Interestingly our taste-buds crave for an array of food each time. Sometimes spicy, sometimes sweet, sometimes plain simple food, sometimes no food at all may be. Most of the times, if dining outside I get tempted to try on different cuisines just for the sake of experimenting & experiencing (of course to kill my appetite too), when I realise some taste scrumptious and some don’t.
My food habits are pathetic, I hardly eat my breakfast. If breakfast means having a mug of tea, then I follow it ritually with a buttered toast (now I am bored of this too). Lunch is usually a Sub. I prefer Sub not for any Size Zero fad but my work gets really hectic and eating a heavy lunch makes me feel drowsy and makes it difficult to sit through the remaining hours post lunch. Though some days, team lunch / lunch with friends becomes an indulgent. Dinner I skip if I have had a heavy lunch or may be chapatti/rice with some curry.
What I long for is a nice weekend home cooked lunch, which I try and make it lavish yet simple. Nothing tops my list than home cooked food. So here I went to hand-pick some fresh looking luscious veggies from bazaar. (Not the super markets as I feel they are not the farm fresh ones).
Today’s lunch was made of raw jackfruit and potato curry (one of my favourites), lady’s finger cooked with shallots in a poppy seed paste, some daal to go with rice & fresh cucumber salad and green chillies.
Dessert…? It was chilled Lassi (A drink made of sugar & yoghurt) topped with cream to beat the heat!
Titaxy said:
YUMMMMMMMMMMMM you are making me crave for all this now…
Dew said:
haha 🙂 come o’er will cook for you!!!
ajay said:
Home cooked food always tastes good. The lunch looks very yummy making me crave for home food.
Dew said:
Awww..com o’er wud cook sumthing even better! 🙂
BlueMist said:
Home Food is the best. No two opinions. Hey I want that Bhindi recipe pliss pliss 🙂
Dew said:
Sent it 🙂 i hope you like it!
chatterbox said:
Wow! that food looks super yummy 😀 😀
Am glad you posted it on a weekend for you sent me craving for food right away 😀 😀
Dew said:
I hope you had a great foody weekend 🙂
celestialrays said:
your bhindi looks very interesting 🙂
share the recipe pls? i am a sucker for bhindi 🙂
sighhhhh…. that meal looks so yummy!
Dew said:
Recipe of Lady’s finger cooked in rich poppy seed gravy!
Ingredients & the method,
Pick lady’s finger that are fresh and tiny ones. Wash, pat dry and slit just the head ‘n tips and keep it aside.
Make a paste of poppy seeds, green chillies, salt, and two cloves of garlic.
Heat oil and fry the lady’s finger with a pinch of salt on high flame to avoid making the recipe sticky. It doesn’t take too long if the lady’s finger is tender.
In a separate pan, heat mustard oil (optional – It’s a Bengali dish so mustard oil is must). Add kalonji /onion seeds and green chillies, as they splutter, add lots of thinly sliced spring onions/shallots. Add a little turmeric powder, salt and stir fry until the onions become translucent.
Now add the fried lady’s finger and stir well slowly.
Gently, add the poppy seed paste, and a little water and mix it well. Cover it and cook on sim for may be 5 minutes or so.
Serve with hot ghee rice and dal.
Its a simple one, hope u like it
celestialrays said:
wow thanks dear 🙂
that’s very sweet of you 🙂 🙂
it sounds interesting, cant wait to try my hand at it!
Dew said:
Most welcome 🙂 Anytime
Swaram said:
Me too me too 😀
Swaram said:
Wowww! Yum Dew .. err cn u parcel some next time 😛
I agree abt the super-market veggies too …. the frozen fresh ones just dnt add that extra bit 😉
Dew said:
send me ur address sweetie, wil get home delivered 😉
mahmud faisal said:
ehh… Dew… this is not good!!
i am hungry now as I came out of home in morn and its 12 hours, no good diet I had.. arghh!!!
well… not much interested in the ingredients 😉 I need the taste only lol 😀
Dew said:
Awwww…am sure u hv had a great meal after readin this 😀
liveonimpulse said:
nothing beats ghar ka khana… yumm..im hungry already !!
Dew said:
True sweetie 🙂
chinkurli said:
Came here through Celestial Rays and your blogpost has me drooling. Thanks 😉
Dew said:
Thank YOU for stopping by and leaving ur comments. Thanks to CR too 🙂