Food Cravings in Rains

 Food Cravings in Rains

It's raining, it's pouring and as usual Mumbai is marooned, we are doomed to face water n power outages. It's normal.

There is one more normal that happens to us in monsoons, in cloudy weather......craving for food & that too chatpata !

The brain sends quick signals of pakodas, batatwada, hot harbhara chana chaat (streetside), bhutta and garam chai. For the 'anytime kuch bhi chalega" types it is pizza, chicken nuggets, french fries, hot meduwada, hot brownie.

Here are Two quick fix snacks -

Masala potato sticks: boil n mash potatoes, add ajwain (oregano), finely chopped chillies, salt. Mix and for binding add little cornflour. Make a dough, roll it thick (fries thickness), cut into strips and deep fry. Eat with tomato mayo or mustard mayo or just tomato ketchup.

(Eggitarian) Fun Eggs - hard boil eggs, cut into half, remove yolk. Mash the yolk, add finely chopped onion, chilly or chilly flakes, oregano, salt. Mix well with a spoonful of mayo. Dip the cut egg halves in beaten egg, roll in breadcrumbs and deep fry. Fiil the halves with yolk mixture, grate cheese on top. Then just EAT !

More easier: beat egg, add chopped onion- chilli, grated cheese, take breadslice dip it in mixture and shallow fry. Ready to eat in 15min.

Of course Easiest is Bun Maska and tea.