Vendakka Mulakittathu – Ladysfinger in Spicy Tangy Sauce

Our kids always tend to show reflections of ourselves, of our habits and behaviors. There are times when I shout at Rasha for doing or not doing something, and then suddenly realize that I used to do the same when I was small!!! Rasha used to keep losing her pencils when she was in her kindergarten, not much but a pencil a week was her norm. I was fine in the beginning but slowly it started grating on my nerves. On a weekend, she demanded for a new pencil and I gave her a shout as to how many pencils she keeps losing. My poor girl went off from the room with a sober expression, which did hit my guilt pangs but I wouldn’t budge. My umma, who was listening to the drama from her room, called out, “You know, she’s much better than you. She loses only one pencil a week, you used to lose them everyday!” Now is that what you call, karma? 🙂 She’s so better now, but over the weekend, I was reminded of this incident, that bought an instant smile on my face and also stopped me from shouting at her for something, which I very well know she takes from me!!! Hehe….

One curry that I absolutely adore of my umma’s for lunch is the one that I am sharing with you today. Soft “vendakka” in a tangy tamarind sauce is all that is, but you could lick off plates and plates of rice without your knowledge!!! When umma was not around, I craved for this and made them without consulting with her and I was so glad that I was able to match her taste. Now you may think why I didn’t call her – somehow when she tells me her recipes (which are always approximates than exacts!), I always forget to note down! Then when I call her, she would ask, “Didn’t I already tell this to you?” Hmm… She feels I am old enough to stop asking her for tips and ideas and do it myself… But the thing is that I still don’t feel old enough to stop depending on her though… Hehe… Off to this recipe then… 🙂

Linking this to Gayathri’s WTML event…

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