Inspiration to cook – Update!

Didn’t make Pav Bhaji but made Pineapple Upside-down cake from scratch (with the help of a friend).. came out preeettttttiiiiieeee well  :) :)
the IRONY – took about 30-40 mins to get the ingredients ready (2 ppl) , 50 mins in the oven, 5 mins to cool and less than 5 mins to finish the cake (4 ppl) :D
But loved it !!

Inspiration to cook!

Last night I watched ‘Julie and Julia’ movie .. it is a movie based on Julie Powel,  who gets inspired by Julia Child’s book on French Cooking and decides to cook 524 recipes in 1 yr, while blogging about her experience. The movie also talks about how Julia Child got in to French cooking in the first place…
So why am I talking abt this movie …. one may b because I really liked the idea of Julie taking up the challenge of cooking everyday and writing abt it …. I know a bunch of ppl who do tat themselves  … and I always wonder how do they hav the time and patience to actually make a dish, photograph it extensively and even blog abt it … but they do it and kudos to these bloggers.. coz i can now easily find recipes to cook something  everytime i run out of ideas…
Another thing is bcoz I do like to cook and consider myself a decent one if I put some effort … Coming to think of it .. I am onto a similar cooking spree (at least for the past 2 weekends) .. This is in addition to what I cook on a regular basis…Lets c how long it lasts …
Last week -
1. Made Pan Fried Chilli Paneer (wid the help of a “stil-recovering-from-cold-but-will-eat-panner-anytime” friend) .. it turned out be okay …
2. Made authentic chole which was awesome (to the point I licked my plate clean :D )
3. Made gulab jamuns (with my roomie & another friend) which was so yummm that we finished it standing in the kitchen over the big dish wid forks in our hands  and there I was thinking that I cud either invite over a cpl of friends or jus eat ourselves for a week ! ha!

This week -
1. Made Potato Sandwich – grilled bread toast filled with potato tikki !
2. Currently baking my very first Banana bread – fingers crossed – hoping it comes out well. ..
3. Thinking of making Pav Bhaji – my al time fav dish in this whole wide world
I wish I wud take more effort into bloggin my experiences in the kitchen but alas I don’t see it happening in the near future …. But I would like to thank my dearest roomie who patiently eats everything in my expt cooking and also helps me in the making of the dish!!
To my readers --- if you hav any suggestions on what I shud make (in future) and also would be kind enuf to be my guinea pigs, you are most welcome…
But for now, al I wanna say is Bon Appetit :) !!

Q & A.

Following a request from a friend about writing my blog as a Q&A
session, incidentally I came across another blog which had that
format . I am jus following the lead here and going ahead and
answering some random questions about me. So here it goes …

(Note: This blog was written on Feb 4, 2010 at 3.15 am)

1.What is your current obsession?

Eating nuts from the trail mix (almonds, raisains, peanuts and a
bunch of other stuff)

2. What are you wearing today?
jeans, t-shirt, sweater, winter coat, scarf …. well the usual

3. What’s for dinner?
Pulav and Raita by my dear roomie

4. What’s the last thing you bought?
lunch – tomato basil soup with ravioli and a hard boiled egg

5. What are you listening to right now?
my heater making noise .. but if u r referring to a song .. it is Dil to
bachcha hai from ishqiya

6. What do you think about the person who tagged you?
nuthing coz no one tagged me :D

7. If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be?
New York City .. wudnt tat be awesome :D

8. What are your must-have pieces for summer?
My Sunglasses

9. If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
My home in Hyd .. my parents moved to a new place .. wanna go there :(

10. Which language do you want to learn?
Korean or Chinese (guess influence of my friends at skl :)

11. What’s your favourite quote?
my “about me” quote by Marilyn Monroe

12. Who do you want to meet right now?
my sis :) miss her and also so that she could buy me a lot of black dresses.. lol :D

13. What is your favourite colour?
RED

14. Give us 3 styling tips that work for you.
Wash my hair – no need to comb, jus blowdry (not really needed)
Roll up your jeans and a simple black t
Kajal (Eye liner)

15. What is your dream job?
To run my own skl

16. What’s your favorite magazine
Cosmopoiltan – only bcoz i got a free subscription and bn reading
it regularly

17. If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on?
Clothes + a new tote + accessories + shoes

18. What do you consider a fashion faux pas?
Being underdressed in a party

19. Who according to you is the most over-rated style icon?
Ash Rai-Bachchan

20. What kind of haircut do you prefer?
Curls with short hair :D might be my next hairdo

21. What are you going to do after this?
zzzzz

22. What are your favourite movies?
too many to list

23. What inspires you?
anything and everything

24. What do your friends call you most commonly
Sharan, sweetchoco, sheru, sharu etc 

25. Would you prefer coffee or tea?
Tea, of course

26. What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed
talk to some one or slp

27. What makes you go wild?
nuthing really …

28. Which other blogs do you love visiting?
i read random blogs .. and if i like them, they go into my reader

29. Favorite Dessert/Sweet?
Gulabjamun

30. How many tabs are turned on in ur browser right now?
10, coz i am working :D

31. Favorite Season?
fall – love the colors

32. If I come to your house now, what would u cook for me?
guilty as charged .. i wud :)

33. What is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you?
dnt let them knw u r hurt, smile and be extra friendly to confuse
them

34. What are you afraid of the most?
roller coasters , for now :)

35. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
my light-dark circles

36. What brings a smile on your face instantly??
my friends :) or a kid

37. A word that you say a lot?
So, i guess

38. What would you do if you were made President of India for one day?
not really sure .. may b i will make it compulsory to go to skl or
abolish caste system in education and work or invite FDIs

39. What is that one thing that keeps you going.
my spirit to be happy

40. Whats one thing that you used to love that you left
writing my diary

41. What would be your reaction, if you come to know that today is the last day of your life
sad .. there r so many more things i wanna do in life still