Sneha Ullal hares her cool taste

I am quite fond of food and I love to eat without keeping a tab on calories. I

often crave for a meal of phulkas, dal and over cooked small cut potatoes. No matter what, this always perks up my mood in an instant. This meal has been my favourite since childhood and all credit goes to my mom. The phulkas that she makes are so soft and light that they melt in the mouth. She has a unique way of preparing dishes, though she uses little oil, she still retains the flavour colour of the food. I have grown up seeing her cook and I have picked up cooking from her. I can rustle up Mexican, Mughlai and Italian dishes. I also do a lot of baking whenever I get time. One dish that I am quite good at is Mexican enchiladas, it’s a wrap with paneer and beans filling, garnished with grated cheese.

I am a vegetarian so it becomes difficult to find good food abroad. Once when I was shooting in Thailand, I had a tough time. There is a particular instance that I can never forget. One day while I was shooting I felt hungry so I went to the local market in search of food. I found many food stalls there but to my horror all they had was cooked snakes, lizards and rat pickles. One vendor even tried to show me how to eat them. I lost my cool and yelled at him. Since then, every time I go abroad I carry food that can be stored —theplas, sweet koki rotis, methi rotis and cup noodles.

I swear by South Indian food. You can give me sambar, rasam and drumsticks any time of the day and I will relish it. I also love the tangy and spicy pickle that you find in these parts of the country. Curd rice is something that I can’t do without. The strangest combination that I have tried till date is curd rice with vegetable Manchurian. I find it delicious. Whenever, I am in Hyderabad I make it a point to go to Little Italy and Fusion 9. The cheese nachos available at Fusion 9 are my all-time favourite. I also gorge on pani puri and meetha sev puri. I usually have them at the Food Court in Banjara Hills.