The Real Kela Kat !!!???

The experiments have come to a grinding halt due to a very misfortune incident !!

Without much ado the details follow:

1. Bajji and Pakoda Mix was bought
2. A single Raw Banana was bought
3. Two Potatoes were bought
4. 4 Banglore Mirchi were bought
5. The banana and potato were nicely peeled and finely cut
6. The Bajji Powder was mixed with water in a proportion as was instructed
7. Kadai was strategically put on the stove and oil was poured in

(A three-quarter smile escaped the Hithchiker's mouth at this point with the preparations)

8. With the same pride as that of a Guest of Honour, at the act of lighting the inaugural lamp for an important Confluence, the Hithchiker lifted the Lighter, turned the knob of the stove at the right angle and nudged the switch. Nudged it again..and again.

#$@!!@%!^#!$^#^!^!^!!$!$#$$!$!$!@#$ (no emoticon has yet been discovered for such an emotion)

Lo ! the pride vanished into thin air...just at the designated place for the Cylinder, a cylinder shaped emptiness stared at the hitchhiker.

Panicked at the rate of gas-usage (the cylinder was given on a nominal use basis you see...) the landlord seemingly has taken it away from the kitchen!!!!!

Its truly a gloomy day for the Hitchhiker's Kitchen :(

PS: Suspicions are also ripe on the only other person (needless to say my roomate) who has access to the cylinder. The recent post of his do raise the hitchhiker's eyebrows ....

http://graveled.blogspot.com/2008/08/eureka.html

Considerable Progress…

After burning my fingers on making the elusive Dosa as mentioned in the earlier post, I should say I travelled quite far. Sufficient "post-mortem" done on the dead dosas, after gathering the nuances of Dosa-Making from my Mom, revealed that a lot of things can go wrong even in making as simple a thing as a Dosa. It seems the Pan should be sufficiently hot, the batter should not be too thin or too thick etc etc. My roommate proved he had a lucky hand when he produced a Good Dosa in the midst of my string of Bad Dosas. This clearly proved that Dosas after all are bound to certain laws and would come out well no matter who makes them :P

Charle’s Law for Dosas:-
Ceteris paribus, the quality of a given mass of an ideal Dosa improves or deproves by the same factor as the temperature (in Kelvin) of the “Frying Pan” increases or decreases over the optimum.

After mastering this mantra, there was simply no looking back. I just kept flipping one Good Dosa after another.

DISCLAIMER – One can only aspire to make “Good Dosas” by following the Techniques mentioned here. Perfect Dosas are made only in Heaven and Home.

Coming up Next ….Ummmmmmmmmm…. Upma !!