What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten?

There is nothing on this Earth which beats a South Indian breakfast. Forget the toast and cereals, what they offer is an absolute feast.

Idli, dosa, samba and pongal. Pongal my most favourite ever!

I shall post a picture of it now in it’s cooking form, but what is then added to that totally rocks. I have some great photos of the whole shebang, but before I head off to find some, there are things I need to do…..

Oh, my beloved pongal. A dish made with rice and lentils cooked in boiling milk. Tempered with ghee, black pepper, ginger,curry leaves, cumin, and hing. Then topped with cashew nuts. Oh my goodness. Heaven sent!

You could also have a dosa. A thin savoury crepe, made with a fermented batter of ground black gram and rice.

There are also Idlis. A kind of savoury rice cake.

To accompany these dishes, there is Sambar. A thin lentil and vegetable soup, consisting of what is available; okra, tomatoes, egg plant, carrots. There is a wide choice of what it can be made of. Plus, the addition of Tamarind gives it an amazing zing!

Added to the feast can be coriander and/or coconut chutney.

And should you feel a bit peckish mid-morning, there will always be someone on the street to  provide you with Vardi ( a savoury lentil doughnut) and a glass of chai.

A digression…Written yesterday

I dropped my phone today and totally wrecked it. Nothing, nada, a digital life completely wiped ( luckily, I have a tablet with some stuff on, which helps. But I need to now get my new device up and running. It’s my own fault. Until recently I had one of those black shockproof cases on it….but the other day I decided to take that off and enjoy the beautiful pale green back of it. Big mistake!… Anyways, because the device is destroyed I can’t transfer the data. ( Yes, I’ve lost some lovely photos, those I’ve taken and some sent to me) Sooo, I have to sort it manually. It may take a while. However, I didn’t want to miss today’s prompt. What I will do is come back and fill in the details of this amazing banquet offered at breakfast time in Chennai.

I’ve not eaten this in 20 years, but my goodness, I will never forget it!

I don’t expect you to come back to the edited version, later..but I want to honour this food with at least a little write-up.

P.S. I’ve not had time to read what you guys have written today, but I’ll get there. When the sun goes down and the birds are saying goodnight, the hood will be quiet and peaceful…and then you will have my full attention x