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Saturday, June 1, 2013

KITCHENS OF INDIA: VALUE FOR MONEY, FOR FOOD, FOR SATISFACTION, FOR SHARING HAPPINESS

By Ravi Nitesh3:50 PM
After a month long research work, as we five team members were sitting and thinking about the time spent, a thought came to my friends. They proposed (proposed means decided) for a party for ourselves and for our new friends. We all were here for a research on refugee migrations and had established contacts with some migrated families. Out of the five in our team, two were from neighbor country and three were from India. Our fieldwork would often turn out to be sensitive owing to the horrendous incidents that had led to the migration. However, we had managed to mix up with them, especially with the youths. We got to know the horrendous stories, learnt about their culture and also got to eat some delicious, traditional food.

Now that we realised that the work is over and it is time to depart, we became emotional. We became emotional for those who had became our companions with their sweet smiles. We remembered the time when we sat together for hours, talked about their issues and enjoyed the food cooked by them. So now we decided that it is our turn to invite them over and cook food for them.

The party was decided. It seemed fine and now came the problem of distributing the roles and responsibilities amongst ourselves. The two from outside the country took the role of inviting the people as they were our guests in India and now they wanted to become the host while we three from India took up the responsibility for the food.  However, it all ended with (and I don't know how) the main responsibility of cooking upon me! I immediately refused as I did not even know the C of cooking.

After two hours of thinking, nothing came in our mind as none of us was good in cooking. We decided to consult someone to outsource the idea of cooking. So I called to my mom, who was always the best cook for me. She listened to our problems and realized that we have neither the time nor the skill to adopt the long process of cooking that starts with buying vegetables and raw materials and so she sent us a link on internet. That day, i realised that she is not the only a brilliant cook but a genius. Our eyes became wide open as we saw the Kitchen of India's ready to serve dishes. We three selected the dishes and it was done!


The big day is soon approaching. I am sure that they will amazed with "my" cooking skills (the kill to heat and serve). Can't wait to see them savour Paneer Darbari, the Daal Bukhara and the Jodhpuri Moong daal halwa. I hope that it'll be an awesome traditional treat. I can imagine all of us in our respective ethnic wears, the decor with a traditional touch and music that'll be a mix of traditional and pop! I am imagining a treat wherein we will all explore and respect our and each other's traditions. And for all this, a big thanks goes to Kitchen of India for adding flavour to this treat. 

This blog is written for: 'My weekend party with Gourmet food'  #MyWeekendParty and submitted at Indiblogger


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