Member Topic: What is your comfort food? - Page 4

Fruits. I like all types of fruits.

Biryani. When you lather ghee on the first layer of the hot piping biryani when it gets off the pot - it's pure heaven. Matka/Pot biryani is man's greatest creation, I believe.

Also the South Indian in me can't resist masala dosa from Udupi. Coconut chutney and coconut shavings inside the dosa cooked with butter, soooo damn good.

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I love instant ramen. Instant ramen is the often vilified culinary hero. The perfect qq noodles, the warm, comforting broth, and of course, the sodium bomb are just the hug you need when you're sick or down or just need a pick-me-up.

As a child, my favorite comfort food was paej. Its a soupy brown rice made in Konkani households. It is served very simply with a big dollop of ghee and salt to taste. Pickles and crispy papad also go well with it and add textural contrast. My mom would make paej whenever I fell sick.

With paej in mind, I naturally fell in love with congee. It's basically paej but with other kinds of seasoning. My favorite kind is with preserved pork and egg.

Rasam rice is another comfort dish that always makes me happy. What I love about rasam is each person makes it differently. Sometimes it's peppery. Sometimes it's tangy. Sometimes the sweetness of the tomato comes through. Sometimes it's so spicy it clears your sinuses. Sometimes it's mild and goes down easy. Sometimes it's soupy and you can drink it from a cup. Sometimes it's thicker and melds so nicely with rice.

Try Rasam with a dash of jaggery in it. Heaven🙌

Originally posted by: ohophelia

Biryani. When you lather ghee on the first layer of the hot piping biryani when it gets off the pot - it's pure heaven. Matka/Pot biryani is man's greatest creation, I believe.

Also the South Indian in me can't resist masala dosa from Udupi. Coconut chutney and coconut shavings inside the dosa cooked with butter, soooo damn good.

So many South Indians here. 👊

Talking about the South Indian breakfast items, piping hot idli dumped in lots of ghee eaten with Avakaya. 🤩🙌

Originally posted by: loginidran

So many South Indians here. 👊

Talking about the South Indian breakfast items, piping hot idli dumped in lots of ghee eaten with Avakaya. 🤩🙌

Omg, yes. Also idli with gunpowder with ghee in it. South indians really love ghee 😆

Originally posted by: ohophelia

Omg, yes. Also idli with gunpowder with ghee in it. South indians really love ghee 😆

So true. My mom used to chide us for emptying the ghee like water. 😅 😆

Idli with ghee+ sugar is also amazing btw.☺️

Chicken momos and Tea

I love chai and dal chawal (real one not Alia Bhatt)

Originally posted by: SavitaBarbie

Mashed brown rice and dal arranged in a neat semi circle. With really spicy okra sambar. The okra has to be fried with salt for exactly fifteen seconds and no more or the whole thing would be ruined.

My grandmother's macaroni with homemade green chilli sauce and a roasted potato

Mashed rice mixed with curd in a semi circle ( this is important and I can't explain why ) and payar molakooshyam ( sort of a soup. Cook cowpeas with red chilli powder in lots of water. Garnish with caramelised shallots or onions .That's it but tastes great.)

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This cracked me up🤣.

BTW In this post you are sounding like Bollyqueen. I wouldn't be shocked if you say you are a twin sister or twin brother of Bollyqueen😆(based on this post only as I have not seen your other posts though)

Originally posted by: loginidran

So true. My mom used to chide us for emptying the ghee like water. 😅 😆

Idli with ghee+ sugar is also amazing btw.☺️

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You are reminding me of my brother. He put sugar in sambar and he dip idli in that sambar and eat😬