Alu, Parantha and Amitabh Bachchan

Yes. It was a near perfect evening at my new address where I dared to cook for the first time. Though I enjoy cooking, but usually it takes a lot for heavy body like me to overcome the inertia of lethargy and step into the kitchen. I had slept the whole noon after a hectic house cleaning session that Saturday. I woke up at around five in the evening when I got a text from one of my friends, saying that they had cooked a full meal that day! I was like, ‘What the hell!!!’. Now, I had to cook. So, I tightened up my hair and woke up my flat mate to join me in the kitchen. Within 40 minutes, which includes scrupulous tasks like kneading the dough, we had prepared dry Alu ki Sabzi and Garam Garam Parantha. Just then, I remembered, that I had my friend’s pen drive which had the movie ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’. I thanked God for small mercies. We both set our plates and I played the movie. It was such a satisfying feeling to actually cook one whole meal for self. Not that I hadn’t done it ever before, but it was my first time since I had started living away from home. And with the Amitabh Bachchan movie playing along, what could have been a better weekend at home. Cheers to Alu, Parantha and AB.