Lamb – Smriti "Simmi" D. Isaac

Thanks to the beauty of airtravel, one can have breakfast in one place, lunch in another, and dinner in yet another place anywhere at all. And sometimes, you might get so very, very fortunate so as to have a freshly-made meal shipped to you from a faraway place that very day so you can stay put wherever you might be and still have an incredible gastronomical experience.

Well, what you see below was breakfast that came all the way from Florida to Michigan in a matter of two hours. And what’s more– it was made by my impossibly gorgeous and talented mother. A breakfast fit for a king is what she sent us: Parathas, Keema, and Masala Shrimp.

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Well, the snow is pretty blinding if you continue to stare out the window, and since I’m not in the mood to make any snow-angels outside, I thought of doing the next best thing: being an angel in the kitchen. Yeah, yeah, I know that’s lame, but still, if it conjures up images of me flying around between stove and sink and refrigerator, well, you’ve come up with a half-decent picture, I’d say. And what would all that angelic activity produce? The most angelic dishes, of course. Fit for a heavenly feast. Here’s what:

A Palak Saag made with spinach and tomatoes, and seasoned with red onions, garlic and dry red chillies.
A Broccoli Subzi seasoned with cumin, red onions, garlic and coconut-chutney.
A hearty batch of Lamb Shanks pressure-cooked for starters, and then seasoned in the skillet with fried onions and a secret masala.

I guess I’ll serve this up with fresh hot white Basmati rice and whole-wheat Rotis later tonight. Picture a bunch of devils feasting on all this glorious fare!