The Bollywood superstar has shared his fave recipe on Twitter!

In a bid to promote his latest stint as host of television show Master Chef India, Akshay Kumar has posted one of his best culinary preparations on his Twitter account.

For the Momos:

Stuffing

50 gms cabbage 50 gms carrots 3 nos. mushrooms 1 no. spring onions with greens A few sprigs coriander leaves Salt to taste White pepper powder 1 and half tsp oyster sauce 1 tsp dark soya sauce 1 inch ginger 1 and half tbsp sesame oil

Method:

Finely chop all ingredients, combine with salt, pepper, oyster sauce, soya sauce and one tbsp oil. Keep aside.

For the dough:

1 cup refined flour Salt to taste Water

Method:

We visited Goa a couple of days ago. It was a short trip – just 2 days – but great fun. I almost curse myself for not having gone there till now (yes, this was my first trip!). Can’t wait to get back.

Apart from the churches and markets, we also went to the unique ‘spice village’. Once we entered the Sahakari Farm, we were welcomed by ‘teeka’ and a garland and were immediately offered lemon grass tea and cashew nuts, followed by feni, and then a  buffet lunch of pao (local bread), rice, chicken xacuti, other vegetable bhajis made with whole spices from the plantation, fried fish, fried rice, salad, pickle and papad. The meal was followed by icecream and fresh fruit.

Yesterday, we were shooting near a school in a village at Vaitharna, Maharashtra. I've known about the mid-day meal program but always wondered about the quality of the food provided. Given the extent of poverty in our country, and the huge population that this program caters to, I was pretty satisfied...the quantity and quality of rice and dal was good. Veggies would have added to the balance in the diet, but I learnt that the menu is different on different days. The sight of kids volunteering to serve and eat together was very endearing.

I don't really know what all chicken feed on, but when I was shooting for my television show, during lunch break I noticed that it was eating time for the chicken, too!

Most cities, big and small, have home delivery. Mumbai’s right at the top where I’ve had from a window A.C. to a cup of tea delivered home.

Last month we were travelling from Mumbai to Patna by train when I came across this ad pasted near the sink. This ‘pure veg’ restaurant delivers food right to your seat. All you have to do is - call them a few minutes before the train arrives at Itarasi station. I noticed the ad pretty late (after we’d crossed Itarasi), else I would’ve definitely tried the service. As it is, most of the food that’s served in our trains is pretty sad. Even the coach attendant felt the same!

Hi everyone!

Well, I've posted a no. of blogs in the past (with a lot of pictures) but am unable to upload pics for sometime! Earlier, I used to click on the 'tree' icon in the 'body' section of a blog...that resulted in a pop-up (insert/edit image). In that pop-up, next to the 'Image URL' box, there used to be another icon which when clicked, opened another box which had all our previously uploaded pics and where one could upload new pics. For some strange reason, I find that icon (next to the 'Image URL' box) missing! Hence, I'm unable to retrieve my old pictures, nor can i upload new ones!

Please HELP!

Thanks.

From Bombay Times, Times of India. TOO MANY COOKS...

There’s always a problem for change (loose currency) (or ‘chhutta’ or ‘khulla’ or ‘khudra’ or 'chillar' in Hindi). I’ve faced it while buying tickets in buses, at local train stations, at shops, with the home delivery guy-everyone seems short of ‘change’. 

Well, a vada-pav vendor in Mumbai seems to have found a way to take care of his little problem. He’s offering a free vada-pav to anyone who’ll give him ‘chhutaa’ for 100 Rs! (You could call vada-pav, the Indian Burger. It comes for 5 Rs.)

 

My wife and I use a small box to collect coins. It’s almost full…guess, time for us to go and avail a free snack!

This board outside a stall reads "Any person who comes with change worth 100 Rs. will get a vada-pav free".

Papad is a thin Indian wafer/cracker/flatbread. Recipes may vary, but typically it is made from lentil, chickpea, black gram or rice flour. Salt and peanut oil are added to make a dough, which can be flavored with seasonings such as chili, cumin, garlic or black pepper. Sometimes baking soda is also added. The dough is shaped into a thin, round flat bread and then dried (traditionally in the sun) and can be cooked by deep-frying, roasting over an open flame, toasting, or microwaving, depending on the desired texture.

In Mumbai, where most of us live in apartments with no balconies and no access to the building terrace/roof, a person finds a novel way to dry papads!

As a child, I was always intrigued by women who moved in the gullies with a bundle on their head, exchanging new utensils (usually of steel or aluminium) and plastic buckets, for old clothes. This sight is very common in small towns in India & is also seen in the suburbs of big cities like Mumbai.

The trader (usually a woman) would go from door to door, and try to take as many old clothes as possible in exchange for minimum utensils. The trading is usually done with the women of the households, and both parties require a lot of patience and a skill for bargaining, to have a satisfying deal. I’ve seen an old pair of faded denims or mom’s ‘once shimmering -now dull’ sari or dad’s shrunk sweater, make way for a shiny new ‘stainless steel’ katori or (if we managed a good deal), a kadhai! This was in Bihar, where poverty would compel people to take up this ‘barter’ trade.