This week, the gobi wars divide the family, Mr. Jain Sr. starts punching his weight, and we get ready for the main event.

Our serial winner extends his streak, but new contenders emerge! And an old favourite makes a comeback

This week low participation from Duda, Apurv, Saakshi and Sara see us dip in numbers a bit.
We learn of new food crimes in India such as the Mac ‘n’ Cheese Samosa
Mom starts interacting with us!

Reciepe Of the Week

Potato Salad

This time we have a surprise from a man who's generally known for his fervent devotion of unappetizing food constituents like cement, we actually have something edible and tasty!

Welcome to the spurced up potato salad.

Ingredients

Potatoes (2 Large)
Yogurt
Avocado (1)
Heirloom Tomato
Fennel/Dill
Cucumber
Sesame Seeds
Lemon
Paprika Reciepe

Cut potatoes into thin wedges and microwave for 3 mins
Finish them off in a hot pan with just half a tsp of oil
Cut slices of avocado and tomato
Dice some cucumber, fennel, or dill into the yogurt along with some paprika
Build a stack, first potato, then avocado, and tomatoes on top
Drizzle the yogurt dressing on top
Toss some sesame seeds and a squirt of lime juice.
Enjoy

Crime of the Week - Fooled Again

Jowar Puffs

brought by our champion Mr. Bardia on 13/10
This has as much Jowar as my tea has milk in it. I would like to remind everyone that every packed thing uses the healthiest component in it’s ingredients list and markets it as such, irrespective of the actual percentage of that ingredients.

Picture of the Week

Balance - by Sara

- Making this competition her own

Leaderboard

Shashikant “Barfii” Bardia

19th Oct - Winner
12th Oct - Winner
5th Oct - Winner!
28th Sept - Winner!
21st Sept - Winner!

Chandrakala “Nalli?” Jain

19th Oct - 3rd Place!
12th Oct - Too Low
5th Oct - Too Low

To what do we attribute the improvement?! Long may it continue!

Rishabh “Cement Smoothie” Bardia

19th Oct- Last Place - Excuse - Busy work week. (All right but we need you to challenge our serial winner!)
12th Oct - 4th Place
5th Oct - Third Place
28th Sept - Runner up!
21st Sept - Runner up!
“I must stop committing half-hearted, jam-fisted, food crimes”

**Smoothie bowl preacher and aggressive UFC watcher**

Apurv “Samosa” Jain

19th Oct - Too low.
12th Oct - Too low.
5th Oct - Too low.
28th Sept - 4th place
21st Sept - Too low to mention. Excuse - travelling. We believe him.
“Maths is solvable, unlike the Bardia perfomance indicators.”

**Low key Propagandist: Campaigning to bring the humble gourd into our lives**

Akshay “Momofuku Andu” Bardia

19th Oct - 2nd Place
12th Oct - Too low.
5th Oct - 4th Place
28th Sept - Too low. His excuse recovering from treatment. We sort of believe him.
21st Sept - Non-participant
“This week classic dishes like bhindi soup, helped me beat everyone else. Just saying it to promote bhindi soup.”

**The sweetest one because she has biggest sweet tooth**

Saakshi “Desert Queen” Mehta

19th Oct - Too Low
12th Oct - 5th Place
5th Oct - 2nd place
28th Sept - 3rd Place
21st Sept - Too Low
“Exams are eating away at my score, even as I eat away to cope with exams!”

Sara “Cheetos” Soltanizadeh

19th Oct - 4th Place
12th Oct - 2nd Place!
5th Oct - Last Place!
28th Sept - Too Low
21st Sept - Too Low
Well well well, how the tables have turned. We have to ask is Maryam Jun taking a break from cooking?

**Resident doctor and chocolate connoisseur, enthusiast & aficionado**

Richa “Cadbury Chocolate Co. ” Jain

19th Oct - Too low
12th Oct- 3rd Place
5th Oct - 5th Place
29th Sept - 4th Place
21st Sept - 3rd Place

“Nipping that sentient fat in the bud, instead of nipping at the chocolate.”

Lokendra “No Sugar” Jain

19th Oct - 4th Place!

“Happy to be in Toronto, the only sad part is that I don’t know where the halwais’ are.”