Saturday evening's Potluk !!!

After a long time ,Aarthi Shankar throwed a potluk party at her home.As usual I was told not to come without a good dish to eat.They somehow got an imagination that I am excellent cook with few of my dishes at the begining of this year's potluk.Trust me,Cooking needs good amount of time and concerntration.Although I didnt want to disappoint my friends ,I thought of sticking to a low profile egg curry.It is easy,risk free and quick enough to make soon after mba class before I got hit their potluk.

As usual,everybody i know in atlanta turned out in Shankar,Aarthi & Aarnav's place.
I could see Vidya,Gopa,Kiran,Suraj,Sanjana,Kirshna,Kalpana,Ajith,Sophia ...I found out from Kiran that Vinu,Vijay & Rohan will join later in the night after work.Yes,these are my most happening desi friends here in Atlanta.

Everybody had their meal and caught up on each one's update.The energy level among all these couples never seems to drop out and they all began to play Dumb Charades with movie names.Shankar,Aarthi,Gopa,Kalpana,Kiran and myself made one team and rest on the others.Vidya didnt seem to be well so she ended up being the score and time keeper for us.It was quite funny with all the act and this is first time i thought all the friends had their fair chance .Vinu,Vijay and Rohan joined in middle of the game.

It was around 11.00pm ,Gopa felt it is high time for him to leave and he was joined by Vidya,krishna and Kalpana.The rest joined to play a game so called UNO.This is first time i playing this game and so do few other friends in the gang.We had two trial run and even after i couldnt get the game right.It was funny game just like the Bamboozled from friends.Aarthi and Sanjana found themselves to master the game in no time.I and Ajith were racing for the fav loser spot with huge points collection and I won all of them fair and square. :)))

Fav moments during the game :
Suraj called this one out.Vijay the counted +2 card(Special card gets 20 poitns) and 4 to be twenty four poitns.Sanjana clarfied with vjiay asking him that whether it is just because he saw 2 in one and 4 in another ended with 24 :)))).

Vijay called this one in end.Vinu asked whether two people can play this game.I played along saying ,"oh yeah even one can play",Then Vijay added if you happen to get a skip during the game then game is hung forever :)))).

Here is my egg curry recipe
Ingredients:


6 Eggs (hard boiled)
1 onion
1/2 tomato (pureed)
3-4 flakes of garlic
1/2-inch piece of ginger
1-2 green chilies
2 tbsp chopped coriander leaves
Salt To Taste
Red chili powder to taste
3/4th tsp turmeric powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
3/4 tsp garam masala
2-3 tbsp vegetable oil / ghee
1 cup green peas or 250 gms paneer


Preparation:
Remove the shell of boiled eggs & keep aside. If using Paneer cut into cubes and fry till golden & set aside for later use.
Make a paste of onion, garlic, ginger and green chilies in a mixer or chopper.
Heat oil in a kadhi or wok and add onion-garlic paste and fry till golden brown.
Add all the spices (salt, turmeric, coriander & chili powder) except garam masala and fry for a minute and add tomato puree. Fry till it starts leaving oil.
Add a cup of water and cook till it dry's.
Now add the fried paneer cubes or green peas (which ever using) and boiled eggs.
Add 1 cup of water and bring to boil and reduce the flame.
Simmer for 10 minutes.
Garnish egg curry with garam masala and coriander leaves and serve hot with paratha, roti or rice.

hav fun !!!
Thanks,
Anand.U