Galentines Soirèe With TheWoodenSpoon

 Normally on the Valentine day, I sleep. 

That is the best thing for me to do although I am happy for the people who celebrate love. 

But what I was not aware is that there is special day to show love to your girl friends too... no.. wait.. don't get ideas... this is love for friends whose company we enjoy and this is celebrated on Galentine day

Did you know? I didn't. 

Actually being single, I am always scared to show my love to girls.....although I do like all my friends and they care for me too.

So now that Nupur Varma of @thewoodenspoonbynupur invited me to a  Galantine soirèe, the first thing I did was to google it and I learnt that  Galentine's Day is a "day for women to celebrate their friendships with their lady friends." 

Essentially, the meaning of Galentine's Day is Valentine's Day for your gals" Made famous by Amy Poehler's Leslie Knope in the TV series Parks and Recreation, this fictional holiday has gained a lot of traction in the real world ever since the initial “Galentine's Day” episode aired in 2010.

 I was surpised that this day is celebrated around world since more than 10 years now and I was not even aware of it.

Okay! Better late than never.

So sweet of Nupur Varma of @thewoodenspoonbynupur to include me in this event and she asked me to bring a friend too.


The invitation card was stylish too and it was hand delivered with  a gift hamper that contained hand made sauces, chocolates, and personalized apron and personalized wooden spoon.

That set the mood..now I was sure that it was going to be an event I shoudn't miss

So on 10th february,  (actually it falls on 13th Feb) I reached the venue at Pedder road, Nupur's beautiful home decorated with pink baloons and selfie board.

 There was a great selection of finger food, all tongue tickling...her food was visually appetising. Nupur had paid attention to every detail and everything was done with much love and style, there was a perfect ambience, and there was beautiful crockery for serving and eating.

Nupur M Varma has travelled around the world exploring different culture, heritage and food. She felt the need to popularise the world's cuisine and bring it to people's home. So after endless trials and extensive research, she has developed a collection of simple to use recipes of delicacies from exotic places as far flung as  Switzerland, Burma, Vietnam and also grandma's secret recipes from different parts of India. Her recipes have been improvised where neccessary to suit the needs of the modern kitchen and the time constrained office-goers.

After few sessions of selfies and group pictures, we moved to the section of the room to watch the workshop. Nooper was kind enough to share the detail and useful tips while making Sushis, Salads and Tirmisu. Then it was our turn to try our hands on the recipes and reproduce the same.

 Although it seemed easy when she conducted the workshop, but it was an effort for me..but yes..I did learn something new and even brought back home my creation of Sushi and salad for my family to share with.

It was a wonderful evening, meeting new people, relishing tasty food and then bringing back more gifts neatly packed for us to feast on.

An unforgettable evening indeed

What I learnt
Strawberry feta salad
Spicy avocado sushi
Sushi rice
Spicy mayonaise
Tiramisu

Recipe of Tiramisu( as shared by Nupur Varma

Ingredients

200gms Mascarpone cheese

200gms Fresh Cream

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup strong coffee

250gms Sponge cake

2tbsp Coffee liquer(opt)

Method

1. Whip the cream until it forms peaks

2. Beat the mascarpone and sugar until smooth. Add 1/4 cup coffee and beat until incorporated

3. Mix the coffee liquer and camp coffee into the remaining coffee

4. Fold the cream into the mascarpone mixture

5. Soak the sponge fingers into the xoffee mixture and line the bowl or glass with them

6. Pour the mascarpone mixture over the sponge layer

7. Freeze for 4-6 hours

8. Garnish with coffee powder

9. Serve chilled