Everyone has some or the other fond memories of growing up. I also have many and still living up some of them even though I am an adult now. It’s these memories that keep the child in you alive. In my real life research I have also noticed that it helps me connect better with friends.
I used to love Amma feeding me lunch and dinner. Now that I am mum, there’s a role-reversal and I miss Amma. Last night as I went to sleep I was thinking of days when I would spend time at home and Amma making my favourite food. Of course there are many more memories but today I plan to write about my love for Peraty!
Peraty is what we call it, but which I am sure most of us would relate to eating from the bottom of the pan. Especially on days when would have Amma made my favourite like Aloo gobhi or chicken fry. Peraty – literally means coating. Coating little rice into the lovely masala stuck at the bottom of the pan, rolling it into a ball and eating it. Eating Peraty used to be a pure bliss moment.
When I was younger I used wonder why Amma always ate from the pan and not in a plate, until one I realised the about the joy of eating Peraty. Once you've tried it, I am sure you would be hooked on to it for life. This is something that also has a special relevance in my hubby’s life.
He grew up in a hostel and once a week there would be meat served to them. At the end of the meal there would be kitchen in-charge walking with the big pan and rice and she would roll Peraty for whosoever was interested. Of course they all were and so they would call out raising, “Miss please Peraty” and so the poor ended up with a ridiculously but cute name Miss Peraty.
We still enjoy eating Peraty and just the thought of it makes our hearts go all mushy and take back in time when life was so simple.
Did it rain at your wedding? They say it rains at the weddings of those who wipe out vessels clean :)
ReplyDeleteReally? But would know why is said like that .. Actually our big day was really sunny n hot.. I was almost about to collapse thanks to the heat :D
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DeleteFrankly i didnot know its called Peraty but I always used to eat directly from the kadhai and my mom didnot like it apparently bcoz it is said eating from the Kadhai or the big vessel means it would rain in my wedding! I and my sister both used to do that....but it rained on my wedding and not hers! ;) Rain in humid weather of July not good though...
DeleteHa ha .. it didn't happen for us while me n Saju ate all the time off the bottom of the pan ... that explains it was doubly hot n humid .. almost on the verge of collapsing. End of april is worst time to have a wedding in Kerala and now I know from experience :D
Delete"Nannayi Peraty Kazhucho", my grand mom always used to say this as she made hot hot dosa's with chicken fry for us. I'd wipe the bowl clean, as the taste was spectacular.
ReplyDeleteI always believe that the taste lies at the bottom of the bowl :)
Yes how could I forget hot dosa's and appam's they make peraty all the more lovely !!
DeleteMy mouth started watering just reading this. :) I remember putting a bit of rice into the cooker in which amma made chicken curry. Ah bliss! And into the earthen pot in which prawns theeyal is made. Super yumm! I still do that sometimes. Peraty is simply the best.
ReplyDeleteAww prawn theeyal ... I am going to make it and eat peraty .. yum yum .. what a brilliant weekend plan :D
DeleteDin't know that there is actually a word for that. After seeing the above comments & reactions I gotta try it sometime soon now. Prawns theeyal...one of my fav.s too. :) :)
ReplyDeleteNostalgic. I remember my sisters were hooked to something very similar.
ReplyDeletei know exactly what your talking about haha.. Just the other day went to this thai restaurant and the curry was yum i wanted to perata'ls in the end hahah and stopped myself :P
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