was an outcome of me being challenged by a close frnd.. Pandey and I did accept it very well :)
Saturday night dinner was finally on! Got related ingredients from nearby store at IIT K and then started the entire process around 9:30 pm. Thanks to Taha for getting the peas out of their house.. :)
The first tadka comprised of garic, onion and ginger ..green chillies too .. and yes it was in pure desi ghee.. speciality of we punjabis u know.. :) lottsa of it is in the store house for the guests... finally when the tadka got done in around 20-25 minutes time.. i added the tomatoes.. salt.. jeera... haldi... and let it move on gas for sometime... til the gravy smelled rich and tasty :P.. (thats what my supervior of saturday Mrs. Ojha tod me).
Yes not to forget the fried paneer pieces by her.. she always want them like that...
Finay when i felt that the tadka was done.. I added peas with lil water and let them soften for some 5-10 minutes.. and then finaLLY added paneer.. and rest of water.. and let it on the pressure cooker.. the first whistle was the signal that it was all done..
btw i dint make just that.. i managed the dough too and chapattis thereafter..
and we all sat to eat that!
It was mind blowing :P
A lovely experience.. i want to be a cook now! my second passion after PhD
6 comments:
gud gud... nice to know of your kitchen endeavours.. will wait to taste it sometime ...
sure! like when :P
hmmm .. learnt cooking myself .. maybe we can exchange notes ;)
sure! anytime! :)
me too...waiting for at least one feast...Also, just wanted to know...will u be able to come down to Delhi on 20th Mar? m coming dere and we can all have a get together of sorts...wat say?
Cooking, of course is one of the greatest attributes which makes us what we are- Homo Sapiens.
..but not the only art as its a far cry for me to even get into the kitchen!
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