Happiness is cooking to revive childhood
memories.
One of my favorite meals is 'Mah ki dhal
with puffed buttered chapati.' The memories of enjoying this particular dhal traces back to
childhood days, when my uncle used to enter the kitchen to churn out his
favorite cuisine.
The word would spread around the house
that nobody should enter the kitchen on that particular day; all the women of
the house could attend to the other chores of the house and let uncle rule the
kitchen. There were no pressure cookers and kitchen gadgets in those days, so
the dhal would take hours to simmer on low charcoal fire. Everybody would wait
anxiously for this special meal, and although it was just a simple dhal, it was
cooked elegantly emitting rich flavors. At the end of the meal, everybody in
the house would praise uncle profusely for having cooked a masterpiece.
Today, during lunch, I missed my uncle
but had made the dhal following his recipe.
So here I am, with the project of ‘100 Happy Days’I
am posting pictures each day here on my blog then sharing the link on my page
on FB too. You can enjoy my work either here or on my page at FB at Pushee’s World
