#upma

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Millet Upma

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Vegetable curry and Poha, Vegetable Upma, Oats Idli, Bread Halwa, and Coconut Barfi from the latest Chef Hob AU fic

By @gabessquishytum , @valeriianz , and anon

Whenever I see a Chef Hob AU, I happily roll down a hill into a kitchen. The first dish is a simple vegetable curry which refers to the vegetables in anon's ask. It's potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, and peas with different spices. I also added a veggie Poha, which is made of flattened, parboiled rice cooked with carrots, peas, and nuts.

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"Now there will be food in the house, that Dream learns to warm up and Orpheus has vegetables to eat. What Dream wasn't expecting was a gorgeous man, covered in tattoos that come with [fun] stories, who's great with Orpheus. Many days pass where Dream breaks from writing to find Hob and Orpheus making dessert together."

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Next we have Vegetable Upma and Oats Idli from @gabessquishytum reply to the ask. Upma is made from roasted semolina, cooked with various vegetables, mustard seeds, and different spices. The texture is similar to grits.

Idli is a steamed, round, fermented rice cake, but it can also be made with other grains, in this case oats, which gives it a brownish color instead of the regular white idlis. Semolina idlis are also great, and these variations don't need fermentation, so you can make them in a few minutes. Those round moulds are where you steam them.

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"But at weekends Hob comes in to do a special cooked breakfast like pancakes, omelette, vegetable umpa, oats idli (which is Dream’s new favourite thing, its the only thing he can stomach in the morning and it fills him up properly). Hob is fun to have around and it really feels like a family breakfast, which is great for Orpheus."

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Finally we have Coconut Barfi and Bread Halwa for dessert from @valeriianz addition to the post--so much chemistry between Dream and Hob there!

Halwa is a kind of pudding and can be made with many different ingredients. And barfi actually refers to the shape of the dessert--a diamond! If it was shaped like a ball, the same thing would be called coconut laddoo! There are many kinds of barfis, and Cashew Barfi is my all-time favorite sweet! (Edited to add that barfi in some languages can also refer to the word snow, due to the use of milk products which are white in color, similar to snow. However, in many parts of the country, it refers to any diamond-shaped fudge-like sweet, no matter what the ingredients are.)

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"He knows there’s something here. He can see it in the way Hob interacts with Orpheus, showing him how to make simple desserts that his own mom taught him: instant coconut burfi, homemade kulfi, and bread halwa."

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I didn't make the Butter Chicken and Kulfi because I already made them for another Chef Hob fic by @valiantstarlights .

I hope we get to see more Chef Hob feeding Dream fics; such delicious dynamics between the two! Although after seeing Tom's pictures today, all I can think of is Model Dream AU! 🥵 Maybe Chef Hob cooks for Model Dream, who usually doesn't have an appetite, but Hob's food is an exception because he cooks with luuuuvvv.

I had fun making these and have enough food for a few meals now 😆.

[morethansalad]

Upma / Indian Semolina Porridge (Vegan)

[sanguinecolleen02]

Don’t go for upma when you’re a fucking biryani bitch!

[sunshinemarauder]

#8

8. Have you received anon hate? What about?

Yes, I have! 😔😭

A few months ago I was talking about when I adopted a dog from the local rescue shelter (she's a white lab named Idli, short for Idaline, which is the name of a badass queen I really admire) and how I chose her over these two other dogs because they were too furry for my tastes. I got some WILD anons in my inbox! They were super mad at me for prioritizing one breed of dog over the other. I was all "WTF" lol. I love Idli so much that I even call her my little upma! (That's a term of endearment in my mother tongue, Cantonese.) ❤️ So that was pretty bad. I was told that I was "too old to be choosing favorites" (what even???? age-shaming much?) and that I should "get all or get none". To which I responded that some of us can't get three dogs, dumbass. I already have serious dog allergies; I can't risk THREE dogs. But I'm a masochist so I got Idli anyway. 🤧

Anyway, there was also this other incident around last month - IDK if any of you remember - but there was a problem around a tiny issue in the fandom. It really wasn't a big deal, just a dash of racism here and there. Oh, and there was definitely some Nazi-romanticizing as well. But at least this time they left Idli out of it!

Ooh, also, I changed my theme a little while back! 😄 If you didn't see yet, take a look at this header and pfp combo! AND the new name (which I never mentioned changing but, yes, that happened) and the fresh, updated bio 😏 It's my favorite yet!

Thanks for sending over your ask, friend! 😘

Send me an ask from the salty ask game and I'll respond to you!

Oh, and this week's motto (because I staunchly believe in sharing your goals w/ others to motivate and inspire):

Preachhh 👏👏

[tis-the-boards-season]

Y'all i forgot how much i hate upma

[psycho-mocha]

HI babyyy I have no emojis so for the 420 ask game tell me which bts song i remind u of

HFDKJF HI IT’S BEEN A WHILE OMG I MISSED YOU 

also 420 hhafhdskfj

you remind me of the song 2!3! and particularly this one lyric 

“ It’s okay come on when I say one two three forget it Erase all sad memories hold my hand and smile “ 

there’s just something really comforting in talking to you which i love even though we haven’t talked much recently ily