Delicacies from a Dhaka-ite

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

Vedic Heritage for Pandit Jasraj's Show- Yummiest Indian food EVER!

My friend Bharathi and I went to the Vedic Heritage to attend a show with Pandit Jasraj.

It was a wonderful experience, we had travelled from Boston, clad in our sari's; the moment we entered the people of the temple offered us their food, they were preparing for the members of the show and the temple:

Our lunch of rice, rajma, peas-potato, and potato-eggplant curry:

Eating with the artists and hosts:

While we waited for the show to begin, we wandered around the temple, it was BeAUTIFUL:

The Pandit Jasraj Auditorium:

The show begins:

During intermission, some of the ladies were selling snacks..MMM SO GOOD:

Bhel Puri:

Shingara and Dhokla (a Gujrati dish)

Once the show was over, the whole cast, crew and hosts sat together and ate the yummy food that was cooked. Oh what a scrumptious meal it was! I'm rarely this satisfied with a non-veg meal as I was with this vegetarian meal.

The Huge dishes used for cooking:

Rice with jeera, Peas Curry,

Eggplant-Potato Curry

and a dish Called "curry"? (readers Help!!) IT WAS heavenly:

Bharathi's Plate:

My Plate:

Desert:

It was the most amazing day. The hospitality and warmth of the temple was heart-warming. And the show was fantastic with artists from all over India and then Pandit Jasraj.

I only wish I knew how to cook these delicious dishes!

Welcome BBQ at Fenway Park

Berklee's Welcome BBQ! It was amazing: food, company and music!

The Tent with Food:

Salad, Potato Salad, Burgers:

Chips:

Cookies::

Archie handling the fruit stall:

My PLate :D

And of course some music by the faculty and students;

Our schools Brazilian band BOLOCO:

and some audience participation:

me joining in:

This was the first week of my joining of Berklee College, and it was the most amazing welcome ever!!

(for those of who you don't know, I moved to Boston to go to school here!)

Saturday, 27 November 2010

My first Thanksgiving

Obviously having lived in Bangladesh, England and India, I had never experienced Thanksgiving before.

So I was super excited. Suman Bhai had taken the burden on himself to cook the Main HUGE turkey and the rest of us were chipping in what we could.

Coincidentally it was also Rousseau Birthday so we had some Cake too:

It looks normal but it was SUPER yummy:

Here are the chefs and their creations:

First our hosts:

Our Main Chef Suman (On the left)

He made the most DELICIOUS turkey. Most people are not fans Turkey itself but all memories were forgotten. It was just the perfect amount of spicy but not in a deshi style. YUMMMMM

And A YUMMY Russian Salad:

And a deshi style Cranberry Sauce hehe:

More hosts: Rousseau, Pandey and Tuntuni (we had another host MB but he was flopping around somewhere!)

The lovely girls had the hardest job of all, cleaning the whole place; while Birthday Boy made "Devilled Eggs": It was SUPER:

From the guests:

Shamin Apa: made a Super Yummy Cheesecake which sadly didnt get photographed, and Veggies:

I made Risotto Stuffed Tomatoes: (the tomatoes got a little melty at the end)

(little recipe note: Baked tomatoes separately, scooped out
Then poured in Risotto, made with rice, white wine, chicken broth, Corn, chopped spinach, little bit of cheddar cheese and butter to taste)

And our celebrity Shanto Bhai made Mashed Potatoes from a Box. (to be honest he's a FANTASTIC cook!) You can see his mash, in the photos below of the plates!