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Nothing can be more satisfying than a complete two course self cooked meal. It was an attempt to redeem the faith in Anusha who would not believe that my last week’s crazy dish (cabbage sambar) actually tasted good. What started out as an attempt in making sambar with cabbage curry ended up in a cabbage sambar concoction. It was good nevertheless, but it is difficult for someone to believe without tasting it.

With me not working weekends lately, I seem to have a lot more time than I am used to. Also, I have been talking a lot to my cousin Gayathri, who lives in Illinois and she keeps making my mouth water by talking about what she made for lunch, dinner etc. They range from very simple sambar, kootu etc. to exotic spaghetti w/ cheeseballs, nawabi paneer kofta and such. Usually weekend eatouts are Olive Garden (italian), On the Border (Mexican), House of India etc., but this weekend was all about me rising from the ashes.

Ladies and gentlemen, presenting a two course meal of aloo gobi (potato - cauliflower curry) and aloo channa saag (potato, chick pea, spinach w/ gravy) served with hot white rice (with a dollop of butter) and onion raita. The picture does not show the yummy potato chips and an orangeade. So salivate….;)

Cooking all this was fun, but now I have to turn Kanta bhai and that is no fun. Doing dishes is no man’s job. Kanta bhais in and around Miami can feel free to apply for vacancy. Remuneration will be good Indian food and weekdays off.

Continuing on a culinary note,
Rice - $1 per pound
Ghee - $3.99 per bottle
Aroma of steamed rice and ghee - priceless

This is just a heads up for the menu during my wedding. For all you people still in two minds, this should put you out of your miseries. Here is the menu.

§ July 8th, curtain raiser

»Breakfast
•Kesari
•Pongal and chutney
•Idli w/ kosthu
•Kaapi, tea etc.

»Lunch
•Payasam (avil)
•Thair pachadi (carrot)
•Avarakai curry (broad butter bean)
•Vazhakai curry (green plantain)
•Pushnikai kootu (winter melon)
•Sambar (vendakai)
•Rasam
•paruppu, nei, appalam etc.
•Mysurpa
•thair, uruga, appalam etc.

» Tiffin
•Kasi halwa
•Lime sevai and chutneys
•Utappam w/ sambar

•ladoo after Sai Bhajan

» Dinner
•Pal payasam
•Thair pachadi
•Thakali jam/beetroot pachadi
•Katrika curry (eggplant)
•Potato podimas
•Vegetable kootu
•sambar (murungaka)
•Mysore rasam
•poli
•paruppu vadai
•kerala chips

§ July 9th , D-Day

» Breakfast
•Carrot halwa
•Idli
•Medhu vadai
•Pongal
•Rava dosai
•chutney (thakali and coconut) , sambar

» Lunch
•Kalyana pasayam (paruppu payasam)
•Thair pachadi
•Sweet pachadi (w/ fruits)
•Kosumalli (this I am not really sure of)
•Vazhakai curry (options)
•Beans paruppu curry
•Avial
•kadhamba sambar (3 vegetables)
•Mor kozhambu
•Thalaki rasam
•Boondi laddu

§ Tiffin
•Son papadi
•vegetable samosa (w/ tamarind and mint chutney)

§ Reception dinner (now I can’t escape from it)
•Tomato soup
•Badam kheer
•Cutlet w/ sauce
•Onion thair pachadi
•Fruit pachadi
•Cabbage curry
•Potato curry
•Naan
•Paneer butter masala
•Vegetable biriyani
•Bisi bela bath
•Pineapple rasam
•White rice
•Tair sadam
•Ljjat pappad
•Cips (potato)
•Gulab jamoon
•Ice cream w/ fruit salad
•Beda

§ July 10th, does this have to end??

§ Lunch
•Semiya pal payasam
•Thair pachadi
•Mixed vegetable curry
•Chembu roast
•Poricha kootu
•Melagu kozhambu
•Murungaka sambar
•Jeera rasam
•Jaangri
•Thair vadai
•Tomato vadam

Keep watching out for more updates. Soon, maybe I might post pictures of good looking girls who might attend the wedding