Project P605162008

It means, Prawns, rating 6/10, experiment conducted on 16th of May, 2008.

PREPERATION TIME

15 minutes

READY IN

5 minutes

INGREDIENTS

5 semi cooked prawns (Experimental right! So why take a risk?)
3 Red Chilli Flakes packets from Pizza Hut
3 Cheddar Cheese packets from Pizza Hut
1 tablespoon Kraft Mayonaise
2 tablespoons Heinz Ketchup
2 tablespoons Real Lemon Concentrate

DIRECTIONS

1. Mix the flakes, cheese, mayo, ketchup and lemon concentrate in a small cup.
2. Microwave the mixture so as to melt the cheese. It is going to stink, you have been warned!
3. Marinate the prawns in the paste and brush some oil on them.
4. Add some oil just enough to wet the frying pan.
5. Fry the prawns for about 3 minutes, or until they turn brown.
6. Serve with ketchup!

The taste was OK, but not worth the stench that came after step 2.

The Grand List

Everybody must have made such a list. Not the localites. They get to go home every weekend. We, the non-localites, get to make such lists. What is so special about it? Read on!

Tiffins

Regular Dosa, Idly with Onion Chutney
Poori with Aloo Kurma
Chole Bhature
Rava Dosa with Coconut Chutney

Chicken

Gravy Chicken with Kobbari Annam
Chilly Chicken with Fried Rice
Chicken Biryani
Chicken Pepper Fry with Miriyalu Chaaru
Tandoori Chicken

Mutton

Gravy Mutton
Gravy Kheema Mutton
Kheema Mutton Fry
Gravy Mutton with Pappu Kalupudu

Seafood

Any Fish Pulusu minus the Fish
Vanjaram Fry with Vullipaaya Pulusu
Prawns Fry
Gravy Prawns

Miscellaneous

Allam Chaaru
Potato Fry
Mamidikaya Pappu with Dondakaaya Fry
Teepi Pappu with Aavakaya Pachchadi
Sambar
Yam with Onion Fry

A small list amma asked me to prepare, for the 30 days that I would spend at home. Red colour indicates that I have had the pleasure of mekking it!

X rolls

PREPERATION TIME

10 minutes

READY IN

2 minutes

INGREDIENTS

2 tablespoons each of leftover X_i curry, 0 <= i <= N, number of non-vegetarian curries available
1 tablespoon each of chopped Y_j, 0 <= j <= M, number of raw/pickled vegetables available
Some Z_k sauce/dressing to taste, 0 <= k <= P, number of sauces/dressings available
2 leftover rotis/pulkas

DIRECTIONS

Kitchen.Microwave.preHeat(rotis, 2); //to soften them
Kitchen.Container C=new Container();

//to make the filling
for(int j = 0; j <= M; j++)
{
           C.addVegetable(Y_j);
           Y.delete(j);

           int l = rand(0, P);
           if(Cook.checkTasteBuds(Z_l))
           {
                     C.addSauce(Z_l);
                     Z.delete(l);
           }
}

C.mixContents();
C.emptyInto(pulkas);

for(int i = 0, k = 0; i <= N; i++, k++)
{
           C.addCurry(X_i);
           X.delete(i);

           if(k <= P && Z.exists(k) && Cook.checkTasteBuds(Z_k))
           {
                     C.addSauce(Z_k);
                     Z.delete(k);
           }
}

if(!Z.empty())
{
          C.addAll(Z);
}

C.mixContents();
C.emptyInto(pulkas);
Cook.roll(pulkas);
Kitchen.Microwave.heat(pulkas, 2);
Cook.serve(rolls, coke);

//GG

"Live to Eat"

It has been, is and will be my motto.

So it is natural to like cooking; to go behind the counter and see what really went into that tasty chicken you just devoured. And if possible, to try new ideas on it like making it visually more appealing or tasting better. At home, I am either behind amma in the kitchen, passing time on my laptop or doing something remotely fun like studying or working on my project. I observe what she does and how she does it. Be it cooking or cleaning up, there is always a new lesson to be learnt. She never lets me touch her stuff when she is cooking, a great cook never allows anyone to touch his/her work. But I do get a chance to experiment and try to make something using the leftovers, small snacks to start with. I have gained enough experience making excellent omelettes at home and great Maggi noodles in OBH-97. My mother and gang will vouch for this statement.

With at least 3 weeks to go before I return to college, I have a lot of time in my hands to learn some more cooking. Right now I am not learning to make the core recipes, but working with the leftovers.

I will post the recipes of the experiments that have turned out successful. I will also post the ones that flopped so that you will keep them in mind when you plan to experiment too.

Many of you will find this either informative or funny to read, or both. However, for those potato couches who do not lend a hand in their respective homes by pretending to be deaf to all the clattering in the kitchen, I intend to make them feel as guilty as possible.