Tag - 10 things I miss of Mom’s cooking Meme

I was tagged by Shankari to do this, like some 3 months back. I may dither; I may delay; but I never fail to deliver. {punch dialogue copyrighted}

Filter coffee
Ultimate. A brew famed among our clan.
Morkuzhambu
Basically, it's boiled buttermilk with turmeric, salt and what not. To simplify such is blasphemy, though. She makes it extra spicy. Oh! It goes even with curd rice.
Poondu thogaiyal
Never had like this garlic chutney anywhere else. Usually not an item in our households, she used to prepare this.
Carrot fry
Not the usual style. A lot different and a killer dish. Many a time, I would have rice mixed with just this and nothing else.
Cocunut burfi
Her staple sweet for all functions. Can't think of a festival without one. Here I ponder. Is it just the food or the association of the particular food and mom that makes it special? Well, One never knows.
Onion and capsicum bajji
Her "Hall of fame" snack, veggie slices coated with flour and fried. :-)
Aviyal
I love it. Why does a common dish which can be had everywhere tastes unique when prepared at home? It's like a doosra of Saqlain or the sneaker(actually a "snaker", for it crawls in without a spin) of Kumble, a patented, associative thing.
Thakkali thokku
Spicy tomato chutney, made to withstand for a week or so, but can't last beyond 2,3 days as it gets devoured with a relish.
Paruppurandai kozhambu
Lentil balls soaked in sambhar. No side dish needed. They rock! I am yet to learn to prepare this delicacy.
Green chilli chutney
One loses count the number of idlis eaten when taken with this extra super hot side dish. This too is one which I've never tasted anywhere else so far. If one is not very careful with the amount of this taken with idlis, dire consequences which I do not wish to eloborate in a "foody" post, will befall.

And sitting down to write this piece, I wondered how things that we take for granted make us miss them when we don't have them. Like mom and her cooking. I am one who used to eat out as much as possible, spend time out of the house almost all of the days and hooked on to phone even while at home. Even for festivals, I used to wait for the decent amount of time before roaming out into the city, not caring to enjoy the food at home. I have had her saying that it is better when I stay faraway because I call and talk regularly than when at home. But some things grow on you within the small amount of time that you devote to them.

I don't tag anyone. It hurt me to write this, living far from home. But if any of you take this on your own, give me credit! :-)