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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Food I Never Gets Tired Of..

Every morning I do a herculean task - The task is 'thinking' what to pack for lunch. Normal course is one curry (gravy) , one thoran (dry dish) and then rice mixed with curd. This menu varies depending on the time I wake up, the availability of vegetables in the house and of course my mood to cook. So some days it will be very elaborate lunch with all these items but some days it will be just one dish, either dry or gravy. Also there are days where I just make some colored rice or even pack a portion of my breakfast itself!! But whenever there is rice , it would invariably be mixed with curd. This is true even if there are other dishes as well. I don't follow the traditional course where you eat the curd and rice only in the end. I have survived many a years with only curd and rice (as vegetables spoils the taste of curd :P ) until one day I had to be rushed to the hospital with a dangerously low Hb count. So although I started eating vegetables from then on curd still remained as an indispensable item. And what's surprising me is I don't mind eating curd 365 days a year where as if it's any other dish I don't like repeating it the next day rather a while,for that matter(That's why 'thinking' what to make every day became a herculean task if that's what you were wondering). So what about you? Do you have any such "never get tired of" foods?

20 comments:

jj said...

same here.. curd and rice.. It has been my all time fav food!!
My mom would struggle to get anything else down my throat ( I used to throw a lot of tantrum while eating).. and on one occasion my KG teacher told my mom, "Why do you always give your daughter only rice and curd.. give her something nutritious"...poor ma was helpless!!!
but trust me, nothing like curd and rice!!!!!!

hope and love said...

white rice, curd and salad is the best.. esp when u feel a bit stressed out.. so soothing.. iv seen my guests skip chicken and fish and go for it..
:))

Anonymous said...

Someone is cooking for self again!!! :)

mathew said...

i think for me it should be rice..chakkakurumaanga curry and konchu achaar...ithu type cheyumbol thannei am fighting immense urge!!;-P

Anonymous said...

Ente Dhanya Chechi ea Chorum Thairum combination super thanney pakshe athinoppam oru kantharimulakum kurachu manga acharum koodi undengil athyugran..

Dr Roshan Radhakrishnan said...

I used to be a puttu banana fan since childhood.. Could eat it endlessly. Since leaving Kerala, It's like a memory alone remains of these foods.

ദീപു : sandeep said...

Iam a big fan of puttu+kadala curry...

I can eat it 365 days...

but... I dont cook it.

I like curd_rice combination... but need something more, like pickles or papad....

BHATTA said...

Curd Rice! Slrp.. my all time fav too..
No meal is done without curd rice and pickle :-)

Dhanya said...

@ jo : yeh no nutritious food can substitute our curd n rice.. :)

@ hope and love : Oh that's quite nice.. They know what's best ;)

@ pinto : yeh an attempt to be the old self again ;)

@ mathew : oops chakkakkuru mangaa curry.. slurp..it's one of my fav also..

@ vinu : heey athokke aa tairinte taste kalayee ulloo.. nalla katta tairu undaayaal mathi :P

@ roshan : I'm also a puttu fan, but not with banana.. puttu+kadala is an alltime fav.. so I make it often :) And thanks a lot for stopping by..

@ sandeep : Ditto here.. that's the breakfast I make quite frequently :) curd n rice with pickle is also good, but I'm not that particular about pickles :)

@ Bhatta : For me that's the main dish ;)

Nanditha Prabhu said...

curd rice and pickles would be my choice too ...as it doesn't involve much cooking:)

Impressionist said...

wow! I love curd rice too! :D

-I

sumanth said...

Since cooking is part of my life these days, The best and fast food id rice with curds and pickle.

ap said...

Appam any days.....

And am all sad bcoz its being too long sice i had Appam... :(

Sadhana said...

hey nice to read ur posts after long time again..

Hmmm Curd rice n pickle. But I always prefer Rice n rasam.. enough I can lead my life with that forever.. ha ha :)

CandidConfessions said...

I know, what a pain to pack lunch. In as much as I love cooking I hate it to become a routine in my life!

Usha said...

Curd rice - me too! never tire of it and miss it even if I don't have it for a day.
another is perhaps dosa - must have it at least once a week.

Anonymous said...

litchi fruits.. i still love them..

Dhanya said...

@ Nanditha Prabhu : Yeh that's true. Whenever I'm lazy it's curd rice for me ;)

@ Impressionist : ha ha welcome to the party :)

@ sumanth : Yeh I know.. Imagine if this world didn't have any curds.. What would people like us do? Real trouble :P

@ ap : Yeh I love appam too.. but definitely not 365 days coz making a good appam involves lot of luck too !!! Sometimes I get frustrated when the appam doesn't come out properly :(

@ Sadhana : Too bad you didn't visit my blog for long.. hmm I know one more person who is a rasam fan n she doesn't even touch curd!!

@ Candid Confessions : Yeh I know especially if you need to do it all by yourself n only for yourself.. But canteen food is forcing me to do that!!

@ Usha : Yeh I can very well relate to you.. I feel restless if curd at home is over and I haven't shopped for it :)

@ chriz : You have got expensive tastes ;)

Unknown said...

think curd rice is certainly one of the regulars. But I think dosa's are the same for me. anytime anywhere, just abt dig it! cant lose the appetite for it!!!

Dhanya said...

@ ravi : hey I have never seen u eating one but ;)