There might be several reasons why you hate the monsoon - traffic, water logging, power cuts, the list is quite endless. But one thing that makes my heart and mind feel good about the rainy season is FOOD.
And it has everything to do with how the weather makes these foods taste better than ever.
1. Everyone's favourite, masala chai has that innate power to lift my spirits.
Although I am not a tea person, the first thing on my mind right now is masala chai. There's something about cardamom and ginger flavoured tea that makes it a must have beverage during the monsoons. Crazy about tea, or not, you can't resist a cup in the rains.
2. Monsoons without pakoras don't even qualify to be called monsoons.
What's even better is the ease with which you can just make it - besan, veggies, oil, kadhai - and you're set! If you have your pakodas sorted in the rainy season, what do you even have to complain about?
3. That irresistible feeling of eating garma-garam samosas with green chutney when it is raining outside.
4. Nothing compares to the hot bhutta roasted on a bed of coal.
5. Maggi, our forever companion, comes to rescue even on a rainy day.
There are just so many options to cook maggi - veggie, chicken, fried, cheesy- that you'll fall short of options even if you have one every time.
6. Nothing satiates our hunger cravings like momos.
7. For all those who say soup is a winter thing, clearly they are not having it right.
8. And you can definitely not say a no to a plate of Tandoori Chicken.
9. And even a cup of hot chocolate tastes magic as rains pour incessantly.
10. Garma-garam karari jalebis only add sweetness to the monsoons.
While the cravings for spicy food is common during rains, temptation of gulping down the hot jalebis is irresistible. The sugar syrup that oozes out of the jalebis is everything you need to make your life better.
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