Hello....
Been long since my last post... Was busy with few trips I had to make to Bangalore & Mangalore after having to live in Ranchi for 8 months continuous....
Ranchi is nice for many personal reasons...
Earlier it was cuz Kuku lived here & he was my home... Then, I hardly got to explore Ranchi & know its whereabouts cuz all I wanted was to be with Kuku for the few days I was here... He did take me around to few falls & of course the WORLD FAMOUS Patrathu Valley... 😝 Other than that of course those nearby temples we visited as families... Then there was our food outings both as families & as couples... With family had been to Madhuvan Hotel, Holiday Home & Radisson Blue... As couple to Le Lac Sarovar Portico, Radisson Blue & Prana.... Beyond this I knew nothing of Ranchi....
It was ONLY AFTER KUKU, that I got to know Morabadi & it's vegetable market, Chandni Chowk, Lalpur, Doronda, Dhurwa, so on & so forth.... Hmmmmmmmmmm 😥
It was ONLY AFTER KUKU, that I started cooking at home & realized to be proud about, that I actually knew cooking & I cooked good... My Nani(mom's mom/ajji) cooked good food with the limited ingredients she had... My mom of course was a very good cook who made simple vegetables to be loved to the core & despite we are not in talking terms AFTER KUKU I am grateful to have imbibed those cooking skills from her... The taste for food & the dedication with which one cooks in the kitchen.... I owe it all to her....
Bangalore is a paradise for food... Any cuisine you may wanna taste & relish, you have it around you... But that was not the case with Ranchi.... With Kuku we always had a cook at home to cook for us... Her name was Putul.... She cooked good Bihari food & that sufficed for Kuku.... When I came down to Ranchi, I just enjoyed all the food she cooked & went back to Bangalore to eat outside... 😝 However, LIFE AFTER KUKU changed much... I could not afford to keep a cook & there was no good food available outside too like it was in Bangalore... The limited good food joints was not affordable if it had to be a routine... Sooooo irrespective of my likings, I had to cook food at home, ONLY to realize, I could cook well... especially food from my native MANGALORE & regular food from BANGALORE.... They require lil more efforts as compared to the food of Ranchi... Food of Ranchi could be prepared in no time mostly cuz of the usage of masala powders... But Mangalorean food is prepared right from scratch... All the whole masalas must be sautéed first, then ground to pastes & then used which absorbs most of your cooking time... During the hot summer it feels all the more tedious...
Now I had Gunda & my maid to taste everything I cooked & review it for me.... Struggling financially ever since Kuku was gone, I wanted my cooking of the most simple & sumptuous recipes, be catered to the people of Ranchi too... Cuz other than the native food here & the food influenced by Nepal, what they sold here in the name of SOUTH INDIAN FOOD was utter bullshit 💩.... ONLY people from its native can make out the difference... DOSAS out here made me wanna puke 🙊with the same kinda salty tasting thin layer of skin.... Real dosas are crisp with thick skin & or soft & fluffy.... While Mangalorean Idlis are soft as sponge & tasty to relish as is, without any accompaniments, your regular idlis across BHARAT is the same... Coarse & a lil diffi to be relished plain... Mangalorean idlis can be savored with chutney OR sambar OR Mangalorean fish, chicken & mutton gravy...
Hence finally decided to make my attempt to cater these savories to the people of Ranchi through KUKU'S KOFFEE HOUSE with HOME COOKED FOOD for BULK DELIVERY...
Based on previously ordered menu, I would prepare the food with ample time, convenience & dedication to be delivered to your office or home parties, celebrations & small gatherings... Cuz food like idli, dosa, appam need time for fermentation which we Mangaloreans prefer through natural means with no addition of soda or eno... The rice needs to soak well for a minimum of 5-6 hours through the day & by night once the batter is ground, it needs to rest the night for the batter to naturally ferment in heat, which would be ready by morning... after which idlis & dosas can be prepared as & when required, when batter is stored in the refrigerator, which can go for many days... Hence an order to be executed, requires a minimum of ONE day... So always better if ordered a day prior to the PARTY OR GATHERING....
Every other detail can be discussed over a phone call before or while placing an order... If the schedule is full then I must be allowed the freedom to cater to your needs another day cuz IT IS JUST ME WHO IS COOKING....
The name KUKU's KOFFEE HOUSE is named behind my Kuku cuz after we were married, it was one of the things he wished to do... To set up a chain of restaurants for South Indian Food... So I dedicate this dream to him forever...
I dedicate every breath to him too cuz whatever I am today is ONLY cuz of him... He brought me out of a Health Hazard, He gave me the love & respect a wife expects after being married, He gave me the love of father mother brother & a friend being my husband making me yearn for no other relationship other than him, He took care of me in illness & during my happy days with UNCONDITIONAL money luxuries & needs of life which most women in this world can ONLY dream of.... Now despite him not being around in blood & flesh, I still lead my life with the insurance money I received after his demise... So, I owe him my life completely with no doubts....
Today, if I am attempting KUKU'S KOFFE HOUSE, more than for financial help, it is to establish his name in his own place RANCHI, before I bid goodbye to this world.... That is my dream....
I have opened a Garments Shop at Bariatu Housing for menswear by the name ASRA APPARELS... Again that was started to keep his name going, more than for financial assistance... I have no much desires from life for luxuries of the world.... AFTER KUKU peace until my last breath is all I care about... So my desires are a lil being happy with all that I have in hand.... It's ONLY HIM that I yearn for now... Every moment Every day... I keep living on with a hope of catching up with him someday.... 😔
UNTIL NEXT, KEEP THE FAITH!!!
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