Guest Post - 2 : Today's Guest - Jagruti

Today, we have Jagruti, the most enthusiastic foodie blogger is with us. She is a Commerce Graduate who love to cook, read and travel a lot. Let us hear what she says..

Nithu's Kitchen: Tell us about you.

Jagruti: Originally I am from Ahmedabad, India. While studying, met my Prince Charming from london....Simply by asking him if he owned a washing machine! in reply he asked me "will you marry me?" So got married in one week and now settled in the U.K since..Blessed with two beautiful children Hayley and Yash Krish..I have lots of hobbies and interests..and love to cook read and travel. I do read a lot, from fictional to cookbooks, also confer with my children what books we have all been reading and I end up reading their books too! which results in long debate after.

Nithu's Kitchen: Good to know about you. Please tell us something about your favourite author and his books. Also, tell us about the cookery book you follow.

Jagruti: I read many authors book but, one in particular that stood out was a novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford called "Dangerous to Know". I don't follow any cookery book for my daily cooking, just use my own instincts..the only cookery book I own has been with me, which my mum bought in 1978...it's like a bible to me!! yes, but I do watch cookery programmes on TV.

Nithu's Kitchen: It is great that you could come up with so many dishes on your own. You said, you travel a lot. Can you share us an interesting anecdote that happened during your travel.

Jagruti: Oh...I've a lots of them...but I'll share this one with you. Few years ago we took a family trip to Europe,while my mum came from India to visit us. We stopped for two days in Paris and we went on a cruise on the River Seine, my son Yash krish was very young that time, as soon as we boarded the boat, he threw his one shoe in to the river, we asked him why he had done this? he repled saying that he is going for swim, because he thought the river looked like massive swimming pool.....:0)) So hey guys keep this in mind if you see a random little shoe floating in the river please bring it out and contact me! because I have no idea why, but we still brought the one shoe back home in hope that someone might return the shoe to us!!!LOl...So I guess this help my son break the world record in going up the Eiffle Tower shoeless!!...:-)))))))))))))

Nithu's Kitchen: That is really funny. Whom you consider as the role model for cooking and when exactly did you start to cook?

Jagruti: My role model was my mum, now my father and my daughter!! learnt a lot in my life from my mum, not just a cooking but how to live a life and still learning too..Started basic cooking at age of 8 or 9 by just making afternoon tea for my mum and then went on from there...

Nithu's Kitchen: As you have travelled extensively, you should have tasted lot of cuisines. Which food/cuisine you consider as the best?

Jagruti: We are very happy in trying out all of the different cuisine, and we like most of them, so I do make sometimes but, nothing beats our all time faviourte Daal-Roti!!

Nithu's Kitchen: Which is your family's favourite food?

Jagruti: Ah! that's the tough to answer....there are lots but, the one that brings everyone at the dining table on time is Bhel-Puri..

Nithu's Kitchen: What do you have today to share with us.

Jagruti: For you guys today I have Instant Fruit Salad(Indian way)

Nithu's Kitchen: Why did you select Indian way of Instant Fruit salad today? Any reason behind this.

Jagruti: Why, hope you don't mind adding little bit extra here...I am not sure about the Curry saga outside the U.K, but I do know that in this country curry has become the National Dish...hoooray!!, as much as Britons know about Chicken Tikka Masala they know just as less about Indian Sweets....:-(( I have a few western friends whom I introduced Indian sweets too. I'd make something like a simple fruit salad but, I add an Indian touch to this to give them a flavour of what Indian sweets are all about...

Ok, here goes my recipe,

You will need:-

1 can evaporated milk(any whole or light)

1 can Fruit coctail

few therads of Saffron

1/2 tsp cardamom powder

other fruits like banana, apple, chikoo..choice is yours- cut

Some dry fruit like cashewnuts, pistachio..again choice is yours

2 tbsp sugar

Method:-

Add saffron, cardamom powder and dry fruit in evaporated milk and heat the milk just for 2 minutes in Microwave. Leave a side untill you see milk is picking up the saffron colour. In another bowl mix all the fruit and sugar,when you ready to eat serve with saffron milk...don't mix both things together only when you are ready for your desserts.Enjoy!!

Thanks Jagruti. Hope you all enjoyed reading about Jagruti and her wonderful fruit salad recipe. I'm happy to invite you all for the guest post. If you are interested, please do mail me at nithuskitchen@gmail.com. Click here to read Guest Post - 1.