The Other Woman - ITC Kitchens of India

The Other Woman

-          ITC Kitchens of India

I kicked myself mentally for putting my foot in my mouth, again!

 You see, I received a call from long lost friends who wished to discuss shop with me and I called them home quite impulsively to talk about it over dinner.

Not that I mind hosting, but calling 20 odd guests…? What was I thinking?

And like the PM said money doesn’t grow on trees. And I should know. I have been blogging without a dime in my pocket. (Tsk, tsk)

So how much would I have to splurge for the event?

By yesterday’s encounter with the vegetablewalah, one dish would set me back by around Rs 180 worth of ingredients. That multiplied by the number of guests and further multiplied by at least 6 or 7 different dishes…? 

I have to confess such math is beyond my comprehension! (Tsk, tsk. Use the calculator.)

And so began my haggling with a very clever vegetablewalah who pleading innocence of the rise in food prices, saying with a wicked smile that it was not he who had announced a hike in diesel prices.(Very funny).

Having bought vegetables by the cartload, I set about making the dishes.

 Tensions ran high as I tried to compete with time…everything was taking far too much time packets of ITC Kitchens of India on the shelves seemed to mockingly say to me. (Oh, dear!)

Three hours of labor later and none too near closing the kitchen, a much harried cook of this household relented to the ‘scorned mistress’ and called up the grocers for some packets of ITC Kitchens of India, on the double! (Dear me!)

An hour later, cut the packets, poured and served hot.

Everybody complimented me on my culinary skills. (Heh, heh)

Savored some moments of bliss…

Then…

Now that you have been well fed, let’s talk shop…

You were saying…? (Wink, wink)