Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Now when you get a special request for a packed southie lunch on a weekday you ask yourself is it possible?
hmmm...
hmmm...
Well, you can't not try!

  • Get up at 7:25 (late if you need to pack two lunches, get yourself ready and reach office by 9: 30)
  • Start peeling/chopping veggies
  • Cut most veggies in long 2" modules
    • 2 long Carrots, 100 gms Tindli, 1 chunk of Yam
  • Cut larger cube sections of 2 large potatoes (dad likes it that way)
  • Realise you need to make rice too. Scramble to boil water, wash rice, put rice in.
  • Peel and cut 2 raw bananas. They turn black at the speed of light, so be quick. (don't try to do this by hand, the skin is pretty much stuck to the inside and turns your fingertips black *use coconut oil to clean that*) 
  • Thaw frozen peas (You forgot that! Loose some time...)
  • Boil water, dump veggies in them. Don't stir too much veggies will break)
  • Put 2 green chillies, 1 frond of kadipatta for fragrance
  • Scrape 1 coconut
  • Drain water from rice. Pray that it has not cooked to smushy levels.
  • Grind coconut, 1" imli, 8pcs of chillies for colour and spice(4 pcs of madras, 4 of guntur), 1 spoon cumin seeds + water
  • Make a smooth paste
  • Go yikes! when you realise that the veggies have boiled already.
  • Add coconut paste
  • Prepare tadka- rai, udad dal, lots of hing, kadipatta, 1 mirchi
  • Put tadka in to curry that is starting to smell pretty good
  • Stir without breaking veggies. Patience.
  • Put serving on a wide dish to release some steam before packing
  • Brush, bathe, dress
  • Pack curry
  • Pack rice
  • Pack 1 zip lock pack of banana chips
  • Pack 1 zip lock pack of barfi
  • Smile
  • Give dabba to request maker
  • Feel happy and floaty for your mini accomplishment all day

P.S: I had some help! Thanks mom!

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