Food!

I love food. It's as simple as that. It's the one thing that can make the world go around for me. Probably now it comes second to love. But still, food can make or break my day. And while i completely appreciate the intensive intrinsic food we prepare in India, what with the sheer number of spices and complex cooking methods, its the simple easy to prepare dishes that are so much more delicious. They also score an extra point or two because you don't have to labor over them. And i love trying out new recipes. Almost like a destresser. And it's especially great when you try things and it turns out to be so fabulously tasty... Like what i tried today. Baked mushrooms in some usual stuff. You could try this out, in case (1) you are reading this :P (2) you like mushrooms

Take a bunch of mushrooms and cut them in half if they're big and leave the small ones alone.
In a bowl, mix 2 tbsp of vegetable oil,  1 tsp of vinegar, 1 tsp soya sauce, 1 finely chopped clove of garlic, some chilli paste, half an onion sliced length wise.
Mix in the mushrooms and let this stand for an hour or so.
Put in a bit of salt, and go a bit easy on this as the soy sauce is salty by itself.
Now cook this in the microwave for a minute and place the entire mix into a baking dish.
Put tiny bits of butter all over the mushrooms and grill for 25-30 minutes.

This turns into a mellow, silky, buttery dish which can be eaten all be itself. It's so pleasantly light and warm. And smells so damn good while it's cooking. Please please do try this.

And there's nothing better than pineapples grilled with wine and cinnamon, eaten with vanilla ice cream. I have to make do with pineapple icecream today but it's ok. Still good.

And there goes my Saturday. Some thing good to end the day after being so depressed that Sandeep was doing all the shifting with so much stuff that we bought over the last month. Not that he has to move it himself but there's just so much to do... Great. Now i feel much worse to know i've eaten all that while he was cleaning the apt and handling the packing stuff... ugh! :(