May 27, 2010

The Divine Biryani

When in Bangalore,perpetually all sunday mornings are the same.A streak of sunlight concentratedly need a focus on my face, penetrating the window panes.Like a focussed laser beam from it's source to accomplish it's mission of moving me out of bed.After which I step out in snail's pace,reach down to sip my tea & enjoy SundayTimes along with it's supplements as one big feasty bunch to the brain.Mostly it's me & trav(the heavy petted dog i ever know) in the drawing room till noon.

By this time Uncle & Aunty would arrive from church to briskly begin a cerimonious preparation of a lovely recipe -the divine biryani,our usual menu on sunday afternoons.I would get back to my room to enjoy another short nap until a millon $ worth fiest gets ready.I always use to think during this hour that if i were to consume the same menu outside somewhere i would have to burn atleast a small hole in my pocket on my targeted 'No cash days'.A good biryani in a good place to eat costs alteast 150 - 200 rs.But i don't pay anything extra to consume this week after week.And the acoustics of the whole house where i stay was accidentally well designed that no conversation at any corner of the house is left unheard at every other potential corner inside the house.So i don't discuss these strategic reasons behind staying at home on a sunday afternoon with anyone over the phone.

On a serious note,not every hand in the kitchen can churn out that perfect biryani.Only very few has the talent & here i certify her as one.According to me she is one of the best biryani makers in the world.She creates magic with her prefected culinary skills blending only the essential ingredients one by one with atmost love n care.The end product is an aromatic,attractive & a ready to feast 10/10 biriyani by when my hunger pangs effectively get to work.Uncle contributes his share by preparing a flawless raita with selective vegetables sliced in specific manner,salts & spices in specific quantity & liquids in specific measures.I consume atleast 500 kilo calories more than allowed on sundays.After this scrumptious meal, i take another nap relishing this flawless food served to me. No doubt this is one my guilty pleasure in life but i know some day i need to fight out with all these excess calories.

Not all secrets in this world are shared with us but yes they have been generous enough to share this out of earth recipe with me: ) along with some hands-on as well.I feel so blessed to be consuming this divine preparation for more than half a decade now.If u are feeling so J of me lemme tell u that soon am going to miss all of it : ((