I was standing in front of the three most liked, world-famous chefs, mentors and judges of the cookery show, Masterchef Australia, and I was nervous. My humble dish of Oregano Chutney wasn’t as inventive and sophisticated as some of the other contestants’ dishes, but I was super proud of my effort. It was up to the judges now to decide my fate, I had my fingers crossed. My favorite is George and I was worried that he would find my dish too hot and spicy. He sweats when he eats very spicy food and I hoped the chutney was perfectly balanced, didn’t want George to hate my dish 🙂
Here is the pictorial recipe of my famous Oregano Chutney 🙂
Oregano Plant
Stems
Leaves removed from the stems
Washed Leaves
In The Mixer
The Paste
Delicious Chutney
After tasting my dish, all three of them looked at me and smiled, I was grinning from ear to ear. I heard George say, “Lucky, Lucky…wake up.”
What? I opened my eyes and saw my very worried looking hubby staring at me.
“You were sleep-talking”, he smiled and added, “Who is George? Should I be worried after 28 years of being a happily married man? Why were you saying, ‘I hope you are not disappointed?’”
It slowly dawned on me, I’d been dreaming. I’ve been a huge fan of Masterchef Australia for a few years now, and religiously following the journey of its amazing contestants in the ongoing season 8 too. You’ll find me glued to the television set at 9 p m, watching them prepare fabulous dishes, learning to cook and drooling over the sweet and savory dishes being cooked on the show.
As I try to come up with a plausible excuse, a little voice in my head mumbles, “I know I can barely cook, but my Wishful Thinking has landed me in this soup and I have to swim out of this giant bowl of misunderstanding and confusion before I drown in it :)”
P.S. I did make this chutney yesterday for real and it tasted great 🙂
By Sulekha Rawat
Linking this to BAR-A-THON by Blog-A-Rhythm Day 6 Prompt – Wishful Thinking
Ha! Ha! That was quite an interesting one. I loved what the husband quipped- “should I be worried after…” I enjoyed reading it.
Neha, a happy post as promised 🙂 thanks
So well written Sulekha, loved the build up and my mouth was starting to tingle which it does when I read/think/smell chutneys and pickles and then you woke up 🙂
Sunila, I did make the chutney. My mother had shared her recipe with me since she knew I had Oregano plants in my garden 🙂 The chutney tastes good 🙂
LOl Sulekha! I love MCA too! And George is my favorite! Loved this fun post!
Thats my wishful thinking too. I watch all food channels but i cant cook.
Haha!That was funny, Sulekha!The kind of fan you are of MasterChef, you HAD to have that dream!
Ahem, you do seem pretty fond of Geroge, eh? ;D
This made for a really fun read, Sulekha 🙂
Thanks Shailaja…it was a fun week with BarAThon
🙂 I’ll bet George would have loved your oregano chutney! By the way Sulekha, those leaves look like ajwain leaves. Hugs!
Thanks Vidya ☺ great observation, they are ajwain leaves.
hahahaha I could imagine your husband’s reaction… I wonder if I have ever tried this chutney… probably Mom did but I don’t remember these leaves. Enjoyed reading 😀
Rajlakshmi, these are like ajwain leaves. They are good for digestion.