Chapter 17 - Party Time

The next day even though wake up late, they all are too refreshed. After completing their morning ritual Reva makes a heavy brunch for them, Nabha also joins them for preparation. Reva tells the children to play outside, while they are doing work.

Their guest is going to come at 5 PM, so they still have lots of time, Reva needs to make pav bhaji which they can eat with bread, so she only needs to make vegetable biryani and pav bhaji, even though these are only two dishes and not very complicated, she needs to cut a lot of vegetables.

In her previous life, she is not very good at cooking, but she is a foodie, and because she lives in the orphanage she knows how to cook, also her boss teach her one thing, which is as much as the recipe matters, what matter is that we should take a fresh and quality ingredient, also form one of the chefs, who thankfully her friend, she learns that instead of using ready-made spices it is best to make them at home and fresh. Also using a spoonful of ghee can make magic with the food.

For vegetable biryani she takes basmati rice, she decided that she will do both the things in pure ghee, which she bought from a local farmer, also all the vegetables, even the coriander and curry leaves are also very fresh. Reva wanted to give her 100%.

She rinse the rice, and put it to soak in the water for 30 minutes, after doing that she cut the onion very evenly and then fry it until it become caramelized. While she is doing that Nabha rinse all the vegetables which are beans, peas, carrots, cauliflower, capsicum, tommato and potatoes and some onion separately. And then they both started to cut them.

Reva already prepared chilly, garlic, ginger paste, she also add some mint leaves and coriander leaves in that. She whisk the curd and kept it aside.

After that she take double the quantity of water of the rice, and started to boil it, in that she add some lemon juice, some salt, 2 green cardamom, 1bay leaf, some ghee and 1 cinnamon. After the water started to boil she drain the water from rice which she kept previously and add it in the boiling water. She let it cook for 90℅.

She also fry cashew in ghee, also prepared milk with Kevda essence and saffron sticks.

After that she started to prepare for gravy for that she take another pan and add some ghee, then she put some spices in that such as star anise, cinnamon etc, after that she add the garlic ginger paste and the vegetables they cut.

After that they add 1/4 cup of water in that, after the vegetables get cooked they add some yogurt in that with chilly powder, garam masala and salt.

After that they started to layer the hot rise over the gravy and started to sprinkle mint leaves, coriander leaves, saffron milk and nuts. On the top they also add the caramelized onion and cover it properly so no heat can go inside.

For pav bhaji, it is relatively simple, they already cut vegetables they let them boil, they already made pavbhaji masala, so they just add ghee in the container and then add the smashed veggies and then the spices with chilly powder and salt.

Even though they start early it still takes 4 hours to done the work after they roughly clean the kitchen, and started to get ready. Reva and Nabha with children taste the food, and Reva finally say that now she can cook for her boss, after all she make the biryani and pavbhaji which are too delicious.

Even though they invited children at 5 PM, to gather all children it is 6 Pm, after that, they cut the cake, and play for some time. As the protagonist of the day Aditya well played his role as the host, he takes the gifts with a big smile and also very happily say thank you. After that, they distribute the return gift with chocolate, after that they eat dinner, with the ice cream.

Aditya and Aditi are too happy, they never get so much attention, after children return home, Nabha, and Reva eats their dinner, children already eat with their friend, they are so happy that Reva and even Nabha also get kisses from them. Reva is too happy seeing them so much happiness.

After everything is done, Nabha wanted to go, but the children and Reva don't allow her so she ended up sleeping with them. That day everyone feels too good.

In the night, after children sleep Reva and Nabha started to talk about life. Reva also brings a beautiful dress for Nabha, Nabha tries to refuse, but Reva tells her that she just wanted to appreciate her, indeed Reva appreciates her, this girl is someone who helps her and the original Reva too many times.

"Reva, what you think about your life?" after some time, they started to talk about their future life, and Nabha asks this question.

"Ummm. about future life, first I wanted to become debt-free, then save money for children's school, and later I wanted to buy a home. But that is for the future" Reva replied while thinking about the future.

"I am asking about your love life" Nabha knows how much Reva loves Ravi, but that is for the old Reva, this Reva doesn't give a shit about him.

"To be honest right now my focus is earning money, learning new skills, protecting and raising children, being financially independent, stay fit, and look beautiful," Reva said with a smile.

"That's the spirit, that bastard Ravi is no good for you, I always wanted to warn you but you get angry if I speak bad about him, so previously don't talk about this, but now I can tell you what bastard he is"

After that Reva and Nabha talk very badly about Ravi, and Reva feels somewhat good. Some amount of gossiping is good for health too.????. Anyway she also found out Nabha also has a crush, and Reva gives her some tips which she tries on her boss previously, unfortunately they don't work on her boss, he ended up considering her children.

Reva also teach Nabha some hairstyle, this girl Nabha is also very beautiful, and also quite a cute child, if Reva has a sister in her life then she wants Nabha as her sister, she teaches her a new hairstyle, and share some skincare recipes with her, Nabha realized that Reva now become more mature and bubbly and she likes this Reva very much, previous Reva is somewhat in her own world, so even if she wanted to talk with her she doesn't know what to say.

Anyway, the day ended like this. Reva also feels recharged after that. The next day she makes breakfast for them, and then Reva and children decided to send Nabha to the office, she also brings some food for her former colleagues and her boss. She also bought a very beautiful dress for her ex-boss.

After talking and spending some time with them, Reva and the children say goodbye to them, they can't disturb their work schedule.. Reva and children are walking happily towards home, but she doesn't know that someone is watching them with complicated eyes.