My life...as I see it...: Weekend at Binitha's

Originally posted on 27th Feb 2006

Pic #1: Valley Forge National Park(not Binitha's house)

Mission: Go to Binitha's house n cook a nice lunch.

Estimated no of guests: 5

Menu: Egg curry and Shrimp Fry (served with rice,chips, pickle, buttermilk and yesterday's cabbage fry:-))

Estimated Time: 2 hours(An hour for each dish...will try and reduce it this time atleast!)

Pic# 2: Kripa(Chef)

Chef Profile: Claims to "know" cooking quiet well. His never seen or heard passion for cooking has made him drive 350 odd miles from Boston to Phily.
Chef comments: "Bismillah Ar Rahman Ar Raheem...First of all I will like to thanks Al-mighty Allah for giving me the opportunity to cook today.....Me, shrimps n eggs is really worked hard to cook a nice lunch today...Im happy guests are happy and......and....and...thank you...." (Sorry for copying Ur statement Inzi bhai)

Pic#3: See the kitchen...cos its Ur last chance to see it this clean

Mission Execution:
Step #1: Open a packet of Shrimps, add salt and chilly powder, mix well and place it in a bowl for 1/2 hour.
Step #2: Cut onions and tomatoes(1 large onion and 3 tomatoes).
Step #3: Heat oil on a frying pan and put mustard seeds in it. Wait till the mustard seeds splutter and pop and then put all of the cut onions on the pan.
Step #4: Wait till the onions turn golden brown(???)

Now this part takes a lot of time. So lets go around and C if the guests have arrived.

Only three of them have arrived? I dont even know thier names. Wheres the all important Host?

Oops ... here she is.
"Boost is the secret of my energy...but Im having my morning coffee and checking my all important mails. Wondering why the lights are on in the morning? U think Im crazy to buy all of these stuff and not show it off in this snap???:-))" (In order to prevent any damages: The author hereby declares that these statements are his interpretaions of the picture and not the actual statement by the person in the picture).

Ok...time for Step #5: Put the cut tomatoes and some salt,chilly powder and watever masala U get(I got Garam Masala!).

Step #6: Cook Rice in microwave oven.
Step #7: Boil eggs.
TIP #1: Intelligent ppl like me would do steps #6 and #7 in one.
Tip #1 Idea chain: (unknown??) to-> Krishna(friend) to-> Binitha to-> Kripa to-> (offcourse U R gonna follow it someday!)

Inspection time:
Host: "Pour water and stir. Repeat the process till the gravy thickens"
Chef: "Can U tell how the gravy would thicken, since the water is anyways gonna evaporate"
Host: "Do wat I say"(can b interpretted as "I dont knw":-))

Step #8: Now that the egg has been bolied, take out egg shells, cut the bolied egg into small pieces and put it into the gravy.
Step #9: Heat oil in another pan and fry the shrimps(Forgot there was another dish to be cooked?)