The dhaba is not out of business! :) Worry not!
The dhaba was busy being shifted to a new location, a new home! The inaugural ceremony of the new kitchen was held yesterday with a full Punju meal in tow! :) The perfect house warming gift: a set of Brilliant Shot Glasses and Beyond Brilliant Martini Glasses! :D (luv ya Ammu!)
Menu:
Chicken Curry
Dal Makhani
Now the chicken curry is easier than any other dish to make! The tricks: Marinate the chicken in a lot of ginger garlic paste and forget for 2 hours! Use mixied onions and sizable chunks of tomatoes... use fresh ginger juliennes and use moderate quantities of the 'khada masala' (bay leaves, the star, dried onions, pepper balls). Trick: Freshly done homemade garam masala and 1 fresh cut green chilly to garnish! Most of the times it cooks in it's own oil and water and u don't need to add extra water for the gravy... if you do jus spice up the masalas a wee bit to avoid losing taste! :)
Dal Makhani: This was a first time experiment with her! 1 cup black sabut dal (do not... DO NOT ask me names of dals!!!!!), 1 cup Rajma! (It's best if you let it stand in water overnight... in case you forget, boil them for about 5 mins and then put the whole thing in a flask for an hour! And then pressure cook a li'l extra!) :) Minced onions and tomatoes and a ginger garlic paste... all bhunoed well.... all the regular masalas... a lil extra coriander powder and no haldi at all! Cook as usual... slow fire it for as long as you have the time (food on slow fire definitely tastes different and better!) Add cream / milk and let boil... top it with a dollop of butter / cheese! :)
Folks ate in complete silence... :) She knew it was good!
Accompaniments this time were a myriad variety of cocktails since we had in our company a cocktail guru! One of em was oh so refreshing! (muddle fresh cut ginger, add lime cordial, add vodka, sprite and soda... top with long cut cucumber!) The Master reveals that the taste is of the cucumber... the spirits pull out the juices and lo and behold is the most refreshing cocktail I have ever had! :)
Also in tow: A bottle of Chardonnay! :) Cheers to the new kitchen and more importantly... Cheers to the bundle of friends who gobble up whatever is cooked in ani da dhaba! :)
The dhaba was busy being shifted to a new location, a new home! The inaugural ceremony of the new kitchen was held yesterday with a full Punju meal in tow! :) The perfect house warming gift: a set of Brilliant Shot Glasses and Beyond Brilliant Martini Glasses! :D (luv ya Ammu!)
Menu:
Chicken Curry
Dal Makhani
Now the chicken curry is easier than any other dish to make! The tricks: Marinate the chicken in a lot of ginger garlic paste and forget for 2 hours! Use mixied onions and sizable chunks of tomatoes... use fresh ginger juliennes and use moderate quantities of the 'khada masala' (bay leaves, the star, dried onions, pepper balls). Trick: Freshly done homemade garam masala and 1 fresh cut green chilly to garnish! Most of the times it cooks in it's own oil and water and u don't need to add extra water for the gravy... if you do jus spice up the masalas a wee bit to avoid losing taste! :)
Dal Makhani: This was a first time experiment with her! 1 cup black sabut dal (do not... DO NOT ask me names of dals!!!!!), 1 cup Rajma! (It's best if you let it stand in water overnight... in case you forget, boil them for about 5 mins and then put the whole thing in a flask for an hour! And then pressure cook a li'l extra!) :) Minced onions and tomatoes and a ginger garlic paste... all bhunoed well.... all the regular masalas... a lil extra coriander powder and no haldi at all! Cook as usual... slow fire it for as long as you have the time (food on slow fire definitely tastes different and better!) Add cream / milk and let boil... top it with a dollop of butter / cheese! :)
Folks ate in complete silence... :) She knew it was good!
Accompaniments this time were a myriad variety of cocktails since we had in our company a cocktail guru! One of em was oh so refreshing! (muddle fresh cut ginger, add lime cordial, add vodka, sprite and soda... top with long cut cucumber!) The Master reveals that the taste is of the cucumber... the spirits pull out the juices and lo and behold is the most refreshing cocktail I have ever had! :)
Also in tow: A bottle of Chardonnay! :) Cheers to the new kitchen and more importantly... Cheers to the bundle of friends who gobble up whatever is cooked in ani da dhaba! :)
