" Bappida's Chef Diary- 7: Mango Messenger (1st May-2017) "

(Recap- Ginger T, Negro Masala Papad, Paratha-e-Omelette, Egg Pulusu, Masala-E-Maggie and French Toast)

A thing in our house... frequently used by my wife... Which I never dared to use it.... A Recipe Book. Today however I thought to peep into it to see if it can provide something for my Chef diary and Viola... It did had a Bengali Sweet dish signalling me at it!!

It's season of Mango and I never tried a sweet dish before. So here goes today's कारनामा.

Take 4 हापूस आंबा (बजेटनूसार कुटलाबी घ्या)
3 वाटी Paneer (65 रूपये पावशेर ... बगा जमल्यास घरीच करा राव)
1.5 वाटी Sugar
3 चमचे Cashewnut भरड (भरड काय ते आता Google वर बगा)
1.5 चमचे ईलायची पावडर
रोझ Essence

कृती:
पनीरमध्ये आंबे सोडून सगळं भसकन ओता. (रोझ Essence पुडच्या बारीसाठी थ्वाडा राखून ठेवा.) मंग पीठ मळत्यात तसं मळून घ्या.

आता ते मळलेलं मिश्रन एका पॅनमदे आदळा. 5 मिनीटे मंद आचेवर त्याला झोडपून काडा. आता पहिला गॅस बंद करा. (बचा बचा महाग होत चाललाय मेला).

आता त्या मिश्रनाचे लाटून बारीक काप करा. आंबे आनलेले ना त्याचे पन काप करा. दोन्ही काप एकमेकांच्या ऊरावर ठिऊन त्याची गुंडाळी करा. ती म्हैस निगू नये म्हनून Toothpick तिच्यामदी खूपसा. मंग हे ऊपाशी लोकांना द्या. येवडी झंजट नगं असल तर त्या मिश्रनामदी आंब्याचे बारीक तुकडे करा अन द्या खायला.

Since I am a novice, I immediately opted for the second easiest option and successfully finished the recipe.

My ever supportive wife had already instructed me to use only 2 or 1 Mango and not to waste 4 of them as she strongly believes in my culinary art. However at the end, to her utter surprise (and of course mine too) the sweet dish was good (if not नादखुळा). It was so good enough that I shared it with her relatives and they too liked it. (or had to like it as it was My 1st ever Shareable कारनामा).

Personally I felt that the silly Rose essence overflowed and its limited usage could have made the recipe more tasty. No worries. I shall operate it tomorrow and eat it.

अब मैं मेरे रिश्तेदारोंमें सर ऊठाके चलने के काबील हो गया हूं..... के मैं भी (ईन्सानोंके अलावा) कुछ पका सकता हूं!!

" Bappida's Chef Diary- 6: French Toast (16th April-2017) "

(Recap: Ginger T, Negro Masala Papad, Paratha-e-Omlette, Egg Pulusu and Masala-e-Maggie)

A new weekend brings in a new recipe (New= Stuff from internet + Stuff from my Khurafati dimag).

So today some brown and white 🍞 arrived to make use of the ever existing eggs from my fridge. On parallel lines of French Toast, I decided to make my own "Puneri Toast".

The initial toasts were made as per the guidelines of 'My Lord' but as usual they failed to impress me. Then I trusted my gut feeling and increased the proportion of salt and chilly powder. I also added Tandoor Mozzarella and increased the time of swimming of the bread in the scrambled egg.

Bingo!!! That's when I hit the jackpot. The taste (and my lost confidence) started improving and thus the last 2 slices were the best ones (as approved by my ISI (आमच्या सौ) mark.

In the initial phase of cooking after directing some slices, I thought that Mr. Omlette was smiling wickedly at me for not choosing him and falling in love of Puneri Toast. However to some extent I proved that instead of a repetition, I would always venture for new stuffs... Irrespective of whether it goes below my food pipe or not ;)

The best part of Puneri Toast is that one get multiple chances to wash away our Sins committed on the early slices. So there is no chance of 'लागींग वाट' of entire stuff at one go!!

In 6th attempt finally, I could say that I was able to make some portion of our breakfast as palatable.

अब समझ आया...... ईक अंडे का फंडा 

" Bappida's Chef Diary- 5: Masala-e-Maggie (5th April-2017) "

(Recap-Ginger T, Negro Masala Papad, Paratha-e-Omelette and Egg Pulusu)

Never thought that within a span of 2 days, my Chef's diary will summon me.

It was our lunch time... Deprived of breakfast... Wife doing her best for the house in spite of being unwell.... My worms of Chefgiri again started वळवळींग!! 

This time I thought let's take a task where I'll never fail. With that oath, I opened a packet of Maggi Noodles and started preparing Maggi for the first time. (I guess now no need to mention this as "first time" as every page of this diary depicts my debue in that particular item.)

वह दिलचस्प रेसिपी (स्विटीपाय मॅगी) कृपया ध्यानसे पढिए:
* एक बोलमें अपनी मन मर्जी पानी डाले (अगर पानीकी मात्रा पुछने पर बिवी ज्यादा भाव खाए तो ही यह जोखीम ले!!)
* उस पानीको ऊबालने रखीए एवं उसमें मन मर्जी मॅगी डाले (जी, सही समझे)
* अब उसमें मॅगी मसाला डाले. केवल ईसीसे संतुष्ट ना होईये. उसमें लाल मिर्च पावडर भी डाले.
* कटा हुआ प्याज उस बोलमें फेंके
* अब बारी इक खतरनाक प्रयोगकी. उस मिश्रणमें टोमॅटो सॉस (बदाबदा) डालीए.
* इन महान चीजोंको धिमी आंचपर पकाए.
* अच्छी तरह पकने के बाद बडे धैर्यसे ईसे खाएँ अथवा परोसे. परोसते समय दोबारा टोमॅटो सॉस का इस्तमाल किजीए. (नतीजेका जिम्मेदार मैं नहीं) .

I ate my creativity as I had no other option at that particular moment. Then I offered the last portion to my Wife and she gave me a very beautiful complement.

Wife: Did you put sugar in this??

Me: No, that sweet "Special Effect" is due to Tomato Ketchup!!

Wife: Yuk, I didn't like this. You yourself finish this now....

Like all obedient husbands, I simply obliged her!!

विशेष टिप्पणी:
मॅगी को समाजमें एक विशिष्ट दर्जा प्राप्त है. तो क्रृपया उसके संग "ऊंगली" करके मॅगी एवं अपना नाम खराब ना करे!!

और हाँ, ऊपर प्रस्तुत स्टंट अपने घरपे ना करे. करना है तो मेरे योग्य मार्गदर्शन के साथही करे!!!

" Bappida's Chef Diary- 4: Egg Pulusu (3rd April-2017) "

(Recap-Ginger T, Negro Masala Papad and Paratha-e-Omelette)

Today there was no such intention to increase the pages of my Chef diary. However my Wify and Kiddo both are unwell. So I thought let's take my Chefgiri a step ahead (a risky decision though).

So got hold of a video of Sanjeev Kapoor's recipe called "Egg Pulusu" (Egg curry in Andhra's style). बस, फिर क्या था... संजीव कपूर सामने और अंडा करी कढाईमें!

Boiled eggs for the first time in my life... Made ginger garlic paste.... Touched so many spices.... Made so much preparation before the actual show.

The product smelled awesome.... पर हाय रे मेरी फूटी किस्मत.... The recipe went on my nature (hot and spicy). I thought my hard work will bear fruits but no... I again had to go to hotel and bring a readymade 'palatable' stuff.

हे प्रभू!! कभी तो कुछ ढंग की चीज बनानेमें मेरी सहायता करे और मेरी इज्जत मेरी अर्धांगिनी के सामने रख ले!

Before dinner, I tried to somehow wash away my sins by adding little bit of sugar and lot of 🍋 juice in it... It tasted a bit better than what it introduced to me and my wife. However my poor wife couldn't dare to eat it again and I alone was victimized as usual.

खैर, "मेरे गाव" और महाराष्ट्र का अनूठा संगम मैने आज इस रेसिपी द्वारा कर दिया जो बेचारे संजीव ने भी कभी सोचा न होगा... अब आप पूछोगे कैसे.... रेसिपी आंध्रा की पर तिखापन कोल्हापूर का... बस हो गया संगम!!

अंडे शायद ठिकसे उबले नहीं थे.... ईसी विषय पर मुझे कुछ पंक्तीयाँ याद आ रही है.... "आओ सुनाऊ.... तुम्हे अंडे का फंडा..... ये नहीं प्यारे..... कोई मामूली बंदा...."

P. S. आंध्रा मेरा गाँव नहीं 

" Bappida's Chef Diary- 3: Paratha-e-Omelette (18th March-2017) "

(Recap- Ginger Tea and Semi Negro Masala Papad)

After gaining confidence during my initial days of Chefgiri, I decided to try my hand at a non veg dish. So I picked up the most difficult non-veg recipe "Egg Omlette".

Hold on, mine was a special recipe invented by me called as "Paratha-e-Omlette" or "Omlette da Bhaakri". It had 3 special masalas in it (which I won't reveal). Look wise it was perfectly fluffy and looked tasty.

Once I started eating it, a shocking revelation appeared to me that all the 3 masalas I used went to "Lapataganj". I was about to finish my Omlette and that's when it struck to me that those 3 idiot masalas were having a round table conference in the central portion of the Omlette! Ah you cheaters!!!

Debue in non-veg arena was not as per my expectation... But who cares... I had my back-up plan ready... Tasty Omlette made by my Wife ;)

Now I am highly relieved to know that I don't need to starve or depend on my Wife in case she decides to ban cooking on some exceptional occasion when our love overflows :)

To be continued. . . . . .

" Bappida's Chef Diary- 2: Negro Masala Papad (11th March-2017) "

After a successful launch of "Ginger Tea" programme few days back, yesterday tried a new venture of "Papad Roasting" secretly.

After creating 2 Semi-Negro papads finally I succeeded in my 3rd attempt in producing an actual "Roasted Papad" look alike.

Initially I wondered why my Papads were catching fire and thought of protecting them by Havells wire but then dropped the idea and dared to do more research. That's when I discovered that Papad shouldn't kiss the fire from the burner but kept a little away from the fire to get the desired sketch. Then I smashed them into small pieces and prepared spiciest possible Masala Papad whose spiciness prompted me to eat something sweet immediately. My wife suddenly entered the kitchen and taught me the technique of roasting a papad which I had already grasped from my initial 2 debacles.

I couldn't post the pictures of my creativity though as Facebook removed those pictures categorizing them as "Racist" and "Offensive" (jst kidding). However I was glad enough that my risk taking ability didn't end with my Ginger ☕ and I proved that "Sweet Exceptions" do exist in this World to prove my friends wrong 

" Bappida's Chef Diary- 1: Ginger Tea (25th Feb-2017) "

Prepared a tasty Ginger Tea after a long time (10 times better than "Chai Point").

Wife claimed it was my debue after marriage but I wonder was she taking advantage of my fading memory?

Nonetheless, her hopes are raised now and I need to find out ways to tackle this... i.e. Either to live up to her expectation or to prove that this debue was just a fluke.