Celebrating Passion for Food
The mornings have become nippy and days have become shorter. The month of November has gone by gradually and indolence has seeped in all around. No one gets spared by this sluggish air, even the effervescent Sun seems to be too lazy to rise in the mornings and eager to pull down its curtain in the evenings. If a celestial body like Sun falls into temptation of snuggling behind the blanket of fog spread by nature, how can the lesser mortals like us be spared?
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Lassi is a yogurt based drink that is more popular in north India and more specifically in Punjab. However, my first encounter with this drink happened in Mumbai, city where I was born. The street food in Mumbai reflects the cultural ethos of the city. The inhabitants of this city practice different faith, religion, have different food practices and often speak in different language that separates them in many ways but at the same time there are many common threads that keeps the city together and it reflects in its attitude and spirit also popularly known as Mumbaikar spirit. This feeling of oneness keeps the city together during times of peace and turbulence.
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This was on my cards; the recipe had waited long enough, as an entry in my recipe diary and it was about time I made this dessert.If you are wondering, how it tastes like, I would use a term to describe it, that I heard in the movie “Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory”, “its scrumdiddlyumptious”. I can’t get over the taste of this ice-cream. One of my dear friends “Chaya Ratnaparkhi” had shared this recipe with me some time ago. I had discussed this recipe with Pranay and how we should be preparing this ice-cream sooner than later. Finally, last Sunday we decided to make it.
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As per an old Swedish proverb “A life without love is like a year without summer”. I completely subscribe to the thought behind that lovely proverb, although I am not sure how many Indians would have that feeling for the summers. This month of May sun has been overbearing. As we crank up the air conditioning at home and offices to make it little cooler, I often see people become crankier in summers. As mercury raises so do our temper, which is why we witness increased level of honking in traffic and road rage incidents during summers.
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It is end of April, and summer in India has just begun to get hotter. April and May are hottest months in India. This year in Pune mercury has already soared past 40°C and if one has to go by historical records, month of May is not going to bring any respite, on the contrary it is going to get more unpleasant.
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Dear readers, if I may ask you to make a wild guess about my two of the most favorite food items, I think you would ponder over that for some time, but let me make it easy for you and give you a hint and the hint is, I am from Ratnagiri. Well do I see some of you smile slyly. I know that hint makes the answer an obvious one. Yes, my choices like many other Konkani’s are fish and mangoes. However, for folks who are still trying to discern, I must explain.
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Holi,a Spring festival,is enjoyed all over India on the occasion of “बसंतोत्सव शुभारंभ”!!होलिका दहन, celebrated on previous night,signifies the victory of good over evil.
Holi is also a festival of colors, and we make it a point to make this day as colorful as it can get. Different colors, gulal, abeer can be seen everywhere, and streets get colorful with children flaunting their pichkaris, throwing colored water filled balloons. If you are allergic to color, stay back at home and don’t step out because if you do, you won’t be spared and you can’t feel offended.
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We should be thankful to Chinese. During Tang Dynasty in China, world witnessed an advent of a wonderful dessert recipe that we now know as “Ice-Cream”. Since then ice-cream has evolved for better over the period of centuries.
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As you know, yours truly is addicted to running Half Marathons. When you have such weird addictions, it comes with its own share of pros and cons and of course pros outweigh the cons by a bigger margin.
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