A long plan to visit my German colleague and a good friend Susanne's house happened true on 19-Sep-2009. We five Indians reached Jork (a cute village 35kms off from Hamburg city) at 1100Hrs, where Susanne lives with Horst. (Read my blog "An evening in Buxtehude - Germany's country side" for our previous meets...). After tasting our lunch dishes at office, Susanne was particualarly keen to learn the process of making Chapathi. Obviously, Germans love wheat, with that when she tasted chapathi, she loved the taste!So we decided to prepare an Indian cuisine at her kitchen. She had invited three other German 
friends for the lunch. Madhurima took the lead and we all helped her in cooking. We prepared chapathi, vegetable rice, matar paneer gravy, mushroom masala, potato cauliflower curry, raita, appalam (pappadam). The German ladies were keen in noting all the steps during preparation and the best part was Susanne trying herself a chapathi. A nice chance for me to visualise the German house arrangment and their daily living style. They had a beautiful garden, a glass room to enjoy summer. Horst took us for a drive to nearby Apple Orchard, where we saw short trees with 50+ apples per tree waiting for harvesting.
friends for the lunch. Madhurima took the lead and we all helped her in cooking. We prepared chapathi, vegetable rice, matar paneer gravy, mushroom masala, potato cauliflower curry, raita, appalam (pappadam). The German ladies were keen in noting all the steps during preparation and the best part was Susanne trying herself a chapathi. A nice chance for me to visualise the German house arrangment and their daily living style. They had a beautiful garden, a glass room to enjoy summer. Horst took us for a drive to nearby Apple Orchard, where we saw short trees with 50+ apples per tree waiting for harvesting. Germans enjoyed the lunch with appalam, appreciating all our efforts. Susanne's friend naratted his New Delhi business trip experience and the road travel from ND to Agra to see Taj Mahal. He was particularly amazed on our trafic rules following methods, elephant begging on the road, car over taking the two-wheelers, Bus/Lorry over taking the car (his statment was: Heavier vehicle is the master on the road), he even took snaps of overcrowded busses and explained his astonishment. True, more than a billion lifes lives and survives in India, nothing when compared to 83 million Germans!!! 
Had a splendid lunch and left Jork by 1730, It was indeed a good day to remember for ever.
Had a splendid lunch and left Jork by 1730, It was indeed a good day to remember for ever.
India cuisines have a variety of flavors and curries. Almost all Germans love India food and as they like wheat so they definitely had loved chapattis made for the lunch.
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