Back in the days of yore, we used to get bread, jam & eggs twice a week in the Ladies Hostel. The mess worker, fondly known as Mutta Chechi (Mutta=egg & chechi=elder sister, in Malayalam) used to make us customised eggs while we formed a larger than life queue outside the kitchen door.
She used to make these amazing eggs, with onions, green chillies & black pepper, as per the wish of the egg eater. She used to churn out omlettes, double omlettes, Bulls eye day after day for the 4 years that I was there in the hostel. Her eggs used to have this even spread and large circumferences that made us wonder if a single egg could be that big.
Most of the time I make eggs for breakfast at home, she is the first person I think of and wonder if she’s still making memorable eggs for all and sundry in the hostel right now. I think I speak for all the ex-inmates when I say that eggs were the best thing after Mutta Chechi in the hostel mess ever.
Hi,
Somehow bumped into this blog today and it feels so good to see a girl recollecting stories from nitc life (well,sadly till now was able to see only ‘guy-blogs’ about nitc aka crec) Even now we have bread and jam on two days and we do have a chechi who is specialised in making great omlettes , but i guess we dont call her the ‘ mutta chechi ‘. It could be that both of us are talking about the same person, or maybe she has already left the place. Who knows, a lot have changed from that time.
Hi Paro! So you’re also a hosteller? I envy you so
I wish I was also one. The mutta chechi’s name is Sarojini chechi. I miss her very much and not just for the omlettes. Could you pass on my love to her if she’s the one? Thanks a lot!!!