The Art of Pretending to be Fancy

Living away from home comes with several perks and nuisances. I’ve found that cooking falls under both those categories. Tanisha and I are lucky, because we enjoy food and cooking. However, that means we spend inordinate amounts of time in the kitchen preparing each meal, trying to make them as interesting as we can. It’s safe to say that the novelty is beginning to wear off, and that the prospect of cooking makes us consider stepping out for a cheap dosa or a plate of chaat…often. But our limited supply of money keeps us in the kitchen on most days, and we’ve plated many a masterpiece.

I shall now conceal from public view items like aromatic burnt khichidi and dry parsley-mint sandwiches, and share these with you instead.

Garlic mushroom salad

Baby potato garden salad

Dalia (broken wheat) upma

Shezuan noodles with mushroom and capcicum

Spaghetti in green pesto

Spaghetti in tomato sauce with mushrooms and cheese

Vegetable shezuan fried rice

Vegetable hakka noodles

Spaghetti with tofu and baby corn

Jeera rice

Sprouts

Yellow dal fry

Tabbouleh

Open-face vegetable pizza

Yummy, no? 

Yes.

Very.