getting sentimental

The reason i made burritos today is because i love Mexican food and frankly its so close to Indian cuisine , i love the red in the burritos and the thick sauciness of all the ingredients put together and the graininess of the minced chicken , the basic recipe was olive oil ,onions . tomatoes , cumin, cayenne pepper , garlic,chili powder, paprika, sugar, white wine vinegar, water and salt...
No rocket science there but as soon as i added the chicken the flavours and texture changed , also since this is being fed to kids i could not make it as spicy as i would have liked it to be, the white wine vinegar adds a nice bite to the food , i used these ingredients to my discretion and that's the best way to cook according to me, have the basics in place and then make it yours...and my mum used to say that in all food her secret ingredient is a spoonful of sugar and making the dish with love...
so LOVE FILLED BURRITOS FOR TODAY., dedicated to my mad sister Juliet who introduced me to it...
The picture of the strawberry tart at the bottom of the page ,brings back great memories , it is something i made in my kitchen from scratch, in fact i cooked a lot on that particular day 31st Dec 2009, and broke bread with my girl friends and all our kids, the photo is done by Arshad who is a very talented photographer also, the menu that day was , mixed lentils , penne, grilled chicken,home-made biscuits, strawberry tarts and gooey chocolate brownies,and home-made pop-corn that disappeared in less than 10 minutes.
Well this was our way of saying that we will stay friends and family always....
I really do love all of you Mini, Jaya,Sandy,Shaheen ,Anusha,Tapur and Sambo and all our collective monsters.....