Her creativity runneth over and you can see her magic touch in everything from exquisite saris to scintillating wedding trousseau, from carefully curated paintings to the food she cooks.
I asked her a few rapid fire questions for fun and here is what she had to say:
🍁1. Designing or Cooking?
Designing
🍁2. What do you like cooking best?
I am not really fond of cooking but when I do cook anything, I do so passionately!
🍁3. Favorite Food?
Dal, Bhaat, Begun Bhaaja
🍁4. Favorite Designer?
None. Oh wait, Gaurang Shah.
🍁5. Mishti na Nonta ?
Mishti
🍁6. Favorite Restaurant?
NJ/NY: Minado for Sushi
Kolkata: 6 Ballygunge Place
Mumbai: Mahesh Lunch Home
Chennai: Ponnusamy
I love Mitan, not only for her multiple talents, or because she is a wonderful person inside out, but because we share the same day of birth and it only gives me hope :-p, for myself that is!
Last week she baked a Gulab Jamun Cheese Cake as a test run for our Thanksgiving meal. Now this Thanksgiving I will not be sharing this meal as I will be traveling miles to celebrate it with another set of my friends.
So when I saw the photos of her test run, I pleaded and cajoled and she sent me a generous portion to taste. That very morning we were discussing this cheesecake recipe. Mitan had taken the idea of a Gulab Jamun cheesecake but played around with the ingredients to make it a far more simpler version than anything you would get on the internet. I told her if it works well, I am going to give it a try :-) And boy the outcome was gorgeous.
I followed her instructions and made the cheesecake over this weekend. It was so so good. I shared it with neighbors and colleagues and everyone raved about it.
It is
no bake
easy to make
freezes very well
and Delicious
Those are all my criteria for a good dessert!
Make it this week. Perfect dessert for your Thanksgiving table straddling the East and the West.
