Malvika's Ramblings

28Jan/100

whiff whiff sip

 

The tight, dry buds unrolled

And the dregs were blossoms.

Seaweed down the porcelain cup.

Jasmine tea.

17Jan/101

Phir bowla


Quoting from http://ravana.blog.co.in/

 

After The Endeavors

Of The Chemical Blot

You Take A Walk

To Find A Suitable Spot

To Open Up Your Stash

Lash Out At The World

Filled With Gas

 

It’s Evening Time

Ball Of Fire In The Sky

As I Walk By Graves (Lodhi Gardens)

To The Otherside

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29Apr/091

Turn up the pleasure of vanilla ice-cream by sprinkling cinnamon powder over it. I won’t say mo. You will kno.

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2Feb/094

Making Brinjal Bharta

Burn it

The fucker

Sizzles and hisses

Spewing saliva

But burning alright

Softening like ugly old age

I think this isn’t cooking

It’s therapeutic evil

It’s sweating now

Mangled beyond its fresh purple shine

And I turn it

To see that the pig is well roasted

On its butt, on its belly

It has been forked

Incisions have been made deep

So that the flames lick it from inside

I am beginning to feel sorry now

For the soggy sod

Is it done?

I have no idea

Like a first time killer

Who doesn’t know if

He should shoot again

Just to make sure.

Blink. Blink. A lil Think.

15Jan/093

The next menu attack


Did you know these are things to eat? What's tasty and what does it mean?


Santorini

Miso

Procini mushrooms

Portobello

Veloute

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2Jan/091

Pineapple Upside Down cake


Upside down part

 

¼ cup butter

¼ cup dark sugar

7 pineapple slices

 

Melt butter and sugar in a pan to bubbling levels.

Pour into the baking dish.

Lay the pineapple slices in it.

 

 

 

Cake Part

 

½ cup butter

2/3 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 2/3 all purpose flour/ maida

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 tablespoon baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt

2/3 cup milk

 

Whisk butter, sugar, eggs together.

Add flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla essence, milk. Whisk.

Always whisk in one direction to trap air.

Pour the batter into the baking dish, over the pineapple rings.

Bake at 325 degrees F for 80 mins.

Poke a knife into the cake. If it comes out clean, it's done from inside.

Turn the cake upside down and serve.

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2Jan/092

Banana Walnut cake


After the success of the quick apple pie, here is banana cake.

 

3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
2 cups all-purpose flour/ maida
1 tbsp baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

I/3 teaspoon vanilla essence
3 large bananas – chopped
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Beat the eggs, sugar and butter in a bowl. Whisk in one direction to trap air in the mix.

Add flour, baking soda and vanilla essence. Whisk.

Add the banana and walnuts. Whisk.

Add milk if the batter is too thick. At the correct consistency the batter should pour from the spatula in folding ribbons.

Grease the baking pan. Pour the batter into it.

Put it in a preheated oven at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). It will take about 80 mins to get baked but I would rather you trust your instincts. You can always poke a knife into the cake to see whether it’s cooked inside.

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20Aug/080

Dilli to Mexico

Today, we enjoyed a super healthy and super popular fajita lunch at office.

Tomato salsa (home-made)

Capsicum

Red n yellow bell peppers

Baby corn

Lettuce

Onion

Olives

Jalapenos

Sour cream

Grated cheese

Baked beans

Oregano and chilli flakes for seasoning

 

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Basically, Subway sandwich ka maal, tortilla wrap mein daal.

(Corn tortilla wraps recommended over flour ones.)

Pick your ingredients. Roll/Fold and eat.

22Jul/0810

Yummy..scrummy..

All day long Tanavi and I keep turning around at office to share the thought of some tasty morsel. You can’t blame us! We are doing restaurant branding half the time.

 

So, here is a list of the good stuff of life. Drool baby droooll….

Cajun vegetable and rice thing on 2nd floor @ Stone Shack, Defence Colony market, New Delhi

 Chiki Choco fudge found in Matheran

Kamasutra chocolates (Dunno the taste but looks really attractive)

Raw mango slices topped with spices, Chennai beach snack

Murukku (Orange crackers in greasy glass jars in roadside shops, South India)

Pillowy tandoori roti at Karim’s, Old Delhi. It’s like a cloud to eat.

Kachi dabeli, roadside snack in Pune

Dal Baati, Rajasthan

Sarson ka saag with gud n mooli (raddish), Punjab

 

Will add to the list. You can add through a comment too .

16Jun/080

So that others may not suffer

I ate the worstestestest pasta of my life and I just have to regurgitate the stuff somewhere in writing. ‘Twas at the pasta counter at the Food Court at Select Citywalk, Delhi. My friend kept moping around for the standard McDonald’s burger but according to the info we were provided there is no McDonald’s at Select. I explained complex behind-the-scenes marketing strategies to my friend “You see they are trying to make it a bit premium. So, they have high prices and no McDonald’s.” He didn’t look very satisfied with enlightenment.

And then I got my Paprika Cream Veg Fusilli with hard fusilli, a blob of unflavoured, unspiced cream and loads, LOADS of salt. Can you imagine a white gooey salty blob to eat with some unchewable pasta to go with it? Pure ughitty ughness…

Chikoo gelato. Highly recommended.