295. Paan turia nu shaak
No one makes it like Nunu My sister in law sent me some huge arvi paan (taro, colocasia, elephant ears, arbi leaves) a few days ago. I made normal arvi paan bhajia with some and left 2 huge leaves to make a long forgotten shaak (curry). My mother in law Nunu, would make it whenever we had guests over and obviously everyone would pick out the arvi paan and leave the turia (ridge gourd). When I got married and came to Mombasa, there were endless rounds of lunches and dinners we were invited to. One such dinner was hosted by my hubby's best man's family. Since his wife (P) was a working woman, my mother in law volunteered to make one dish to help her out. So P suggested that Nunu makes some paan turia. Nunu made it, we took it to the best man's house, heated it up and put it on the table. My hubby dear takes some, and was all praises telling P that she has made the most delicious shaak. It would have been good if he had stopped at that but no he had to continue and stated that...