This afternoon during my lunch some thing interesting happened. I politely decline appalam that is served daily in the restaurant. Today there was a side dish known as 'Appalam Saambaar' (a Southern Indian gravy with appalam as one of the main Ingradients) in my lunch menu. It was delicious.

Before shifting to Senior Citizens Home, I used to cook food myself as much as possible; as a cholesterol conscious old man, although I did buy rice appalam, I stopped cooking it as it is usually fried in oil. I gave the appalam packet to my maid servant. 

This afternoon's appalam saambaar reminded me of how my beloved mother used to cook it. I had forgotten it for years until an hour ago when I was served appalam saambaar at the restaurant. 

Hats off to appalam saambaar.

 Rice appalam