Comment posted A Welcome Home Meal in Australia by Sharell.
I must see a demonstration (and learn a few tips) next time I’m in Delhi! I rate bhangra much higher than head wobbling. 
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- Oooh, a Punjabi!! Do you dance the bhangra, Ramit?
- I’m lucky my husband loves mashed potato (although we season it with garlic, chilli powder, salt and pepper), and pasta as well.
He calls my western cooking “fine dining”. - Hi Alpaca-fan! It’s a little complicated. My husband’s family are meat eating Hindus, particularly a lot of seafood (because they come from Orissa). The apartment complex I live in (well, used to live in since we’ll be moving!) is a Gujurati one, hence the people there being strict vegetarians. I haven’t converted to Hinduism, although I do participate in some rituals. My husband isn’t a strict Hindu. He’s more spiritual than religious, so we have the same outlook.
vandana, it’s true that the meal would have very little appeal to most Indians. It’s very bland by Indian standards! But I love being able to actually taste the veggies, rather than masala!
- IndianTies, wow, 4.30 p.m. is a really early dinner time! I was up until midnight last night, and started getting hungry again when I went to bed. Meanwhile, my parents were off to bed by 9.30 p.m.
Ramit, the chicken is half buried under veggies at the bottom right of the plate (to the right of the dark green stuff)!
doctordeath, unfortunately I think cricket is really boring. Actually, I think most sports are really boring. In that regard, I’m very un-Australian because most Aussies are sports crazy!
V, I haven’t had any snacks yet. I’ll have to go out and buy some tomorrow! Mum cooks so much healthy food, there are never any naughty snacks in the cupboard.
motoakijane, reverse culture shock sure is bad! I feel like I’m in a completely different (and foreign) world. The accents are the worst! I’m finding it hard to get my Aussie accent back, and to realise that I CAN actually talk really fast here and people will understand me!
It’s also so unbelievably quiet here. But very peaceful. It’s also very strange here because Australia is in the southern hemisphere — it’s spring time, and will be summer in a couple of weeks. Whereas in India, winter is approaching. I’ll be here all through December. I’m returning to Mumbai on 28th, just after Christmas.
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I must see a demonstration (and learn a few tips) next time I’m in Delhi! I rate bhangra much higher than head wobbling.
Oh, I can handle spicy day in and day out–my dad’s side of the family is from Texas, so I grew up eating Tabasco hot sauce from a spoon as a toddler!
But comfort food for me would definitely be blander food like mashed potatoes, pasta, or cheese…
Sharell, I’ll try putting some chili powder in my mashed potatoes next time and see how my hubby likes it!
Chill! It’s not like I won a ‘Best Film’ award at the Cannes. Dating has been a part and parcel of my life since I was a schoolkid.
…and my parents aren’t the type who’d choose a girl for me. Plus, I am a true blue bohemian, too hedonistic for the wait-till-marriage ideology.
Hahahahaha!
I was at an experimental phase, wanted to try out what being a ‘grass eater’ would be like. As for sensitivity, I’m trying. Trying to get rid of thug image I created back home.
Hav a good tym in Australia Sharell!Njoy urself to da hilt wid frienz & family!Wen I was a kid,my mum used 2 sing a Punjabi song ,wenever she wud run out of bedtime stories(I heard dem till I was bout 8 or 9) & I rememver she often got emotional while singing it.Now,after I’ve got married & left my parental abode,I know da reason.Everytym I visit my parents in Delhi,wenever its tym 2 cm back,da song keeps ringing in my head.It goes lyk:Sadda chidiyan da chamba ve,Babal assa udh jana.
Saddi lambi udari ve,Babal kede des jana? A daughter tells her dad dat r houz is lyk a nest & I’m da little bird who will soon fly away.Mine will be a long flight,but leaving u,leaving my houz wer will I go?
So,while u r in Aus. live every moment to da fullest,coz u also know dat it will be a long while b4 u’ll cm der again…
I know the feel of those late nite dinners in India.. Takes some getting used too. So munching on snacks is very normal.
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