Thursday, 16 April 2015

Just add water

“Just add water”
“Added. Now what?”
She looked at me askance.
“Stir it, then steam it in moulds.”
“Oooh!”
My daughter’s first idli. From a packet, telling you exact amount of water, oil and steaming time. Goodbye hard work.Goodbye overnight soaking, grinding, fermenting, waiting. Goodbye patience and all the other good things . Want to eat an idli. Cool. Pick a packet off the shelf, and “Just add water.” How I hate those words!!
They may have made life easier, but the romance is missing. So much of ease, is it good?

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