Thursday, October 18, 2007

Kunaffa ???..are you sure ???

Id was in the air...and still is (see the needle on the clock nearing 2 pm, and it was time to leave the office for the whole of last month, hummm.....got to wait 3 long hours more till next year, same time......till then, Ramadhan,.....I miss you!!!)
All the stores and markets will be piled up with sweets, and one think which I noticed, apart from Indian sweets, you see a lot of Vermicilli in use(the thinnest of the lot) .
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I remember, my previous manager, Dr. Ward, who was a Briton, trying to explain to a guest who was also from UK, about Arabic sweets, and calling them "sugar-strands!!".
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Apart from the regular use of Vermicilli in Kerala as in Semiya payasam, or Uppma....their use was very much limited, till I came to see all these sweets over here.
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So, this is one such ***** I prepared, with the sole aim of using Wards' so called "sugar strands",which I had purchased not knowing exactly what to do with it, except the determination that it will not end up in a bowl of milk as Payasam!
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I presented it to a friend of mine, who is in Kuwait for over a decade, and she was at first glance "Oh, you know to make Kunaffa, Sona!!!...can you give me the recipie, please...."
Reply : "Kunaffa ????...so..sooo..."
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Any guess guys, whats my kunaffa is all about ???....
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Till then, see you on Sunday, as its weekend here Friday and Saturday.
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2 comments:

  1. Scientist.....True to ur name u keep discovering new dishes....but u have turned in one amazing dish this time......will wait for the rest of ur story dear.....:-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. We have something that's made from the thin vermicilli that we call vermicilli cake and this looks sorta similar.

    ReplyDelete

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Kunaffa ???..are you sure ???

Id was in the air...and still is (see the needle on the clock nearing 2 pm, and it was time to leave the office for the whole of last month, hummm.....got to wait 3 long hours more till next year, same time......till then, Ramadhan,.....I miss you!!!)
All the stores and markets will be piled up with sweets, and one think which I noticed, apart from Indian sweets, you see a lot of Vermicilli in use(the thinnest of the lot) .
.
I remember, my previous manager, Dr. Ward, who was a Briton, trying to explain to a guest who was also from UK, about Arabic sweets, and calling them "sugar-strands!!".
.
Apart from the regular use of Vermicilli in Kerala as in Semiya payasam, or Uppma....their use was very much limited, till I came to see all these sweets over here.
.
So, this is one such ***** I prepared, with the sole aim of using Wards' so called "sugar strands",which I had purchased not knowing exactly what to do with it, except the determination that it will not end up in a bowl of milk as Payasam!
.
.
.
.
I presented it to a friend of mine, who is in Kuwait for over a decade, and she was at first glance "Oh, you know to make Kunaffa, Sona!!!...can you give me the recipie, please...."
Reply : "Kunaffa ????...so..sooo..."
.
Any guess guys, whats my kunaffa is all about ???....
.
Till then, see you on Sunday, as its weekend here Friday and Saturday.
.

2 comments:

  1. Scientist.....True to ur name u keep discovering new dishes....but u have turned in one amazing dish this time......will wait for the rest of ur story dear.....:-)

    ReplyDelete
  2. We have something that's made from the thin vermicilli that we call vermicilli cake and this looks sorta similar.

    ReplyDelete