Food Inc.

Idli/dosa breakfast series.

2006-09-17T07:17:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Idli and dosas! Idli and Sambar.
Dosa and molgapodi-woooah! looks at the ghee! yummm...and the molgapodi.

Paper roast.......so crisssssp and light Masala dosa...... hmmm! i normally dont prefer masala dosa....but once in a while its fine.

I surely am addicted to sweet things :P

2006-09-07T21:25:00.000-07:00

I'v always loved desserts...chocolates and ofcourse sweets! or anything sweet...
Caramel sauce on ice cream with roasted chopped nuts!! MmMmmm.

*Vanilla ice cream with crushed up chikki( peanut candy) is awesome...one of the forms of peanut which i wouldn' mind having ne day with ice cream... not too fond of eating peanut candy(chikki) otherwise.

I love jus bout any cheesecakes.... any flavour ...the baked ones or the refridgerated ones... cheesecake is ch3Esecake ;)

Choco sundae!!

Chocolate brownie sundae....omg!

ugh... i jus had 2 big peices of Death by chocolate cake for breakfast and now i feel sick! :( This is Pinnapple upside down...... and i jus LOVE it.... my mom has a super recipe and shez good at making it...... and i feed and pig on all the caramelised part at the botton and ofcourse steal of the pinnapple slices which have the caramel on it too and if the cake part has the crispy kinda crust on it.... that would be my next target :P !! can i help it ...??thats jus me!! =D... its upside down afterall....!

weeEE! i'm high jus looking at few of these piks! heeeee! nope.. =D not yet drooling.... i decided to spare my poor keyboard which i jus spent 10 PAtieNt mins cleaning. *sigh*

more n more desserts!

2006-08-25T23:58:00.000-07:00

Some more desserts and ofcourse more chocolate !
This is an awesome pic of a peice of Death by Chocolate cake with another slice like thing of Caramel custard. YUmmm! two things i can live on !!

This is a pic of the very famous Cake Walk Blueberry cheesecake! yumm!
OMG !! (: chocochip cookie....look at the melted choco chips inside!!

Tiramisu....need i sey ne thing more !??
Awesome Chocolate frosted cake with nuts and chocolate sauce!! my mom's recipe doesnt look as good :( !! sheeesh! you can see how moist and choclatttty it is....! scrumptious!

Northy food !!

2006-07-01T10:26:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of North Indian..... umm i think i'll call em snacks ??!

Pav Bhaji !! yummy!! too much potato in the Baji is sickenin'.... but loads of melted Amul salllty butter with the Pav is simply deliciously lip smakin!!

Pani Poori is one of the chaat items i actually like!! its crunchy...juicy...not too much potato... n awesome imli(tamarind) n greenish chutney water kinda thing to pour in the pooris n jus quikly eat em up :P
Channa/Chole Batoora!... n'other thing thats realy good! strictly shud be eatn hot coz like pooris the batoora eaten cold is betta not to be eaten.

Not a great pic of Bhel Puri....but i think its one of the best i could find. School bhel is diffrnt but really yummy!! yea i did sey it wuz yummy ... and yea... school made too! :P its got loads of those crispy ticket things..with laods of imli chutney(which sumtimes make the tickets soggy..Mmmmm! i cant think of this now!! ) n onions which taste so good!! On mondays coincidently we used to keep getting it and we used to have English extra classes on mondays after school also.....so we'll hogg n hogg 2,3 or even 4 cups of our famous school bhel to keep our digestive systems n minds working =D

A few cool combnationz!

2006-06-30T11:40:00.000-07:00

Me and weird food convo's !! i like tryn out new things ,new tastes and flavours! well i guess thats jus the way my taste buds wer meant to be in case you wer wondering howwwww!!

Monaco biscuits....are really awesome eatn plain!! i loove salty things n Salt!! n Monaco biscuits are sallllty!! Eaten with Cheese spread is awesome....but for all those who dont like tooo much salt.... then go in for mayonise(wrnge speln i knoe!)*excuse pls*
But if your in a reaaally 'experimentive mood' as i wud call it..... then try Monaco with mixed fruit jam! salty n sweet! ;D
Toast/bread/or semi toast(hot) with butter(optional) and Loooads of Condensed milk(CUMPULSARY!!) is mind blowinggggggg! shit i need this noWW!!

Toast and cheez...(burnt) not a weird combo..but.well...!...too burnt doesnt taste good at allll....but yea cheese n toast n loads of sauce on top is reallly super!!

Toast (hot) and honey is really an awesome combo esp. wen your sick with a bad stomch upset(which i am alllllways stuck with) *sigh*.....is really good !! banana on top i havnt really tried..... but looks really naaise!! Banana and honey are two things which i'v recently developed a liking for!

OKAAY! this is the perfect breakfast! not a weird combo FoR SURE i knoe....but it kinda fits in heer (i thot- and thats why its heer with thez piks) Bulls-eye (with the sunny side up) and toast n Baked beaaanz! sausaged n bacon nd fried tomatoz missn! damn!its okie! i luff this pik the way it eez!!

CHcoLAT n iceCReeamz! mMMmm!

2006-06-30T11:09:00.000-07:00

Tired of seeing chocolate piks?!?! i hope not!! well if you are....then...well.. i'v got suumn new in this entry...icecream!! but then again...thats chocolate iccream n the other one has chocochips! too bad! :P Neway... m not..... so i decided to continue....! the pics are amazinnng! m so mMMmmmm yummmy!! fundtaastig piks!

Ferrero Rocher!! OMg its the best thing in this world !! if one woke me up at 3 in the morning n gave me a box full of them ... i wud sleep eat !!(if ther's summin like tha!)

No! m not drunk when m seying this...!! yup!! i luff Bountyyy!! If your one of those people whus got a whole packet of Bounty that sumones dumped on you ...actually got you from abroad or summin....you knoe m always ther :DD Chocolate n desicated coconut...i knoe sounds yuck! but...i gues su jus gotta aquire a taste for bounty.... or for that matter ne thing that had coconut..?! Cadbury's plaaaaain Milk Choclate!! the BEST thing evaaa! (how many things have i sed that for!?! )but reaaaLLi !! it is !! melted or frozen or room temp.... milk chocolate ...is the best!! Btw... it boosts yr energy if your almost shittn in your pants before a race or competetion :) !!

a combination try-able .....well best is with Vanilla icecream with crushed up chikki(peanut candy)!!

After Eight icecream.... Mint icecream with choco chips !! MmMmMMM!! amaaaaaazing!! but again.... not many ppl like eet.....! its one o my fav's after the vanilla's... n chocolates n the rest....!
ChocolaT ice cream!! :P creammmmmmmy n choclatty!! jus glides n slidezzz down yr throat!!

Try out....cookie or Bourbun biscuit peices crush'd n put on top! dont worry ... it wont taste like an overdose of chocolate! i dint think so t'least =D !

A few Kerala Specialities..

2006-06-28T10:22:00.000-07:00

This is basically Banana chip coated with jaggery and a few other ingrediants with m not sure off n wudnt wanna cook up sum weird ingrediants which'll make this awesome thing sounds even worse than it alredy sounds :) !! in malayalam its called (sharrkr-uperi)! its really awesome! but mayyybe if your not a Mallu or a mallu food lover.. ... then perhaps one would havta aquire a taste for this!

Kuppa! m sure everyone wuda herd of this dish!??! its basically Tapioco dish n its real reaAL tastty!! if you reaaaaaaly wanna knoe what it might resemble or taste like.... the closest i could get is..... maybe POtato?!

Puttu and kadala curry! its the besst=est combo eva !! (kadala curry) is basically black channa spicy masala curry!

Tapioca chipz! mMMM! awesome! just best eaten plain! its salllty and also available red n salty n very spicy! i prefer the plain un-spicy one!
Banana chips !! eatn kerala chips from Chennai or ne wher else is a waste!! Might taste good ...but if you really wanna taste the REAL kerala BananA CHipz.... then u gotta go to Kerala to eat em! fried in hot Coconut oil...tasty...yelloww and jus tastes amaaaazin'. Watching the sweaty mallus make banana chips on the road side is quite a site !! they slice up the banana in micro-second pace! yeaah! they'r that faaast! super fast!!The guys might look sweaty .... but remeebr... they'r Kerala-ites n their clean! they'r sittingin the hot sun ... doing alot of fast, hard work! they gotta sweat obviously!! :P

random...choclates,sweetz...candy ...!

2006-06-25T08:35:00.000-07:00

M&M's gemzzz!! love emm!

Ju-jips !! yumm! used to love eating them wen i wuz young.... its jus fruity flavour'd( purely artifial) jelly like cubes with sugar crystals coated on top !!

Candy !! mmmMMMm ! manisha got me a few ...as part of her huge bag of choclates and otehr stuff from the US !!

Gummy teeth! they'r the best! u can scare away people by sticking them up yr gums :P !!

YUMmmmmmay! Chocolate fudge!! m not gonna sey more! ;D

Sea food and meat!

2006-06-22T08:40:00.000-07:00

Kerala style prawn curry and rice is amaaazzing!!

(pic courtsey: http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)
Peper beef! absoltulely ,fabulously tassshty !! bit spicy coz of the pepper...but its worth the eyes watering, tongue burning and ears puffing!!

(pic courtsey: http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

Prawn fritters! (otherwise also called golden fried prawns??) not too sure but think so ... its jus batter fried prawn...very bland.... but eaten with the rite kinda sauce makes it taste so gud !!

(picture courtsey: http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

Again... Kerala Chicken fry and fish fry..... ROXX!! mmmmmm! i wish i was eating lunch.. back there in my house in Kerala....my grandmothers yummy hot fresh spicy fish fry!!

BRiyaniiii !! YUMM !! i can live 365 days of the year on Mutton briyani ... i actaully love it that much ... Briyani for me ... is ONLY and strictly MUTTON BRIYANI !! I always have a special apatite and empty stomach for Briyani... be it for Breakfast,lunch...or dinr !

I'm told briyani with melted cheese on top rox! m yet to try it. I'v tried mutton briyani with sauce/ketchup....! now if your not one of those ppl hu can eat sauce with jus bout nething ...then... my adive for u is.... dont try ketchup and briyani.

A few school food pictures

2006-06-21T09:15:00.000-07:00

Lets get to an entry...with jus few of out school food menu !! wondering why?!?! m wondering too ! ;)
This is Pongal (salty). In school occationally might taste kinda decent...but otherwise... it taste like one mass of gue !! i guess its also becuz i'v had the same things for almost 13 yrs now! I pick all the Cashews n dump it in sumone else plate or jus chuck it in the corner o my plate coz i hate cashews.. n hate them esp. in pongal.

OUr school biscuits ROCK !! m not gonna doubt that! our bakery makes sum real superb stuff.. the puffs ,biscuits and buns esp. are real good! everything hot and freshly outa the oven!!

Semiya upma ! uuurgh! something i jus cant stannd !! semiya upma for snack time in the evening means i take the short cut route to the car park without even going close to the dining hall ;) it tastes sorta decent ...wen we get it with that white chutney... its not thaaat bad then!

Should i call it brinjal curry ...brinjal dal !?!? its not sambar !! but this is what we eat with the pongal ...and this is the very dish that makes our gue , mass like pongal taste actually decent.

Dokhla! summin i loove !! dokhla with imli(tamarind Chutney) is yumm! its made in our school...hardly tastes like dokhla...but tastes good!

Baked stuff

2006-06-21T08:27:00.000-07:00

BAck to more sweet ,baked stuff!

Lemon tartt !! gohd! its the besssst eva thing !! i want lemon tart now!! its summin i can jus eat jus netime !! its tangy lemony flavour jus roXX!

Cup cakes !! i love emm!

Ginger biscuits! omg !! i love them toooo!! burnt ginger biscuits are the besst!!

Muffins!!! i'v jus tasetd home-made ones..! was realll good!!

Jam tartttttts !! shit ... i knoe its jus jam n the tart base... but...!! thats what makes it jam tart...summin i jus looooooove !! again! my momz jam tarts are awesome!

Primarily jus bread!

2006-06-20T14:40:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures of Sandwich's,bread and even a pudding all made primarily with bread!

This is Tuna Sandwich! yumm i love tuna! whether its jus plain ...dry hard bread with tuna or whether its tuna salad.. tuna is tuna!

Banana bread ! mmmm! all my life...i'v hated anything with includes banana in as part of its ingrediants! but now...! i dont mind jus bout nething with banana in it! i still dislike the long green banana's though! eeks! they taste horrid. Banana bread roX ! Neha(my classmate) makes the best-est-est banana bread evaa!! she still hasta gimme the recipe!!

now...! this is Bread pudding! its one of my favourite puddings! My granymomy in Kerala makes the best microwave bread pudding eva! earlier... she used to make it in her huge big oven but...times change! n now the same bread pudding which took maybe 1/2 an hour to make, takes jus a few minutes now! i love the caramalised part underneath! shit! this pik jus sucks! looks disgusting i knoe... but its the best i could get! bread pudding actaully looks toooootally diffrnt!

This is hard to sey in one word or give a name to... but in my house... its referred to as Bombay toast and was one of the most frequently made snacks, and loved by everyone! and the best part is that .... its something that could either be made salty or sweet! isnt that so cool!? its basically bread,with egg on top, a lil bit of finely chopped onions( optional ) and according to whther you want it sweet or salt add salt or sugar in yr egg batter....nd then coat it over the bread n shallow fry!! it actaully sounds quite pukish...esp. the egg with sugar part ?! dont go by the way it sounds! taste it!! salty one is better for the people whu'r trying it for the first time.

Pudina(mint) chutney on bread! its a lovely combo.... either with bread or bun !!if yr not a person who liked the mintey kinda taste then dont try it n then cribb!! :)

always eat at room temp. or chilled! neva hot !

lets get a bit salty with our pictures now!

2006-06-20T13:31:00.000-07:00

Seen too many deserts ...chocolattes and other sweet things!?? lemme give u a break nd get to sum salty snacky stuff...!

Chaat..... m really not a chaat fan at all....but its crazy how i can endlessly eat chaat even though i'm not too fond of it! This is picture of DAhi puri.... its not thaat bad... but still Dahi kachori chaat is real good...nd so is pani puri... nd dahi papdi chaat...nething without too much potato isnt bad !! Ne chaat with dahi(curd) is nice! chillled chil curd! mmm! yum!
BBQ chicken! mmmm! the pik's look so yumm!! the somkey bbq flavour that the chkin haz is jus undesribable ... definately not with words and my vocab =D lol ! no thats not an excuse!

Aloo Parattas! Eaten hot or cold...doesnt matteror make a difference to me! But aloo parattas with too much aloo(potato) or too much spice is not my taste at all ! as shown in the pic......its best eaten with either pickle or curd(chilled =D )

(picture from http://thecookscottage.typepad.com)

"HOt hot gharam gharam samosas" !! havn't you heard people in the stations and bust stands carrying samosas in small packets or trays walk around seying this!? Kheema samosas are the besssssht !! if they'r too hot....doesnt taste as good...!(keep in mindd you can hardly get the real taste when its way too hot n steaming).

DAhi Vada/thair vada .... i hate dahi vada without loads of imli chutney(tamrind tangy sweet chutney) thats a must on top !! Dahi vada muuuuuuuust and really must be eaten chillllled!! i love this stuff man! rocks ! just as a meal or even jus as an evening snack.

Its all Chocolate !!

2006-06-17T09:49:00.000-07:00

Well...... Looks amazingly.....what shud i sey !?!? i'll leavee that for you'll to decide. Well this is Chocolate Milkshake with laods of cream n ice cream ... and as u can see .... an laooooaaodsssssss of chocolate to top it all ,not to miss the creamy scoup of vanilla ice-cream !! It very very verRy filing !!! beleive me !!

Not a great picture for Chocolate mousse i know... but chocolate mousse is choclate mousse !! n to know what i'm talking bout you gotta eat it n dream of living on a world wher the earth is chocolate mousse or summin.... to sound less weird! ?! :P

Nuttiessssss !!! the caramal ones ........ mmmmmmmmm !!! i realllly dont have words!

Wafers.... i love all wafers... be it the artifial pink strawberry flavoured one's...pale yellow mango... black current.... ummm the pineapple one... i digest jus coz i like "wafers" not really the yuck pineapple essense! Choclate wafers rock!! wafers ROCK!! they jus neva eva make you full or fed up! (excluding the pineapple flavouritr awryte!??!) lol.

Chocolate Doughnut !! doughnuts are yummy...choclates i dont havta mention.. and doughnut + Chocolate......umm !! it makes a heavenly chocolate doughnut! jam doughnuts we get in school.... i actaully do enjoy !! hahah ! i did sey that! c'mon! it wasnt bad at all after playing a tiring game of.....volley ball of football or frisbee... or jus nething....the nething could inclue(boreing teachers lectures as well !!) :)

CHOCLATES !!

2006-06-17T08:30:00.000-07:00

Yesss ! its FINaaaaaaaLLy ChocoLatE time !! Finallly !!

Belguim Chocolates !! mmmm ! yummmmayy!! I'v eaten belguim cholates jus once or twice i think.....my couzin had got a box of them when she came down..... nd they looked exaaaactly like the ones in this pik.... like a sorta lovely marbly effect of an awesome blend of white and dark chocolate. OMg! looking at the picture again.... i jus have nuuuuthing more to sey !!

Kitkat !! Have a break... have a KitKat !! melted soggy KitKat is jus awesome!!

Lindt Chocolate !! do i need to sey NETHING more !?!??!

Chocolate truffle......! OMg !! chocolate truffle, i'v had a few times... m talking bout GOOD chocolate truffle ! mindblowing !! the picture is awesome isnt it ?! =D i think so ... i'v tasetd jus two of the one's shown in this picture... but ... errrm! i can still get the taste o it in my mouth !! Okayy i havta look at a flowing open drainor gutter to get the thought of this outa my head!!!

Believe me all....this picture looks betta than the taste of this chocolate !! Snickers !! its awesome !! It can be a meal by itself .. jokes apart. I lovvvwfe it.... but it wuda ben a gazzillion times betta without the peanuts! for those who dont know... i'm not a peanut person at alllllllllllllll ! BUt its awesome !! it reallllly is !! n ... its the best midnight feast-snack eva ! ;P....rest .... let the picture explain...!

yumm stuff !!

2006-06-15T12:39:00.000-07:00

Yeaaaa! it more annnnd more food ...food and more food!

Macroni yummmy yummy bake!! the macroni ...n d the cheese...white sauce.... n jus everything!! Where the hell is the ketchup !??! what a stupid pik!! :P This used to be my cum-back-home snack at one point....! now i hardly get home in the evening onli!!

Garlic Bread ..... mmmm!yumm!! Cheese garlic bread also roXXXX!! crispy and garlicy and really awesoooome strong flavour!

Fish n chips! : yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!

Sizzling shrimp(chemmean varattiyathu) ummm! why all this kerala transaltion?!!? well its a Kerala dish... hahah! should i sey i wuz tryin to showor rather show off, that i know sum malayalam !? ;P Deep fried SQUID RINGS ! (calamari rings) ! yummm!! i can eat them plaaaain!! even without ketchup !!! =D so now u knoe how good they taste rite?!!?

Food-randomly mixed varieties.

2006-06-12T12:44:00.000-07:00

Lasagna !! its jus one awesooooome dish !! Cheesy and stringy :P !! the picture seys it alllllllll !! I'v tasted even veg lasagna's-that too green sticky spinach lasagn and.......! its awesoommmme!! verry verry filling but one neva tends to get fed up of it!

PIzzzzza! not thaaat great a pic at all ....i have another one which i'll post in another entry hopefully. PIzzaas are jus too goood for words to describe ! pizzas are really damn filling and i jus can about eat 4 slices with greaaaaat difficulty !! dont worry.... it just proves i dont have a well in there!! =D

Meat Pie !! yummmm ! my mum, at one point used to make meat pie sooooo often i actually got fed up o it !! Thinking of it now.....i want some of RYTE NOW !!

This is a Bake......when my mom cant make the normal 'this n that' for dinr... she conviniently makes some bake or the other ....all jus her own inventions and her own recipes.... suprisingly they end upp tasting good, actually !! Kheema/mince bake or vegetable ...or macroni or chicken bake....jus bake with laods of cheese and white sauce tastes awesome...you really dont even need bread or nething else to eat along with it !!

Grilled fish !! Doesnt it look absolutely lip smakin' ?!?! it is !! the smoky flavour that grilled fish often has enriches the taste of the fish !! Its got a slightly tangy tinge to it and that what makes it grilled fish and that what makes it really taste that good! !! what more can i sey ??
Grill'd fish can be eaten plain....which i do most of the time or with bread or .....jus anything actually.....

Some Kerala food !

2006-06-12T08:10:00.000-07:00

These are some lovely ,yummy pics of some food form my land ! the Mallu land Kerala.

Appam! yet another thing u cant eat colld! it getz all sogy and horrible when it becomes cold. Appam, Well it can be eaten with almost anything...from Coconut milk and Sugar as the picture shows, or fish curry...fish moli(i'v got a picture of that as well) ,vege stew or mutton stew.... or jus plain wen its real hot !! as n wen my mom makes them i jus keep eating em non stop... first i eat the outside crisp lace like part and then....get to the inside :P

This is Pazham Prathaman(Banana Payasum) ... sounds so grossly pukish doesnt it !?! its really aweosme... but i guess one hasta aquire a taste for it just like the other Kerala payasums like jackfruit payasum or whole wheat payasum. All jagery based payasams and i love it wen its chilled!

(picture from http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

This is some yummmu mutton curry... looks more like a fry.... it doesnt have gravy as such...but its not dry either. Not toooo spicy or too full of masala but jus the "my" type of mutton curry!

This is the Fish moli i was referring to earlier. It tastes best either with appams, idiappams,or jus that soft sweet bakery fluffy bread :) its not too spicy...it doesnt taste like the normal kerala fish curry either...its basically cocnut milk,fish,tomatoes.... and ginger,chilies , onions etc etc. ! but tastes brilllllllliant!

Idiappam with Stew is the best combo eva! Stew.... i prefer mutton stew ne day coz i'm a meat freak...but vegetable stew isnt all that bad either.

Idiappam and tamato sauce/ketchup also tastes awesome ( one of my weird combos ). Indian pickle also tastes good with it.

Breakfast !?!?

2006-06-11T12:04:00.000-07:00

Well this is surely not one of those indian masala dosa ,chutney,kesari kinda breafast's....! so lets see what we'v got...!

Sausages !! isnt this such a scrumptious extra yummy pik !?! i think so *nod* !! Sausages are jus the bessst things eva that man invented....not excluding my fav....BACON! shit...!! m almost drooling....!! i dint get a single decent pic of bacon and therefore preferered not to put up jus some lame pic.
Sausages used to be my standard b'fast for sooo long ! and used to be the main part ofone my typical family sunday b'fast with bacon ,bulls-eye, hot toast with salty amul butter melted on top, fried/toasted tomatoes and ofcourse cheese, jam.... and the other things!
If your yr one of those salt freaks(like me ;p)( i know i should be so proud...but..) then fry the sausages in soya sauce and if u want a tangy touch to it... a lil bit of tomato ketchup!!

Yummmmmm !! Hot toast with baked beans!! do i havta sey ne thing more.......!??!

Bulls-eye with the sunny side up! i love it with laods of sault and loads of peppr! neva eat freid egg cold !! the crispy parts at the periphral end are so crisp n yumm!!

Bread and jam ....!! i dont think i'v eva been or eva will get fed up of eating bread and jam...! jus any jam.... mixed fruit,mango,pinapple,apple, plum....strawberry !! any jam on bread is neva too boreing for breakfast.

Bread+ Jam( of yr choice) and a cheese slices is yuM !!

More indian sweeetz!

2006-06-11T08:57:00.000-07:00

Some more sweets.....!

(picture courtsey : http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

Mysore pak !! Half or quarter of one of those pieces is all i can eat....after which i can puke even looking at it !! its made of pure GHEE nd its got a strong flavour n ghee essence flavour! meeeelts in yr mouth n its really yumm! but jus that quarter piece... not more than that for me. My dad and his couzins...actaullly quite a few people i know, can easily eat like two huge pieces of Mysore pak... and i always wonder'd HOWWW the hell they cud !! its thaaaaaat heavy!! Sri krishna sweets- Chennai has one of the bestest... the bets i'v tasetd atleast.
( i knoe the pic looks putting off )!!

Jalebi !! yummm! hot jalebi's are the Besssht.... people!! crissp crunchy n hot nd jus mind blowingly superb !! welll i jus dont have the rite words in my aweosme vocab to convert the taste of Jalebi's into words and sentences to get you to actaully feel the taste in your mouth.
Jalebi(wen i sey Jalebi i neva refer to cold jalebi's) (always HOt...maybe not HOT but yeaah hot!?!?!)...getting bak to the point... Jalebi(hot) + Cold vanilla icecream is amaaaazing!

(picture courtsey : http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

Halwa....all packed and packaged.... as soon as you enter Kerala....any of the stations... you'll have mobile stalls of stacks nd stacks of these halwas....they'r awesome!! banana halwa roXXX! sounds pukish.... its jus the name... taste it n then think of puking !! dont think twice of beleiving me !! criously! it rocks!

Yesss !! its Soan Papdi !! i think i'v taken after my dad in this.... he wuz the first to introduce to to this amazing sweet,also one of his all tyme fav's!... Its awesooooome !! its like eating cotton candy in a way.... its like eating nuthing... if u know what i mean...! its not heavy.... neither doz it have the flvour of ghee ,neither is it too sweet.....! ummmm lemme jus sey... its AWESOMWe !! its like dry...flaky and if your one of the people who eats soan papdi alot... then... you must knoe that there are these stiff hard-ish things in it which are so yumm !! i break all the pieces to find those hard things!

The flavour'd soan papdi's are awwwwwful !!the worst!! the mango and pinapple and worst of all pistha flavour !! Yuckk!! if you thot orange or pineapple flvaour'd soan papdi wuz bad.... u must try out pistha!! dnt worry its not green =D

Noww.... if your wondering what this brown,guuue-ye,jelly like thing is... i knoe... its brown... looks gueyyyee and jelly like.... but taste it !! jus taste it !! goshhhh ! i got no words to describe Wheat Halwa-also called Tirnalvelli Halwa. Its a Tirnalvelli speciality...and the best i'v tasted is from there. But .... the best one can find here in Chennai is in Suriya sweets or Sri Krishna-these are places i'v had the best from. It jus meltssssssss in your mouth ! actaully dissolves!! its aweoOOsmE! if yr still wondering how wheat halwa could be tasty...ask manisha- i introduced her to it... hahah ! we ate it form some cheap local off the road place called anjali sweets !! LOL ! that wuz one fun day!!

Neway... getting bak .... its a must taste in the halwa Category. The other halwa... i couldn't find a pic but......is jus mind blowingly superb n jus one of the most best-est-est-est halwa's i'v tasted is Dumroot(dumrot) dont knoe the exact spelling..... but its awesome !!! if i tell you what its made from .... you wont dare try it... so m gonna shutt !! dont u dare ask the sweet shop guy either!! :P believe me it rOXX !! the best eva i'v tasted is in Suriya Sweets(chennai) i wish i could live on tat!

Lets get a bit indian with the sweets !!

2006-06-10T21:37:00.000-07:00

Now... Lets get a bit Indian with sweet since i love indian sweet as WeLL ! The pictures might not look alll thats great ... but beleive me, they were one of the best i could find. Anyway, lets get on with it...!

(picture from http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

So.... This is Kaju(cashew) Roll with pistha filling(i know the 'pista filling' bit sounds yuck) but it roxxx ! i get to eat Kaju roll onli in time for Diwali, when its the time of the year my home is filled with boxes and boxes ofindian sweets and dried fruits. Its got a lovely taste in the mouth and jus sorta melts away......yumm!! I'm not a person who likes cashew's at alll... i hate them infact... but this sweet makes me forget that its a sweet actually made of summin i hate!

(picture from http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

Its Peda !! Both, the picture above and below are the same sweet incase you were wondering. Peda is one of my favourite indian milk sweets. Its jus the right kinda sweet i wanna eat now ! its easily digestable :) and not too heavy at all.... one can easily pop in about a 3-4 of them easily and not feel pukish ! the best peda's that i'v tasted here in Chennai is from Sri Krishna sweets(the Ghee smelling place...its sickening-always go outa that place and eat (thats my small advice for ppl hu cant stand the STRong smell of GHEe ) or Shri Mittai.

(picture courtsey: http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

Neatly arranged peda's...... ! ymmmay !

This is Gajar ka Halwa ( Carrot Halwa ).... its one of the best vegetable halwas of the three vegetable halwa's i'v had ! yess... u herd ryte ! i've tasted two others!! Carrot halwa.... always should be eaten hot! hot !! if its ben in the fridge or summin... jus get sum o it into a pirex dish and heat it sum up for about 30 secs in te microwave...and its the best thing you could eva eat !! Its gota carrot(y) flavour...sounds sick wen you actually think of it being made of carrot... but its awesome! I hate gajar ka halwa wen its not hot and when its not sweet enuf coz then it gives a boiled carrot in sugar kinda taste which isnt all tht good ! cashews HAVTA be roasted well in ghee. A scoup of ice cream with this hot lovely halwa tastes really good if someone would be interested in trying-preferably Vanilla ice cream.

Choclate ice cream + Gajar halwa sounds interesting! =D

(picture courtsey: http://masak-masak.blogspot.com)

Laddoos !! I'm not all that fond of the laddoo in this picture... But other types of boondi ladoos rock...and my favourite of the boondi laddoos is none otha than TIRPATHI laddoo ! IT roXxx! its got such an awesome texture and taste... its crunchhy and soggy and the same time... if i'v described it in the right way! the occational elaichi's that might cum in the way of one n'joying the laddoo can be a bit sick... but its simple.. jus spit em out ;) ... and continue n'joying!

Otherwise... my uncle getz me these rich, dried fruit ladoos from sum place on his drive back form mutherland Kerala... tastes realy good too. Basin laddoo... is also not all that bad... but since we occationally get it in skool it makes me feel nauseas LOL !! i like quite a few other laddoos but i dont have a clue about their names n their damn hard to describe !!

Thnking about laddoos! first thing i remembr is my neghbour! wooow! i'v neva eva seen a kid eating that much of summin like laddoos! In a box of sweets... at the age of three ... the chubby thing , at one go.... would eat the whole row of laddoos without any effort at all !! he sure as a well in there and his digestive system's gotta be real efficient !!

Some Fooooooood !!

2006-06-05T12:22:00.000-07:00

Well, if you in one of those reaaal food moods... (as i'v been for quite sometime now.)..as(my tummy is forevvvva upset :D)!! this is just the right place you could eva be according to me!! not that i have the greatest of pictures...but they are certainly awesome one's!! you may not want to really read all of what i'v said...but do check out my piks! m quite proud of them :P !! okaaaay! so lets start !!

In the beginning of summer, one finds the juiciest of oranges in the markets... and orange also being one of my favourite fruits...my fruit basket at home is filled wid em... nd my mom makes so much of this yummmy fluffed up orange cake!! Its something which is supposed to be easy to make...but if the strong orangy flavour is tooo strong...it takes away the 'right' taste of this marvelous cake. Its sponge like...not very moist, but has a lovely semi tanned colour which makes it look so yumm ! dont you think ?

Noow! we'v come to Brownies !! My all time favrit !! I'v attempted making Brownies.... no! you guess'd wronge !! It came out sooo well ! jus enuf sugar... not too sweet, hardish and chewy..i normally dont like nuts in brownies so nuts wer outa my indgredients. Smearing chocolaat sauce over it.... sure isnt an overdose of chocolate for all those chocoholics!!

P.s : Brownies... i love eet... nd i'v got quite a few pics of it...! i can still sey i'm not less addicted to it as yet! :)

Yess yess yess !! Its what i lOOOVE ! Caramel Custard !! i'm gonna waCck you if u sey you dont like this thing !! Its the best! whether its homemade or from outside....! it tastes as good !! its easy to make... no! i dont knoe the recipe...! ha! i actually know it !! so shuddup... i can lecture abt how easy it is ;p..Sanjeev n me ...two people in the family who loooovwfe its SOO much !! The caramalized part..... criously... i dont have words really to describe...! if you havnt tasted it.... do me a favour ifnot urself... n get yr taste buds to taste CARMEL CUSTARD !!

Yess thats Brownies again!

And....... yess!!yet again !!