Wedding Fervor

Wedding season is on and how... Ask parlor owners or farm-house p***s, florists or halwais, and they will each recount with delightful rapture just how happy this season is and how they are literally raking in the moolah...

And talking of weddings, I had the good fortune of attending the wedding of a dear old, AST (read Bhabha) who is now a certain Mrs. Goel with all beauty and grace *hoot hoot*. But weddings mean a lot of dressing up and strutting, even for the sahelis of the bride, with as little as 4 hours of sleep the previous night, and with all the backless blouses and endless dancing, one is bound to fall prey to the Great Indian Wedding Fever.

In this post I help you combat that fever with an energy pumped, delicious, yet simple dish: the Wedding Fervor. Recipe below:

Ingredients:

Moong dal (Green gram) or mixed sprout - 100 gms
Chicken (boneless) - 50 to 75 gms
Olive Oil - 1 tbsp (to rub onto the chicken)
Tomatoes - 1 medium sized, deseeded and diced
Onion - 1 medium sized, diced
Cucumber - 1/2, diced
Salt, Pepper and Red Chilli Powder - To taste
Lemon - 1

Method:

• Take the boneless chicken and make gashes on it with a sharp knife. Now rub olive oil, a little pepper, salt and juice of half a lemon on it and allow to marinate for a couple of hours before micro-grilling it for approximately ten minutes or till the chicken has turned opaque. 
• Cook the sprouts in a cup of water in a cooker, till you hear a single whistle. Take it off the gas and drain almost all of the liquid.
• Now mix the sprouts, shredded grilled chicken, diced tomatoes, onions and cucumber  in a bowl.
• Add the seasoning (as per taste) and the juice of half a lemon and toss.
• You could serve immediately if you like it warm or allow it to cool in the refrigerator for an hour before consuming it chilled, depending on the weather and your personal preference. I enjoy it either ways.

This simple dish is packed with protein and Vitamin C and is perfect to re-vitalize the exhausted you, allowing you to bounce back from wedding fever straight into wedding fervor. You can make variations of the same by looking up last month's Good Food magazine. 

Now for god's sake, don't flaff around, GO DIG IN....