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Bollywood hottie Esha Deol tells us about her Sunday feasting and her love for Thai food.
Bollywood hottie Esha Deol tells us about her Sunday feasting and her love for Thai food
The first thing I have in the morning: A nice cup of masala chai. I like to have kesar, elaichi and ginger in my tea. My breakfast is usually oatmeal and a toast with little bit of a jam. Sometimes, I put an apple in my oatmeal. I also have a glass of carrot juice.
My diet: I am a vegetarian and love spicy food. I love baigan ka bhartha and the Maharastrian dish, waran bhath a lot. My favourite is South Indian food. I enjoy eating Thai curry as it’s very similar to South Indian food. It has lots of coconut in it. In Punjabi foods, I find sarson ka saag delicious.
My lunch: I make it a point to take home cooked food — comprising of one sabzi, two rotis and dal — for shooting.
My Sunday lunch: Sunday is one day when I compensate for the whole week and have a peanut butter sandwich, vegetable biryani, doughnuts and ice-cream. I think I kind of overdo it.
An accompaniment I must have with my meal: Green chillies. I need green chilli with every meal of mine.
My evening snack: A brown bread egg sandwich or diet khakras with green tea. I carry a box of dry fruits in my car because they are really energizing.
My dinner: On holidays, I eat whatever I feel like, but if I need a certain body shape for a role then I avoid carbs completely at night. I just have a bowl of soup and one vegetable. I have my dinner latest by 8.30 pm.
My favourite desserts: I have a sweets tooth and like rasgullas, gajar ka halwa and gulab jamuns. I also love
chocolate mint ice-cream. But, I feel guilty everytime I eat sweets.
My culinary abilities: I can cook Thai curry as it’s very simple — you get readymade paste, sauté it, add a few boiled vegetables and coconut milk. I make this recipe called mushroom pate, you can make this and keep it in the fridge for two days.
My favourite cook: Is my best friend, Shilarna. She went to Paris to study cooking at Cordon Bleu and is now a professional chef. She is one of the best cooks I know. She cooks great food.
Eating abroad: When I’m in Mumbai, I enjoy eating at home. But abroad, I’m very much a restaurant person. I enjoy eating cheese fondue but only on a holiday.
My idea of a romantic meal: I think fondue is very romantic. A candle-lit dinner in a restaurant by the beach with nice soft music.
The vegetable I resemble: A beetroot as I tend to go red with every emotion I feel.
My fridge always has: Skimmed milk as I love drinking milk. And iced tea.
My comfort food: Rasam rice or curd rice with tasty pickle. Curd rice is absolutely a comfort food because eaten anywhere, anytime, you are safe. Bollywood News Service
