“Hey Sweetie, Can you cook ‘Masaledar Chole’ for an office party on Friday?”, asked my husband.
“Oh yes why not dear”, I replied gladly.
After couple of days I casually enquired from him about the estimate of people and he said...
200!!
What??? My eyes were wide open and I realized that it was too late to even say that now.
So this is what happens when your estimate goes wrong and for a moment I felt like a project manager who didn’t understand the client requirement clearly.
Coming to ‘Masaledar Chole’ which otherwise wasn’t a tough thing but the challenge was in a three member family you wouldn’t have enough utensils to cater to that number and then I called up Mom.Like an angel she just made me relax and suggested to break the problem into pieces and tackle it’s here was the plan:
Fry Onion paste and also ginger garlic paste. It took my majority of time. Use tomato puree and prorate the masala as per the quantity. Trust me these simple maths lessons can come very handy during such testing times.In morning I had to boil the chickpeas and simultaneously add them in proportionate masala . Masaledar Chole turned out to be a hit at hubby’s office and also inspired me to share this interesting story with you all.
So now next time I would make Masaledar Chole I would follow this recipe over any other of mine.