Karachi Dirbar, Madras Restaurant, Bombay Garden..All these food outlets are just five minutes from my home in Sharjah. Same restaurants, same food everyday.So I decided to cook yummy “sambar.” What better combination than little onion and ladies finger?
All set, I boiled the vegetables, added mustard and other “masalas” along with sambar, chilli, turmeric powder, tamarind water and even added dal (cereal). The aroma was tantalizing. I could see my neighbour, a security man from Sudan, opening the door and passing an envious look.
I patted myself on my back, picked up the “pakad” (Do we call it ‘vessel holder’?) and tried to pour the sambar into a vessel when the damn thing happened. The steam hit my face, I stumbled a little, the holder betrayed and the entire sambar poured on to the kitchen sink. There went my tasty sambar down the drain, literally.
I would have screamed in disgust and anger. But you, my precious friends, know me well now. What a mature guy I have turned into. All I did was frown for a second, quickly turn it into a smile and reach the phone, “Is it Bombay Garden?”
Awwww thats so sad. Even a teeny bit not left for you to taste?? So sad. You learnt a lesson anyway. Never repeat :-)
ReplyDeleteOh no, waht a shame!! Even my mouth was watering as I read about the sambar!! You must make it again and post pics here. I really like the sambar. Hope the food from Bombay Garden was good:)
ReplyDeleteBetter luck next time.
ReplyDeleteOh that's really sad! Wish you had tasted it with atleast little bit of rice. Now that you know how to make delicious sambar, you can always prepare them again! But more cautiously :)
ReplyDeleteOh ramesh ji how can u do this??
ReplyDeleteAnyway bombay garden gained.......
Your envious neighbor probably cast his
ReplyDeleteevil eyes as well as nose on your sambar!
Aah sorry to hear that. Gald that it just went down the sink, hot stuff on hands is much more painful.
ReplyDeleteYou are lucky the sambar did not fall on you! A scalding hot liquid on your body can really be bad! take care and keep ordering food..Its always the best idea!
ReplyDeleteLol...poor you! :D But that was quick thinking!
ReplyDeleteohh no...!
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but seriously thank god for bombay garden!!
I can almost hear my grandma blaming this fiasco on the evil eye.
ReplyDeleteI hope the Bombay Garden food was better than the one you cooked. Make one behind closed doors. ;)
Think of us, who are fed sambar in Delhi by Punjabi cooks. But still we don't try to cook it ourselves.
ReplyDeleteYou must learn to cook sambar now, it is a challenge man!
boss..
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Oh, that's so sad. I have had similar experience with pakad. I was in my mil's house and was not very familiar with her pakad. I think I lifted the hot vessel in the wrong way, and the damn thing overturned almost on me. I had a narrow escape, lost the food and had a big cleanup job in my hands :(.
ReplyDeleteI am sure, you'd be very careful next time on.
Thank me for serving you with delicious dishes for the past 20 plus years with the same stupid tongs. Hope atleast now you miss me.
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good luck for next time
ReplyDeleteyour earlier cooking episode is still afresh in my memory. I have a suggestion. Spend more time for blogging and call Bombay garden and It is good for your health.
ReplyDeleteThis happens only when one gets down to eating good food without friends.
ReplyDeletesee thats the result of your neighbour's evil nazaar. if you had worn the anti-evil nazar pendant or ring being advertised on the teleshopping network, this wouldn't have happened:)
ReplyDeletewell atleast the hot stuff didn't fall over you and hope you try again with better luck:)
I have to send pizza by courier to sharjah as i no longer reside in sharjah.
ReplyDeleteSaritha
hehehehehehe, sambhaar saadham gone down the drain..
ReplyDeleteOne day's cooking and such a disaster! Be careful, Ramesh!
ReplyDeleteNow, you must be knowing the importance of your wife!
Is Bombay Garden too close to your house? They must have smelt your saambaar and worried about losing a regular customer!
Teach them a lesson...learn to make first class saambaar now!
Like the new look of the site but it made it slow.
ReplyDeleteWith regard to post:- Don't even try cooking...why bother..let women be incharge
Felt sad to hear about it. Be careful and take necessary precaution from next time.
ReplyDeleteHi .. entertaining and wise post as always... thats actually how I would describe you.
ReplyDeleteWhat you said over at my blog.. is actually very true... wanna be happy ...BE. Its simple and the undertone I would say to that is NO attachment to things or people as a source of our happiness...
What say?
those idukki's [vessel holders] can be such a pain.I have dropped milk,boiling water and even daal like an umpteen times..U my friend are just in the normal category!
ReplyDelete:) You kept your cool! What a disappointment! Not even a swearing? :)
ReplyDeleteohhh..so sad.....!! But u r really patient and cool, I must say, cos u managed to end up with a smile.. :) :)
ReplyDeleteThank god nothing happened.You gotta be careful Ramesh.Why not use a ladle to transfer the hot food from cooking dish to the serving dish.
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