"With great patience comes great taste", Ananthanarayana gave his own twist to this Spiderman dialogue.

"Whose patience is that and which is that great taste?". I asked. "And by the way, I ran out of my quota of patience today, so do not expect it from me", I said with a semi-serious face.

"Don't worry pinni (aunt), patience is all mine and pleasure would be yours", he said while taking a bow.

"You are a drama master", I said. "Tell me what are you going to do", I continued.

"I dehusked the minapa pappu (urad dal) last night. I am going to make Pottu Vadiyalu now". He looked happy.

"I will help you", jumped Srijanani. Ananth happily agreed and they both sat together and went about preparing the Vadiyalu and dried them in the sun.

Needless to say, the fried Pottu Vadiyalu add an elegant taste to our food. They taste especially well with curd rice!