May be my brother got on the bulkier side but he never overeats like me! His reason of getting fatter is something else; he sits all day while at work! The amount of food he eats is less but he eats wrong; eats mostly outside food! Else, he is a picky eater who always would have less amount of cooked rice! In my case, the volume of food I consume in a day is huge, I am just unable to do anything about it. Yesterday, I planned to cook & blog about this less guilt fries today, all of a sudden. Accordingly, I soaked some cooked rice in water last night, to have it with the gram flour pakoras for my lunch!"Panta Bhaat" cannot be eaten measured, you can see I have the capability of having this amount of rice. What you do not see is that I had a sandesh after the meal! And before the meal? I was on my walk when I had a "Kopi-O-Kosong & Papor Bhaja"; a pack of it I bought from a known Aunty's shop, located the other side of the station. There we stayed for two years as we came into the island! The huge mall was under construction then, and these shops did good business!
IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY; YESTERDAY!
Ever since the son went off, our Sundays seem dull! Two of us middle-aged people sit all day & the television keeps on going! I do not call home anyone or do a food delivery to keep myself engaged because Cristine is not there to assist, its her off day! Yesterday, we had friendly guests for lunch! I thoroughly enjoyed cooking for them, also the chitchat! Not that we rubbed shoulders with them often, yet there is a peculiar feeling that had they been here, we would have been happier. We liked meeting each other in the Durga Puja venue or at an office gathering! That too stopped in the last two years due to the pandemic! But I am happy for them; we should be happy for others' progress! Cristine helped so much, took a half day off too & our guests are so positive, typical Indian "addabaj" that I never felt tired. In the first place, I call people home only when I can take proper care of them, get comfortable with them & be entertained! They took an early leave; Amit & Neeti are shifting to South America whilst their daughters would be studying in England! If we are still there in this island after few years, we would meet them again; they are citizens here, they would come back I believe! Once they left, I was squaring up & T was taking a nap! At night, we would not have the leftover party food! T had his love; "dim sheddo aloo sheddo makhon bhaat"; I had "quinoa-brown rice-dal-begun bhaja"!
WHAT IS THIS APPE PAN FAUX FULURI?
Fuluri is a Bengali road side snack! Our mother is extremely fond of it! In early April, when I was in Kolkata, Mani was staying with me & one day asked Rizia Mashi, my house help there to get her Fuluri! Mani eats it with a bowl of Muri or as it is as an evening snacks whilst Rizia Mashi's family has it for lunch with rice! I thought of having what I call faux fuluri with fermented rice! The fun fact is that I love this APPE PAN FAUX FULURI but not the authentic fuluri sold in all the roadside "telebhajar dokan" in Kolkata! I call mine faux because I cooked them in few drops of oil in a specialised pan whilst the authentic ones are deep fried! I gifted my family an appe pan which they have not used as yet! I do not know if my brother likes it or not; I cannot remember everything from the past, also forget to ask every little thing! My brother's wife is more of a snack lover than I am, she should start using the appe pan & get my brother homebound; with regards to food! This healthier version of fuluri snack is vegan, gluten-free & uses few ingredients like gram flour, salt, turmeric, red chilli powder, green chilli, baking soda! I like vegetarian snacks a lot these days, which was unbelievable a decade ago!
If you want to cook authentic fuluri at home, there are a couple of written recipes & videos existing! I found Tasty Crowd's Fuluri near to the Kolkata likes in looks & texture but in Kolkata, they do not use nigella seeds, this & that in the batter, but only what I have mentioned in mine!
INGREDIENTS :
GRAM FLOUR : 1 COFFEE MUG
TURMERIC POWDER : 1/4 TSP
RED CHILLI POWDER : 1 TSP
CHOPPED GREEN CHILLI : 2 TSP
BAKING SODA : 1/4 TSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
WATER : AS REQUIRED
OIL : 2 TBSP [ONLY 2-3 DROPS REQUIRED FOR EACH ONE]
PROCEDURE :
Oh vert good recipe darling
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