Chocolate Mousse & Memoirs of School Days Fun:)
- 19
- July
- 2010
Chocolate Mousse:
When I was in high school, I loved recess. Come on who didn’t? Its a chance to get away from the regular boring classes. The usual obedient show’ we put up on, will be broken in split second upon hearing the bell sound! We were allowed to run around like a maniac and act like a complete idiot for 45 minutes:):)
Every day, there were so many kind of fun options…goals’ that need to be achieved quickly – the playground games, sneaking out to the nearby stores, meeting up at assembly hall for that loud noisy chat, I’d overwhelmingly join in any sort of group activity to pull other people’s legs (invariably teasing anyone that passes by) Well, by doing so…we earned a title ‘Worst Batch, Ever’…anyhoooo, nothing bothered us – duh.
The fun part is, every once in a while we would plunder our classmates lunch boxes!!! I know, I know we were such a shameless Kiddos back then, but for 14-16 year old, it was lot of fun. I have to tell you that the food tasting part got crystallized in my memory better than the pythagorous theorem, ha ha:):)
Well,I vividly remember the taste of Thayir Saadham and Masal vadai from Siva Kumar’s box, how Damodharan used to bring Super-Spongy Idlies and Sathya Devi’s Mom makes wonderful Ultimate Pattani Kuruma. Besides, did I tell you this…many juniors (7-10th grade)used to rob my lunch box ,every single day!!! That is before 9′O clock, in the school bus itself! Giridhari specifically completes the Lemon Rice without any mercy. Sometimes Harpreet would trade his Pulkahs to eat rice, sweet huh:) Aarthi and Gayathri loved my Mommy’s Ellu Saadham so much, Naren, Suresh, Abdul Haleem, Harpreet, Vidhya Lakshi – hogged anything that I took:) Pavithra loved Pongal and Kotsu combo’ a lot. Somehow, we never dined properly…but very satisfied:)
Did I tell you, I met my II grade classmate at orkut, which left me completely nostalgia:)
Ingredients:
Unsweetened chocolate – as much as you want
Strong Coffee about 3/4 of a cup
Liquor 1/4 cup
Eggs – extra large 2 numbers
Milk – optional 1/4 cup
Salt 1 pinch
Sugar 4 spoons.
Method:
Beat sugar and eggs together for about 4-7 minutes. Once they are heavy like cream, add melted chocolate, milk, coffee and liquor to it, beat vigorously for another 7-10 minutes.
Transfer them into small cups, cover and refrigerate for at least 5-7 hours. Once they are kind of solid enough, its done.
Garnish with cherries, mint and whipped cream, serve chilled:)
Malar, that is a beautiful recipe, I love it but never prepared it, so, will use this and surely prepare it sometime
hey this post brings back so many sweet memories of school days !! Enjoyed reading it !! Not to forget …. the chocolate mousse looks fab !!
Cheers n Happy Cooking !
Satrupa
Delicious treat..Chocolate mousse looks irresistible,yum,yum
school days… aah! worth remembering. We used to share the lunch boxes during the recess. It was cool eating a lot of dishes daily.
We were a group of 15-20 kids sharing the lunch boxes. My mother used to prepare idlis in exces so they are sufficient for the other children. I brought big tiffin box that could accomodate a lot of idlis. People in north India were depreived of fluffy idlis and they liked the ones I brought.
During lunch hours we used to rome around he school, jumping on the staircases,skating with the shoes… It was great that time. ah! you made me remember that old days being kid.
I have no idea how a chocolate mousse tastes, but I am sure I will like it being sweet.
funny things …what and all we did na.. sweet memories.. u r pointing out each dish thats so good..
the choco mousse looks so delicious nice step by step explanation
Te virtual world has made de real world much smaller…i too met most of my long lost fnds on de net..such a good feeling.
Coming back to the mousse…it is such a mouthful. Though not a big fan of it but love to sandwich in a mille-fuele or shortbreads…tastes awesome.
Splendid presentation!!!
Yummy chocolate mousse malar !
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Loved to read about ur school days and the dishes u enjoyed
Wow !!! looks extremely rich and choco dessert. and the best part is it’s gluten free too.
Deepa
Hamaree Rasoi
yummy recipe and a lovely write up too:-) able to relate to this as i hear these things from my sixteen year old, even the worst batch ever too……haha..
nice memories of ur school and college days. The choclate mousse looks nice
Gorgeous and tempting mousse, feel like having some..
Malar, reading your malarum ninaivugal I went to my school and college days
. Even if I forget my frns face I will never forget the taste of certain dishes what they bought 
. I too found my 2nd class frnd, my best frnd in orkut. Still I keep searching for many 
. A gr8 dessert. Looks very nice 
Wow! What an invaluable, tasty dish loaded with nostalgia!
Lovely treat, and good explanation for the recipe.
Looks yummm… nice clicks too..
Thanks a lot buddies:)
Satpura, thats very true…and mousse spread sounds kool.
Abhilash, exactly…Mommy packs huge box to share with everyone. Jain and Sikh friends love any kind of variety rice and we Tamils like their pulkah rotis. Oh boy, when I was in junior school (7-10th grade), boys used to abscond away with my bicycle, throw my record work on top-shelves…which will leave me completely rage-holic…those were days:)
Chetana, was so excited to meet my school friends.
Veena, thats terrific your kid comes with a story like this everyday:)
Manju,…same food really penetrates so deep, huh. me too looking out for my lost best friends at facebook and orkut.
chocolate is the food of Gods- and you made the Best Batch here! Love the recipe and shots!
Enjoyed reading this post,now I am just getting nostalgic..and the chocolate mousse looks fantastic..
awesome recipe, looks so good
Yummy chocolate mousse ! nice presentation!
This looks very different. Never heard of this before. Lovely recipe.