Food Fetish 101

Do you ever wake up, with a desire to dive, into a stack of fluffy golden pillows with the luring golden syrup and melting butter on it?  I do, wake up most of my morning's craving for, a pancake breakfast. It’s the most classic and timeless breakfast. It gives us, all the good reasons to be obsessed with it. Pancakes are made from basic staple ingredients like flour, eggs, milk, and butter. All these ingredients, together, create heaven in the mouth. That golden plate is so aesthetically appeasing to the soul. It doesn’t always have to be, a stack of pancakes, it can be a three or two. The best part about pancakes is that they can be easily influenced or moulded, the way you want them to be. They can be, blue like blueberry, a little naughty like chocolate chips, and can have a bite of crispy bacon. You can have whole wheat pancakes or oatmeal pancakes. From kids to diet freaks, every single person can eat pancakes without feeling guilty about it. The canvas is so vast that it can

In the amid of lockdown, there’s one thing that I miss, is the chai tapri near my college. It is an important ritual as an Indian to start our day with, a perfect, steaming cup of tea. Chai tapri isn’t just a place where we drink tea, it’s a place where two people fall in love, strangers become friends, it’s a daily hangout spot with our colleagues and friends. Over that one cup of tea, we discuss friendship, love, politics, and life in general. We all have our favorite nukad around the city.   Even in a diverse country like ours, ‘chai’ is the most popular and loved drink through its length and breadth of India. It is in our blood, every time we have a guest come over, we greet them with chai. Every kitty party or family gathering is incomplete without tea and some biscuits. The black tea leaves with a mix of some spices and the warm earthy color of Chai helps us bond with people effortlessly and go through our mundane daily affairs. Chai is so calming by its nature. It helps us t