Memsaheb's Khanakhazana and Mirchmasala: Mangetout with aloo gobhi

Memsaheb's Khanakhazana and Mirchmasala

What does cooking mean to me? Cooking meant staring at my mother bringing forth mouth watering samosas and delicious biryanis in the kitchen from apparently inedible ingredients. I wondered if I could ever become a magician like her. Ma didn’t like having me hanging around the kitchen. She would shoo me out saying, ‘You will always have to cook all your life once you are grown up.’ Occasionally I would manage to sneak out a samosa before the whole batch was ready.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Mangetout with aloo gobhi

Mangetout with gobhi-aloo.

Its pronounced (manjetua) a French word meaning pea shells without pea pods. I came to know that they are called snow peas a s well. They were tender and sweet. Yes even this ordinary veggie turned out just so out of the world with the usual jeera, and combination of sabzi masala readymade packet that I had taken for Divir.

My tale would not be complete without Rahman the Afgani vegetable seller who I even managed to scold for tossing his potatoes around; all in Hindi. With Divir chastising me ‘Mamma you don’t scold people in

England

’.

‘Don’t worry son, when we converse in Hindi, he understands the scolding as part of belonging as well.’

Labels: mangetout, vegetables