It has been quite a while since I have updated this blog. Since the last post I have tried a few places like the Sheesh Mahal near Omelette Shop but once again this post is dedicated to the lovely home food cooked by our beloved moms.
My long awaited Delhi visit is finally here and it felt great to be at my best friend (my bro) Mridul’s place after a really long time. His mom undoubtedly is a fantastic cook and it was no surprise that she had planned a good menu for us today. We were also joined by our friend Jaskaran. The three of us were eagerly waiting for the chicken curry and were ready to attack it ruthlessly. Prior to the main course Aunty gave us Mutton Sheek Kababs from a local chicken shop. They are by far the best sheek kababs I have had in a very long time. The Kebabs were big and had lots of meat in them. They were not dry like the ones I have had in the past but were moist and had a meaty juice oozing out whenever I bit it. With the pudina chutney it tasted fantastic as the chutney mixed with the meaty juice and spread on the tongue. Then came the main attraction of the day, the chicken curry. With the soft home made rotis they tasted nothing but heaven. I am so used to see oily food in Jodhpur that I felt nice when I saw the chicken I was happy. I could actually see the chicken pieces and the gravy unlike the usual oil floating on top. The chicken was cooked very well with the right proportion of all the ingredients. It had the right amount of spices balanced with a good flavor of the ginger garlic paste. The juice of the meat had also spread in the gravy and that is what makes home made chicken even more special. I learnt later that this chicken was cooked in a pressure cooker. When anything is cooked in a pressure cooker it obviously requires less oil and hence it is more healthy. If you put the right amount of ingredients and set the cooker then the chicken would turn out perfect like the one we had today. We were really quick to eat all the chicken and the rotis and completed our meal with a nice scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Once again it was home food that triumphed over everything else. Home food always tastes rich in a simple way. It has the power to bring you down to earth. Moms can create magic with simple ingredients…… Hindi film heroes say “Maa ke haath ka gaajar halwa”….Most of my friends would say “Maa ke haath ka bana hua chicken curry.”
