After months and months of plotting, planning, (re)scheduling, Married Ashi and Married Aditi finally managed to meet up this weekend along with their better halves!
Needless to say a night full of fun, laughter and music ensued culminating with dinner at our place (or a very early breakfast) at 2 am! After staying up all night the previous day, I wasn't really sure I could pull off any serious cooking so decided to keep experimentation at a minimum.
The menu consisted of good old tried and tested favourites - onion garlic dip with lavash, sauteed mushrooms, penne aglio olio (poor cousin of the original spaghetti version) and beer chicken with garlic bread and mashed potatoes. Any excursion into the kitchen is incomplete (and oh-so-boring!) without some experimentation so warm corn salad and paella were brought in to the menu. The meal was rounded off with the universal (and my favourite) favourite, caramel custard!
Starter - Warm corn salad
Mains - Penne aglio olio style
Mains - Sautéed mushroom and broccoli
Mains - Beer chicken with mashed potatoes
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| Mains - Veg. Paella |
Dessert - Caramel custard
I'd promised Ashi I'd invite her over for a meal before leaving Mumbai and I'm glad I could work through the fog of forsaken sleep to bring some respectable grub to the table!
P.S. - I was beginning to wonder if I had lost my culinary skills when bam, this beautiful day came along and I can honestly say I was proud of everything we had served up. Thank you food gods!
P.S. 2 - Staying up all night and running across town to catch the sunset is great for honing cooking skills. Who knew?!
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