Wednesday, March 9, 2011

A Crescendo of Taste

Imagine. A beautiful, white sand beach with shimmering water wetting your feet as the red sun sets into the horizon before you. The temperature cools down and you walk back to a hot plate of onion stuffed, lemoned chilli bajji.

The green shiny chilly is stuffed with a delicious stuffing paste of cumin seeds, coriander while the outside is deep fried with besan dal and rice-flour, all together making a slurpy hot tangy and tongue tingling bajji. But wait, there is more to come, A lemon sprinkled chill salt mix of tiny cut onions take us to the crest of the this hot wet and crispy mirchi bajji. Isn't it just amazing to listen to the waves, to feel the breeze and to taste this amazing item ?

There is never just one of these as one can never stop at one of these master preparations.
Oh well, you might argue that the mirch is too hot! Yes, and your perseverance payed....
Cut the fried mirchi bajji into smaller pieces and fry them again. Sprinkle the same lemony onions and make it into a plate of them. Put some into your mouth and feel your mouth filling up into a crescendo, to the taste, of the not so hot yet tasteful mirch, the crispy orange crust and the tangy onion.

Believe me, there is never a day better than walking and talking along the beach, listening to the sounds of the waves, the breeze touching your cheeks and a bajji to taste....

The beach beckons you to its loving embrace, feel it, cherish it....

Friday, February 25, 2011

Subway Melt.....

Subway is a provider of a whole new deal of food opportunities..Combinations of fresh veggies, well cooked meat and to add to the yum factor...sauces....
Given the right combinations and the wholesome sauce dripping, bulging sandwich just gathers in your mouth and melts down to your stomach with ease.
Combination is the golden key here...here comes the saucy secrets.
Try the sweet and sexy HoneyOats or the tasty cheezy Paramesan Oregano instead of the white and the brown bread..Really, call it Italian or Indian, its still plain white and plain brown unlike the other bread brothers.
Toast it! We like it Hottttt !!
Add Cheese? Most of us never know there is different types of cheese that can be added American, Italian, etc. Explore.. Cheese tastes good!!

Greenzzzz: Never say all...Try this, Lettuce,onions, tomatoes, green peppers, two rounds of pickles and Jalapeno's, olives if you'd like....
Remember, pickles and cucumber dont go together well. No place for a cool cucumber in a melt..


Meatzzz: Try tuna on honey oats or bacon, Ham (chicken or just ham), mutton ham..

Now for the best... the Sauces.
Without adding salt & pepper which usually spoils the taste..
Add the melting mayo or the minty mayo, the hot sauce and the southwest sauce.
Add two rounds of each to make it juicy.

Sum it up and there you have it! The melting subway sandwich..
The potato chips are essential life savers while you chomp away at the 6" toasted sandwich.

Warning: The taste is an acquired one. Try different combinations with different proportions and mixes of sauces and bingo, you will find a taste to them.

May the taste be with you!!