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MY MOMS BEST FRIEND WAS MY GRANDPA 👴... Normally,   You’d always hear stories of GRANNY’S👵🏽  and GRANMA’S, and her Cooking .....👩‍🍳  This time🕰 it was a Story 🎥🎞 told by MY MOM 🧑🏻 to me about my Grandpa 👴 .( FATHER DAD) IT was because of him, she learnt a tough language Malayalam , By watching Movie together, 🎬📺📽 MOM,  Had to SNACK  it up while she was Carrying ing  🤰my BROTHER - Yes!!!!  THE FIRST GONNA BE BORN CHILD IN THE NAIRS!!! A very big thing . My grandpa 👴  used  my Moms best friend, as her very own Dad.. She Always told me of her FAVORITE FRUIT SALAD,  he used to make, so simple and Tasty... GRANPA’s  FRUIT SALAD Ingredients   Fruits(what ever you have) finely chopped Condensed milk  Method: Simplicity to its Best .... Mix up the condensed milk like just enough to you sweetness . (I’d say a dash of it) Notes for an extra mile  Mine has a few rough  of mint and lemon rind grated to...

DADDY, MUMMY,  BABY TOWERS AND THEIR SOUP  Kuwait 🇰🇼 was once the best resort 🏖 for our families 👨‍👩‍👧👨‍👨‍👧👩‍👩‍👧 to come visit us...  My Moms Brother and his wife were newly MARRIED 👰🤵 and visited us in 🇰🇼 Kuwait ....  And my Dad asked them a RiDDLE   DADDY TOWER  MUMMY TOWER BABY TOWER   WHAT AM I ??? one of me even Rotates. KUWAIT TOWERS !!!  The First thing all visitors get to see are the Kuwait Towers My MAMU (MANOJ). .. Is a Foodie to the Core,☄️ he has made us try all the possible foods at every small Conner in Mumbai... KHEEMA PAV, KIRI KALEGI ( don’t even ask me what I ate) 🤪🤪. all I know it was tasty 😋 Biryani , Burgers , Pizza ... 🍔🍟🍕 Out of the BLUES: 🌠  AT 12:30 ⏱My Mamu would ask,  “ guys what you'll feel like eating ???💁🏾‍♂️ and the best of the food used to be ordered or cooked... WHat a Feast !!!!!🥪🍙🥙🍔🥯 So one day we ordered ALOT I MEAN ALOT OF  GREEN CHILIES🌶 AND SPRING ONIONS...

BOWLED WITH ENERGY  PACKED NUTRIENTS.....   Walks after long.... 🙇‍♀️ 🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️🚶🏻‍♀️Almost like someone dragging you out of Bed 🛌 .....🤦‍♀️ Tired 😓 and lazy ....was what I felt.... I had this  Mortal combat game 🤼‍♂️🤺 going on, in me ..,,,,..... GET OVER HERE 👈  I made it PHEW 😅!!!! I WALKED ... But it was Half my rounds lolzzz 🤪🤪🤪 We All have this cheat feeling... .  I have a seriously weak gut ... 😳 that’s a weak digestive system after coming to India.... THE SPICES 🥵  EXTRA OF EVERY SEASONING ....  But that’s where I decided to Alter my diet again  ( yeah I am typically from the bland food category’s)  As my Family doctor 👨‍⚕️ Sanjay   said.... Yogurt -yogurtYogurt, 🍦  B complex   Great balanced diet 🥗  And Sunlight in the morning .... 🌞  I only wish at this time I was a piece of cloth WASH,🧼 🧽 DRY,  and HANG IN  the SUN☀️ ..🥴🥴 allowing the body to absorb the vitami...

You’ve got be kidding me!!!! If you’ve haven’t played PAC MAN... The other day,  we had the 🌧 rains Practically the whole day Gloomy, Cold, Windy  ... 😇😍 I couldn’t concentrate 🥴on my work much , GAZING  at Nature .🤗..  And Totally Craving these INDIAN FRIED FITTERS 🥠STUFFED WITH POTATOES ( Samosa and bhajiya) For   My Bad luck,  I dint have the things to make em...🤦‍♀️ AND to my Good luck...  our Friend Baldwin Came home to fry them. W OOW!!! What timings!!!🤩 🥳😋 That was it,,, fire 🔥 was on wok🥘 was filled with oil and one by one they were fried...🥟 yummmyyyyy !!!!! He kept frying and frying🎡 Made these roasted red garlic powder...🌶 I made green chutney with date and tamarind sauce  Clinton went and got bread So much madness🤪 and happiness🥳 it was like getting into an Indian local 🚂 Train ........ All of us in full action and excitement  -kitchen being totally crowded and packed ... BTW GUESS WHAT???  WE DID IT ....

WIPING OUT AN AIR PURIFYING  !!!!!! Wondering what am I On about...🤔 WHAT ARE YOUR REMEDIES FOR PURIFYING THE AIR IN YOUR FRIDGE???🧰 CLEAN IN ONCE A WEEK?🧹 CHARCOAL🕳 KEEP SALT IN BOTTLES🧂 ODER NIL SPRAY (don’t even know if it works)🤪🧯 My granny used to put Yardley POWDER in  our fridge ... How cute right ??? (It was at-least for me) Day before it was our FIRST MONSOON and it RAINED FRUITS 🍌 🍎 🙄 Now after MY FRIDGE LOOSING WEIGHT , It was CLEANSING 🧼 🧽  TIME .. lolzz🤪🤣🤣🤣 So decided to make this FRUIT PLATTER  Cling wrapped it to get it nice and chilled .. Few hour later ..... ⏰ 💑Hubby opened the Fridge, I get this lovely fruit fresh aroma from the fridge... Moments later . 🕰it was all WIPED OUT.  BUT My fridge still has this fresh purified fruity air...  TIPS : Keep lemon or orange zests at conners of every rack ...  🍊  🍋  Or try my  FRUIT SALAD

DETOX WITH HULK CHICKEN  SO today was Chef Baldwin’s day,  I am sure everyone here wanted to know what was Baldi  upto ???? And what was being delivered at our place????  Well!!!!  Gave us a traditional DETOX CHICKEN And give it some powers that THE HULK HAD...  The Flavors were amazing like having Corona beer 🍺 with a wedge of Lime 🍋  Great STARTER , Great LUNCH/ DINNER  Typically known as  CHICKEN CAFEREAL (Goan recipe) Marinate chicken pieces with lime,salt, turmeric. Make small gashes on chicken so it gets marinated. Masala Green chili's 4 to 5 Garlic pods 8 to 10 Ginger 1to  1 1/2" Cloves 8 to 10 Cinimon 1" Cardamom 2to 3 Jeera 1 1/2 table spoon Turmeric 1/2 table spoon Coriander 2 bunches. Grind all this with a light viniger and marinate chicken. Keep at least 4 hours Put butter on pan Slow cook chicken Add salt according to your taste when you grind marsala. Enjoy.🤗

MEET DUMPSTERS THE NOODLES 2days Ago, Decided to make EVERYONE Favorite NOODLES🍝🥢🥡 ..... Every BIRTHDAY PARTY🥳, Every THIRD HOME🏘, Every Occasion🏟.. Every COLLEGE STUDENT🤸🏼‍♂️ , Every PET’s🐶🐵🐱   FAVORITE...., I can literally imagine “ TABLES AT A MESS”  being thumped upon by spoons 🥄 and cheering out together🥁🎷🎺🥁, NOODLES NOODLES NOODLES NOODLES 📢🔊  Though there is practically nothing fancy about it...💎 ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING GOES IN THERE... 🍭 All About to get old 👵🏽, or close to expiry dates 🙈vegetable you just don’t know what to do🙇‍♀️ Frozen🥶-to -tins🥫... .. sauces name it and it goes in there 🍶 FINALLY MY FRIDGE HAS LOST WEIGHT ....  Don’t Ask about me🤩🤪 Here we go our Favorite  dish.🤩.. DUMPSTER THE NOODLES INGREDIENTS: Noodles All your veges  Garlic  Onions  Celery  Chilies Cabbage(purple and white)  Bell peppers (yellow green red)  Broccoli  Baby corn  Carrots  Zucchini (yellow...

ADVENTURES OF BIRYANI’,S  BIRYANI ...  Sometimes I feel 🤔 men love 🥰 BIRYANI MORE THAN THIER WIVES.. 🧝🏻‍♀️ Not Generalizing , BUT SEEN My DAD & CLINTON.. When ever  a NEW restaurant just opened. ,, we knew dad would be back late⌚️... SO mom used to call him 📲and ask.... AJI WHERE ARE YOU?☎️📞 I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU 🎁 .... was his reply As he was back, our late dog 🐶 ( Naffy ) used to Dig her face deep inside the parcel 💼  dad brought.... SHE KNEW IT AND COULD SMELL IT.. . 👃🏽  On the other hand my Mom kept crossing her fingers 🤞 wishing for her stars ✨ that someday it would be a ROSE 🌹 OR A DIAMOND RING 💍..... So this is what ... DAD WOULD SAY : ....... SEE WHAT I GOT ...A flyer or a brochure of a BIRYANI RESTAURANT would Stick out of his hand 🤚🏽 Lolzz🤪🤪🙇‍♀️ POOR MOM !!!  Explaining himself 🙍🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️and giving the directions to the sto that opened... ⬆️⬅️➡️⬇️🔄 My brother and I knew it !!!!!!!! . NOT AGAIN ANOTHER BIRYANI GRR...

XOTIC MIND MAPPING  A Long   Evening , after groceries came🚗 from BIG BASKET 🧺 with some great stuff Finally... SMOKED APPLE WOOD CHEDDAR 🧀 CHEESE  PREMIUM CHEESE AND PEPPER SALAMI 🐓 So our Nights 🌚gets A CLASSIC Plan.... 💡  GRILLED SALAMI AND CHEESE SANDWICH 🥪...nothing to beat a comfort type!!!😇 Being Vegan 🌱 that wasn’t gonna help me !!!! kept searching 🕵️‍♂️around in my mind Map 🗺   WHAT   veggies Do I get???🥑🍅🥔 Oh my Gosh !! ! Baby potatoes, Cherry tomatoes, Avocado amazing 😉 prunes..., I could‘nt wait to get done with the sandwiches 🥪 to plate MYSELF ,,,,,  XOTIC -   🍱💃 AVOCADO🥑 &CHERRY TOMATOES 🍅 SALAD WILD HERB 🌿 ROASTED POTATOES🥔  AVOCADO CHEERY TOMATOES SALAD 1/2 Avocado diced  6cherry tomatoes Halves 1garlic clove grated  3prunes Date molasses dressing /balsamic vinegar Olive oil Sea salt  Black pepper Toss it and serve in avocado skins  WILD HERB ROASTED POTATOES 6 baby potatoe...

DECONSTRUCTED ONEPOT TO A WOK-LESS TOSS  CULTURALLY , I have these weekdays with Noodles Asian panfry🥘 style with EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN.... Like these  WITCHES 🧙‍♀️ brewing pot, 🧫 IN Goes this⚡️, IN Goes that💥 and a little of this✨ and may be a little of that....☄️ Give it a BIG SWIRL🌪and the MAGIC “MEAL IS READY “🍄🍎🧟‍♀️ So Typically at home 🏠, ONE POT NOODLES HAVE  Bacon 🥓 Chicken 🍗 EGGS 🥚 hotdogs 🌭 Shrimp 🦐  Like a   CANNIBALS  CARNIVAL 🎡  So I add my GREENS EQUALLY BEING GENEROUS: 🧚‍♀️🧞‍♀️ Tofu, mushrooms 🍄, beans ,carrot🥕, broccoli 🥦,Corn 🌽 Balancing the Meal.. Since I have TIME on food I am making the Most of it now.... DECONSTRUCTED ONE POT  1) VEGAN GARIC FRIED RICE  2) CHILI CHICKEN MY WAY 3) BACON PRAWN SCHEZUAN  1) VEGAN FRIED RICE 🍛  INGREDIENTS: 6 Garlic chopped Veg Maggie cube(optional) Celery 1stalk finely chopped  2red chillies finely chopped  1tspoon ginger paste  1tblspoon...

SEA FOODING WITH MEN !!!! These Messy guys🧟‍♂️... LOLZZZ👻👻 When ur asked ..” Babes  do you need any help in the kitchen”???👨‍🍳 What’s your reaction ???   Happy 😊  Excited 😆  Worried 😧  Shocked 😳  I don't even know how to explain mine.... Well it’s in three ways.... 1) I IMMEDIATELY REJECT THE OFFER💍 (you’ll know why later)  2) ASK FOR A TINY BIT OF HELP... (cutting)🔪 3) LET THEM TAKE CONTROL.. 👨‍🍳 Like I mentioned EARLIER ,  I have OCD ... I walk 🚶🏻‍♀️around with a Napkin cleaning 🧼 all wet stains from the gas to the sink . 🧻🧹🧴 Cabinets 🗄and fridge, are ORGANIZED🗃 in such a way that, that I could say 🔎what is kept where with my eyes 👀 closed ..  So MY  1) Point of Rejection is TRUELY NOT TO BREAK 🥴 NATURES BALANCE IN THE KITCHEN .. 2) I offload a 🧺 basket( onions,  tomatoes, ginger, garlic )  GUESS WHAT???  i get the funniest  answer....  WELL ILL CUT ONLY ONIONS AS THE OTHERS ARE M...

 ANTI CANCEROUS ON CANCER FOOD- Nutritional Dressing  Seriously 😳!!! WEIRD Right !!!!! I Remember  💭 every lunch  🥪used to be SALAMI SANDWICHES .. Having this hospitable feelings of sharing my food...I kept getting DENIALS  ... ⛔️🚫🙇‍♀️🤦‍♀️ ONCE I DARED to ask , “but Why NOT”?  ?? 🤷‍♀️ I got scared 😱 to hear 👂 .... ” I DONT WANT TO EAT CANCER FOOD” All processed food causes cancer... DIN’T you know that!!!  Now you doo😂😂... The most tastiest part of my Cuisines were CUTOFF  and I had to HIBERNATE ....🧚🏼‍♂️🧞‍♀️🧜🏻‍♀️ NOPE I DINT FEEL BAD 😔 🤥 ... it was the truth and brought AWARENESS IN WHAT TO EAT...  I Thank Chef RAM FOR that...  I turned VEGAN 🌱 THANKING Mishari on that for Making us watch GAME CHANGERS... Family still loves HEART ❤️  COLD CUTS   🥓 A  CHEAT ON THAT  So HERE IT IS  VEGAN  ANTI OXIDANT SALAD COLD CUTS ANTI CANCEROUS SALAD 1) VEGAN ANTI OXIDANT SALAD INGREDIENTS :...

TRANSFORM YUCKS 🤢TO GOODIES😋 To GREEN, DETOX, IMMUNITY, ENERGY , SUPERFOODS.....,BUT YET FUN 🤩🤹‍♀️🎭🤹‍♂️ The Burn list ..,,, I HATE NUTS !!! I HATE TOMATOES!!! I HATE CAPSICUM !!!! I HATE CORIANDER!!!  I HATE CHICKPEAS !!!! I HATE SPINACH !!! AND..... so on !!!!  Ever where you go you find SILLY PICKY People .... 🙇‍♀️ Making it tougher for meals & to experience of something new.... 💁🏻‍♀️ This is where you  think 🤔 ....  Let’s Recycle ♻️ To GREEN, DETOX, IMMUNITY, ENERGY , SUPERFOODS.....,BUT YET FUN 🤩🤹‍♀️🎭🤹‍♂️ ARABIC TWIST TO GREENS 🌱  1) MUHAMARA :   Ingredients :  4 Roasted red bell pepper Bread crumbs 100 gms Walnuts 150gms Pomegranate molasses (I used date molasses as I dint it)  Lemon juice 2 Garlic 4cloves  Tomato purée 1/4 packet (diluted)that we get in India  Red chillies 2spicy ones  Salt for taste Method : Blend the YUCKS TO GOODIES . ..(rich in OMEGA and VITAMIN E , SUPERFOODS, DETOX, VEGAN 2) SPINACH...

MARRIAGE OFFERING THAT WASN’T IN THE DEAL  BEEN 9 years since we are MARRIED ... 👰🤵 MUMBAI having the best STREET FOOD like VADA PAV, SAMOOSA AND CHATS...  🛣🥘🍲🥟🥠 That’s got spicy 🥵 GREEN CHUTNEY, sweet and sour TAMRIND AND DATE SAUCE, a fried GREEN CHILI  More than being reasonable 🤑it’s just simply AN EXPLOSION 💥 OF VARIOUS FLAVORS..!!!! So much of FUN 🤩HAPPENING IN THE MOUTH 👄   AS We came to Mumbai, lockdown,  😞 SADLY We had to give up street food!!!!! The CRAVINGS  begins for fried onion fitters. .. 😋 And I was asked if I know how to make it... 🤔 Well, I hated frying food!!! 🤦‍♀️🙅🏼‍♀️ THE NEXT Moment a call 📲to my MOM, 👩🏽 (My Husbands humor lol snitching to his MIL) “You got me Married to your  DAUGHTER WHO CAN COOK ALMOST EVERYTHING BUT A BHAJIYA?? ? (Onion fitter)”. OPPS!!!🙈 Busted!!!! To ADD To it, MONSOON 🌂🌦🌧🌨DOESN'T HELP AT ALL!!!!  CRAVING, CHALLENGES, A QUEST BEGAN, 🤯🤩🤪 I REMEMBERED  MY A...

CLASSIC SLURPING  SATISFACTION  🍝  Everyone’s childhood 👶 must have had a NOODLE 🍜 slurping story... REMEMBER ....HAVING THE FIRST BITE ... AND SLURPING THE WHOLE STRING AS FAST AS YOU COULD ,,...  Oh my god!! ! I had to keep my eyes 👀 😵closed for spicy  🥵 or 🍲 soupy ones ☝️.  My Kleenex 📦 boxes used to be over by the time I emptied a spicy one... 😂lolz Used to have Noodles STOLEN from my plate 😯when I turned around, and looked else where🥴🤣🤣    Silly 🙃 fights 🤼‍♀️🤺over them... YOUR has MORE !!!😡 MINE HAS LESS!!😭😤😣😩 I WANT MORE !!! 😋 Hair being pulled , pinching, punching each other... 😂😂😂😂 Never a dish had left overs🍝  Or wiped out the next day 🥣🍽  On our busiest days MAGGIE 2mins makes LIFE EASY AND SIMPLE .... THANK GOD!!!!😇 Add Butter and grated cheddar cheese 🧀 OH MY GOD!!!!  nothing as good as this....  Today when ever I ask My Daughter or HUSBAND, 👨‍👩‍👧Dinner??  First t...

CLOUDY ⛅️ WITH A CHANCE OF MINCE MEAT 🥩  Last night. ..  A pleasant surprise!!!  One of my Neighbour's made this amazing Mince 🥩 meat...  The Aroma , 👃🏽 I couldn’t resist , had a bite 😋  after Dinner was done..  Tasted 😊 SO GOOD  !!!.. that i though 💭 to my self I wanted to lace it around with some 🍳 EGGS....  Always asked to try Eggs apart from its classic , but Eggs always has to be classic...😑🙇‍♀️ THIS TIME !!!!   My Venture with eggs passed through....🤩🤩🤩🥳 Yepieeee !!!! .. and I was more than HAPPY 😃  to get on to my accelerator ...⛷ Reminded  me of my favourite dish at Kanwals place....  SHAKSHUKA  Any mince thats  made or even our pizza sauce or Indian onion tomatoes green chillies masala laced with eggs

BLESSED FRIDAY’s WITH DAD’S FAV  Being from a lovely HINDU Family👳🏼‍♂️👵🏽, Friday’s used to be our Fasting days. The Day we used have Vegetarian Food🥔🥦🌽🥕!!! Ehh BUT  Friday, Used to be a HOLIDAY  too!!!  The DAY we wanted to be OUT🎡🎢🏝 🎣🏇🏽 and have NON VEG🍗🥓🌭 !!!!  Mom used to make Amazing Puris, 🍘Daal (pulse), Potatoes, 🥔 And Rice🍙. (High starch diet) making us all 😃 Happy . I swear, she tranquilized  💉💉us... lolzzz 😴!!!! After being Married and having a kid I know WHY!!!😈😈 NO NO. .. Don’t get me WRONG 🤪You just need a Break from a BREAK ...  Holidays itself,  isn’t A HOLIDAY... i am sure you know it NOW !!  during  THE LOCK DOWN 🔒...💆🏻‍♀️ So Mom being ROMANTICALLY CUTE 💏😍🥰 used to ask , WHAT  would you like-for dinner ??  It was a HEAD BANGING 👴🙆‍♀️⛏🔨 session for us ,to see the ❤️  between our parents ..... Reply followed:  💌💌💌 CHANNA DAAL, ALOO CAPSICUM, RICE (Split ...

MY MONSOON 🌧 DATE WITH MONTI CRISTO  SURE !!! This  sounds like the Mill and Boons, 💕  📚  Earlier this morning  I woke up,   The  Wet soil of the 🌍.. Earth.  The sound of MUSIC 🎼 while water💧 dropped over the tinned roofs... 🏠  It was the first day of MONSOONS , for us...  A Monsoon.. with NO lock 🔐 down in our emotions ... The same romantic ❤️ , calm , relaxed 😌 meditative 🧘🏼‍♀️   state of mind ... TOTALY NOT THE BOOK READING 📖 KINDS   or  SNUGGLING INTO MY BLANKETS. .. 🛌 🌧  I love  🌈 🧼 🧽 SPRING CLEANING....  and now the FRIDGE has just got home from a RED 👠CARPET EVENT... 🕴🏻 Such a tuxedo 🤵 and a wild 😜 creation of  A Warm, Cheesy, French toast...  An IRONY TO SATISFACTION .... WITH  MY MONTI CRISTO A CLASSIC HAM AND CHEESE SANDWICH Egg bath dip : Grated orange rind Two eggs 1/4 cup milk  Season with salt  Sweeten with sugar (optional) I love mul...