Madam R's shenanigans are abundant, like the time when she wanted to revisit certain places to touch leaves and wash hands (by the way, she's 80 and NOT senile). And there are the times she used to visit prior to living with us when I usually HAD TO monitor her cooking activities. The story today with the thosai batter was one such incident.
Friday, 14th November 2014
Madam R prepares thosai batter for Saturday breakfast.
Thosai batter needs to ferment overnight and a warm environment helps speed up the process. Housewives and restaurant chefs come up with their own unique ways to do this, typically, by applying a minute but steady heat supply. An example would be to leave it beside the refrigerator where heat is generated from the refrigerator motor.
Saturday, 15th November 2014
So, Madam R, being the 'genius' that she is, decided that simply placing the thosai batter beside the refrigerator wasn't going to do the trick. No. It would just take way too long! Madam R wanted to go one step further and use direct heat source. Yes! The stove!!! Our genius decided to leave the thosai batter container (aluminum pot), on a wok, on the stove with the stove turned on to the lowest. And forgot all about it.
Reminder! This woman is NOT senile. She never forgets people and how one person is her husband's, brother's, daughter's, husband's, cousin in law. She reads the newspapers everyday and is abreast with current happenings in the country! She also never forgets to remind me to take the garbage out (a reminder I get 10 times in a day), or to buy her something she needs (like balance reload for her cellphone!)
What happened with the thosai batter? Well, it was on the heat from about 1 a.m. till 4 a.m. and started cooking instead of just fermenting. How did I know this? Well, I was up at half past 8 this morning and she was in the kitchen checking on her batter. The bottom layer was cooked and had formed pancake-like consistency. I burst into laughter for the next 10 minutes. And kept laughing intermittently for the next half hour.
I love the characters in my life!
They make it so damn interesting!!!
HAHAHAHA!!!!!