Sunday, June 3, 2007

Going West (of Amsterdam)

The meeting at Roja's place on 6th May,2007 seemed to get a slow start but then it picked up with lot of things being prepared and discussed. As per the plan, we had following recipes:
Kotmir wadi by Ashwini
Poha by Prakash
Vegetarian Korma by guest chef - Achut Shanbagh
Toran (mallu dish) by Roja
and dessert 'Sondesh'( of two types) by Pathikrit

Ashwini initiated the proceedings with explainations about Kotmir wadi along with its ingredients. Pat, in the mean time, started preparing for Sondesh(es) as well. He gave a tasty surpise when he said that he's going to prepare infact two type of Sondesh: a normal one and a chocolate one. Prakash had to wait for his Poha while Kothimbir wadis were getting fried. Hungry people had their mouth ful with delicious Kothimbir wadis along with 'mrchi ka achar'. Poha, a popular dish from UP and MP, was followed by the main course.
The main course had 'Vegetarion Kurma' by our guest chef Achut which had all the flavours of Konkan. Next was Roja's tasty Toran, a popular Kerala dish.

Hence, Pat's Sondesh were all ready to be eaten and they were yummy. According to Pat, two is very less number of types as compared with the total types available for Sondesh. Interesting, isn't it?