Hello Mami
My name is Sabrish Ramakrishnan and I am residing at Sriram
Apartments only. In this digital age where we have Swiggys and Zomatos
prevailing all around, we also have equal number of cookery channels on
Youtube. Many a times, when we search for some recipe, there are a lot of
search results that pop up. To an extent that it becomes difficult to reconcile
with any 1 of them. One video will ask us to put 2 tumblers of water, whereas
for the same recipe, some other video will need us to put only 1.5. This now,
is an age old issue for sure.
Since the time
I got married, my wife has been following a couple of cookery channels pretty
seriously. One of them being Hebber’s kitchen which makes things look so
simple. Another one is Srirangam Radhu. I am not sure if you have seen her
cooking videos but she just makes us feel as if a Mami near our house wearing a
chettinadu cotton podavai is trying to use the skills of her hand and the
experience of a brahmin maattuponnu to cook stuffs that are so much part
of our daily life and culture. Right from Rava Kesari to Adai Avial… she has
nearly posted innumerous number of recipes over the last couple of years. Some
of her posts also include Krishna Jayanthi poojai at her home, Karthigai Deepam
festival and many others…. We have been truly fond of her.
Let me come to
your channel now. I received the first link of your Dosa Molagai Podi episode
from Lakshmi Mami who is our neighbor and takes Carnatic music classes for
children. I could not watch it immediately but did open it up after 2-3 days
when I was about to get to bed. Initially I was confused if its DhoolKappu
kitchen OR Dhool Kalappu Kitchen. The latter one sounded more correct to me. I
was sure that it would not have been a typo. When I heard it from you over the
video, I could somewhere feel that its Karpagam Mami who is being referred to
as Kappu here. Probably that is how Ramani mama wanted it to be 😊. Please correct me if I got it wrong mami.
I saw it till the end and liked it enough. There was a flavor of
an amateur posting her video to this world of digital media. I could truly feel
the skill in your hand and the confidence when you spoke about the needful
ingredients with their proportions. Somehow, I have always felt that Dosa Molagai
Podi, however simple it may sound, if we don’t get the proportions right,
the perfect taste never comes. Either the salt feels more, OR the black
gingelly tastes more. If nothing tastes more then it seems to be a mere Parippu
podi. You know what I mean to say. It was a very good start to have that
recipe shown as the 1st episode. You really made sure that the ball
is set to roll.
I had not
subscribed to your channel at that time. However, I did visit it after a few
days to see what more was there. Somewhere my mind was wanting to check if
there were more posts on new recipes or you had not posted anything after the
first one. Here came the Combo Mysore Pak. Now this one is always a tough deal
to crack. I have watched my mum making it a few times. It was sheer luck for us
if it came out well. That did not happen all the time. Your episode had some
added features now. You had tips for viewers.. We also had some more textual
representation of ingredients that started coming up. It felt really good. Your
smiling face was also an indication that you had started liking this exercise
and somewhere had a sense of pride since Ramani mama was recording it for you. I
clicked the SUBSCRIBE button eventually 😊 .
Then came
Thattai and Uppu Seedai. Who doesn’t like these dishes… But the most important
thing is to make them with perfection.. Also make sure that they are crisp and
crumbling as ever. I could see that you pressed one of the seedai and proudly
asserted that the breaking sound should some. It was an indication that
whatever we see on the video will actually work for us at home as well. Another
important point that I could witness is that your kitchen, utensils and the gas
stove was literally shining bright. It really gave us more interest to watch
the episode. As they say, Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
I saw some more
text and tabular columns incorporated in the videos to specify the ingredients.
There were some soothing background scores as well. All that was really nice
and truly displayed the efforts you had put to make it happen.
Ramani Mama’s
running commentary adds feather to the Golden hat for sure. First of all, they
make us feel it to be an absolute home affair. It also subtly conveys the level
of understanding and intimacy you both have as a pair. Its that bond of so many
years which eventually comes out as a complement to each other when you talk
over the video. My favorite line is when you talk about grinding the Varali
Manjal and Ramani Mama makes a comment saying “Mama Thittuvaar”.
Somewhere, we are now at an age when “Madam Thittuval” is more prevalent
than the other 😊
Chitra did try Uppu Seedai and Vella Seedai on
Gokulaashtami and it came out very fine. The tip about NOT making perfect
rounds while doing the seedais really worked well. Thanks for that indeed. My
mom has also subscribed to your channel. Her sister Latha who lives in Delhi
has also subscribed to it yesterday. She asked me to convey her regards to you.
As an ending
note, I would say that you both are doing really well with the channel. We are
no ones to appreciate you since you have leaps and bounds of experience than
us. We really wish that you continue publishing more episodes in the days ahead
and keep us updated with the traditional recipes which may sound simple but
definitely need to be done the right way in order to get the perfect taste.
It will be nice if you could also do videos on how you maintain
your home, what your interests are and the journey of your life so far.. All of
this can follow as we move further… We will be happy to know more.
Kudos and Best Wishes with all my heart 😊
Sabrish Ramakrishnan
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