Authentic Home-made Indian Food
It was a Friday and as usual, we have a 2.5 hours lunch break. This time, we had something special planned for us, by our soon-to-be-ex-colleague, Srini. Srini, who hails from Bangalore, told us that he would be preparing a nice lunch for the few of us in the lunch gang, and asked us to visit his place during lunch. Bearing an empty stomach (I didn’t have breakfast that morning 
) and a huge appetite, we attacked Srini’s place like a pack of hungry wolves. Look at the dishes that were ready waiting for us.
What’s for lunch?
Upon revealing the dishes, we saw briyani, fish, dhal, fish curry, prawn curry and even rassam! At first, all of us were so shy to make a move, until Srini asked us all to just sit down and he would serve each of us, true to his Indian hospitality. 
Briyani, fish, dhal, fish curry, prawn curry & rassam
We all shamelessly sat down while Srini insisted on serving us. Such a kind fella, he was!
Lunch being served
My favourite dish of the day was the awesome briyani rice! Made from spices, vege and meat, the rice was oh-so-fragrant and delicious! There were even pieces of chicken drumstick hidden within the briyani!
Amazing briyani rice
Then there was rassam, which is a type of South Indian soup prepared from tamarind juice and tomato, among others. It gives a somewhat sour taste which is also meant to be appetizing.
Rassam
The prawn curry was perfect with the briyani. It was so good that I couldn’t resist myself from having second helpings of these. And the briyani. *shifty-eyed*
Prawn curry
Of course, no Indian cuisine would be perfect with the dhal. Srini and his wife didn’t fail us with this lip-smacking dhal which went well with the briyani. Ok, so everything here went well with the briyani. It’s no surprise that I had a few helpings of the briyani then.
Awesome dhal
Fried fish
Look at my first plate. I had a drumstick!
Satisfying plate of briyani
The fish curry was supposed to be eaten with white rice, but I was already too full with briyani that I could manage only a small portion of the fish curry.
Fish curry
Look at the happy faces eating! It was a somewhat quiet lunch at first, with everyone chewing and paying attention to their food. *LOL* Now you know how to tell if the food is good – if everyone’s eating and not talking!
Enjoying lunch
We cannot thank Srini and his wife enough for taking the time and effort to prepare this amazing lunch for all of us! Might I add that Srini even had to take half day off work just to help his wife prepare all the dishes! They took a painstaking 4 hours to complete, seriously no easy task. But I’m sure it was all worth it when he saw all of us leaving with happy faces.
Srini and his lovely daughter
A satisfied Ed is a happy Ed
Santosh will always be happy if there is chicken + coke = combination that never fails
with the Srini family
And last but not least, a group picture of all of us.
Group picture
It’s too bad that Srini will be leaving us very soon. 
No more chances to taste the awesome briyani! Since I have never been to India before, this is as close as it can get to eat authentic Indian food. 
Comments (27)
I think its like one year dy i dint eat any indian foods.
saw d briyani look tempting. i wan!!
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Time to refresh your memory on the awesomeness of Indian food!
wah…i luv indian food a lot…wah…very nice n yummy food ler…ur colleague very nice lah…shud extend the invite to me next time…kekeke
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Haha Yea very nice of him! Purposely took leave somemore.. Next time sneak you in!
This sure looks tempting! There’s nothing more satisfying than homecooked food.
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Well said babe!
The indian food looks great. Taste yummy isnt it
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Definitely yummy and delicious!
Wow…you guys have 2.5 hour lunch break on Fridays? Can go shopping
I like North Indian cuisine. A fav place is a restaurant named Saravanan Bhavaan.
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Did you eat with your hands? It taste better that way!
Your friend are so generous to cook up a meal for all of you. All food look so delicious.
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Yea supposed to taste better with hands.. but I had to keep my hands clean to take photographs!
Once awhile I go for this authentic type of indian curry too… the urge of eating spicy and hot curry rice happens at least once a month… lol… Looks good eh..
Haha once a month eh? Sounds like something else is talking
But authentic Indian curry is the best!
How do you feel having meal on the floor?
BTW, where do you work?
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Eating on the floor is pretty awesome… LOL Brings people closer together in fact.
I work in TPM
Wao! Nice Indian cuisines cum nice gathering
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Yea… nice gathering indeed!
wah curry… *hungry*
Time to eat!
those look really good! i had banana leaf lunch like … 3 years ago! adoi.. time to get some to satisfy my cravings
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Wow… so long ago! Time to rekindle your relationship with banana leaf
Ate with hand? Nice
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LOL! You asked the same question as mnhl! No, I had to save my hands to take pictures
awesome a home cooked traditional indian meal….
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Can’t get any more authentic than that!
Hi Mei, looks like you had an awesome local feast. It’s been a very long time since I had some good home cooked Indian food. If I recall, it was Christmas with an Indian-Christian family.
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Wow.. that’s quite long ago! Time to get those pots and pans to work!