Burgers, Forever and For Always!

Burgers –got to love them, right? I can’t think of a single person I know who doesn’t enjoy biting into a big, juicy, succulent burger –home-cooked or at any brilliant restaurant in hauz khas. My crazed obsession with burgers began quite a long time back. At the time, my mother thought it was just a passing phase, and decided to cook me the best of burgers ever so often –thinking I would out-grow the obsession soon, and her cooking skills could take a nice, long vacation. But alas, it could never been just a passing phase –burgers and I, we’re meant for a lifetime of intense love and happiness!

Much to my disappointment, mother dear decided enough was enough, and put her foot down –I was to enjoy no more homemade burgers full of a mother’s love and compassion (or rather oozing with cheese!). And so I began my witch-hunt for Burgers in Delhi. Much to my delight, this glorious city with its countless eateries opened up a world of delightful burgers to me. It was almost like I had developed some form of OCD about burgers, I just couldn’t get enough of them!

But then came a time when I just couldn’t get around to sparing enough money to eat out ever so often… And so my days spent at one or the other restaurant in hauz khas or what have you became spaced out and rare occurrences. Alas. What was I to do? This craze just wasn’t dying out and I seemed to have run out of options!

Boy, was I wrong. I had just hit the tip of the iceberg… There was so much more to explore! Where, you ask? Not at restaurants or cafes across the city, the magic was to happen right in my very own kitchen! And so I began to delve deep into cookbooks and cooking blogs and what not –coming out with recipes that could really make it as some of the best Burgers in Delhi! And thus continued my tryst with burgers, in my very own home, forever in my heart –not to sound cheesy, but that’s just how I like my burgers!

My regular experiments with food

I love to make life more interesting by making my food more interesting. Be it cooking the same food in different ways, or experimenting with some unusual ingredients- I have done it all. But my favourite pastime comprises experimenting with instant noodles. On my yet another visit to my favourite restaurant in Vasant Kunj, I tried out regular noodles made with a twist. The flavour was absolutely heavenly. When I requested the staff to explain the recipe to me orally, they actually did. I guess the universe does respond to our innermost desires in the most unexpected of ways. I went back home and tried out the recipe the very same day. Guess what, it was a complete disaster.

Let me tell you more about my other experiments with my noodles, most of which have been quite successful. I love to add lots of butter to my noodles. Even though the taste of butter overpowers the taste of other spices, I don’t mind at all. I have also tried adding cheese and pepper/oregano and that tastes amazingly well too. You might not like to hear this but let me tell you anyway. I have also tried cooking noodles in milk instead of water. But trust me it wasn’t that bad. To make the taste of milk less prominent, I cooked noodles in the mixture of milk and water. That tasted much better. I also recently learnt to cook noodles in a microwave oven from an office friend of mine. But guess what happened when I tried the same thing at home. Sigh!

Let me also tell you about my latest discovery. Just yesterday only, I ordered Eggs Benedict at a new restaurant and I must appreciate the dish. I was a little hesitant at first, but all my doubts were laid to rest the moment I had the first byte. If you too are crazy about food, do try this dish out at a nearby restaurant. I am sure you would love it!