Regional special

Feb 18 saw us cook regional dishes including a Dutch dessert! Specifically we had dishes from Punjab, MP & Gujarat with the dessert being videshi.

For the first time the meeting was held without the 'Food Club' coordinator Prakash & his wife Vandana as their kid was not well. The meeting strength was, otherwise, full.

Menu for this meet was:

• Handvo
• Amritsari Daal
• Shahi Gobi
• Kwark

Ashwini started the proceedings with preparing Kwark. The dessert had to be kept in refrigerator before we could enjoy it. Aditya was next with Amritsari Dal. The boiled urad dal was brought by him and hence he cooked and garnished it. According to him, the dal is very popular in Punjab in parts near Amristar and is to be enjoyed along with parathas. As a substitute of the regular parathas, we had the quick parathas. Well, we postponed eating of dal after preparation of Handvo by Dhwani.

Handvo as the starters were really tasty and already occupied bit of space in the human tumbler. Next to follow were the flowers or Gobis already fried and were waiting to be garnished with masala. This was prepared by myself. Once they were baked, every body enjoyed along with amristari dal and the parathas.

In the mean time, Ashwini's Kwark had gone fluffy. She garnished with fruits which made it look tempting. We had a small but enjoyable cake or Kwark cutting ceremony honoured by Dhwani. She was going to celebrate her birthday the next day. After we were full, there was normal len-den ki baat chaired by our treasurer Ashwini. Then we discussed about the next meeting which is going to be 'HOLI SPECIAL' and would be held in TCS office so that the neighbourhood is not being disturbed by holi shor gul.

The planning of this special meeting is in process and hope it gets finalized soon. We wish Aditya, Pooja and Palak a very enjoyable and safe trip to India. We hope to see them after two months.