TGIF…..Sesame seeds/cumin seeds/sundried fenugreek leaves/chilli flakes/powdered spices blended whole wheat flour pan toasted flat breads in canola oil garnished with lactania salted butter (methi tikhi bhakri) & organic ginger peels flavoured Indian style steeped tata tetly orange poke tea in full milk (adrakwali TATA Tetly chai – I tend to store the ginger skin peels from the cooking done during the week to be used for flavouring the tea…. reuse recycle reinvent) for Friday morning breakfast at work!Sweet juicy crisp Royal gala apple for Friday 10 AM fruit at work!Assortment of steamed split husked lentils(toor/moong/masoor) lentils with onions/ginger/tomatoes/Thai green chillies/turmeric powder/salt to taste soup tempered with clarified butter/cumin seeds/asafoetida/red chilli powder/sundried fenugreek leaves/chopped garlic squeezed in key lime over it (daal tadka) served with simple steamed staple rice (chawal) & a glass of home made yogurt salted buttermilk (chaas) for Friday lunch at work!Boiled split husked pigeon peas lentil with peanuts dates tamarind lime jaggery salt n spices soup garnished with cilantro (khattimitthi Gujarati dal), steamed long grain basmati rice (bhaat), stirred yogurt in cucumber shreds green chillies n mustard seeds (kakdi raita), eggplant potato tomato curry (ringan bataka tomato shak), deepfried sundried urad lentil flats rice flour flats rice flour coloured snacks (papad papdi fryums), Gujarati dessert sweet balls made by coarsely grinding deep fried whole wheat flour dumplings mixed along with cane sugar dry fruits cardamon nutmeg n clarified butter to be shaped into golf size balls coated with poppy seeds (Churma ladoo) & deepfried whole wheat flour fluffy flat breads (Puri) for Friday dinner at Sindhi Gurmandir!
