I had bought with me a new cute contraption from Chennai during my last visit. It is the Anantha pressure cooker with 1.5 litre capacity. If you use this, be sure to use low flame on a small burner. All credits goes to my amma for arming me with this weapon to make a single person cooking lot more easier. I wanted to make Chappathi and dhal. Why chappathi? Since I am a novice in making chappathi, I thought this is the closest I could get to making myself a "square" meal. This way I can pass off my lack of accomplishment at making perfectly round chappathi as an glorified goal to achieve.
I took two handful of "thuvaram paruppu" and pressure cooked it along with "urulaikarangu". While my dhal was getting cooked I prepared the flour for chappathi. Once that was kneaded patiently and diligently by me, I took the cooked dhal out and mixed it with fried onions and added "kara podi" and "garam masala", the authentic Indian tastemakers and finished off my dhal with some corriander seasoning with a dash of lemon.
Then came the turn to make chappathis. I had to use my soft skills in rolling out "round" shaped chappathis. That was a big challenge in itself. As you can see though I didnt really succeed, I was still successful in making a square meal for myself.
In my pursuit of catering to my basic need I had created a big mess. But thankful I was self-actuated (highest level in Maslows hierarchy) enough to clean of the mess that I had created.
