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Anderson soaks up India's culinary offerings
Pamela plans to make rotis and vegetables for her children
- IANS
- Published: 00:00 November 22, 2010
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- Anderson, who was on a three-day visit to be part of Colors’ reality show Bigg Boss 4, said: "I cooked rotis, but they were of really weird shapes."
She wore a sari, bindi and bangles, danced to Bollywood numbers and even grasped a few Hindi words. But, of all the things that former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson did in India, she is most excited about having learnt to cook rotis (Indian bread) and vegetables.
Anderson, who was on a three-day visit to be part of Colors' reality show Bigg Boss 4, said: "I cooked rotis, but they were of really weird shapes. I think I'll have to use scissors to shape them into proper circles. All of them were so perfect in making perfect circles. They were doing it with so much ease."
The 43-year-old star flew back to Los Angeles on Friday night. She said she would want to treat her two children — Brandon, 14, and Dylan 13 — to an Indian meal as soon as possible.
"I am going to make rotis and vegetables when I get back home. I have learnt to make mixed vegetables in Indian style with onions, garlic and ginger, crushed pepper and some masala and turmeric. I have got the list of spices and I am sure going to find them.
"I'm a vegetarian, and there are so many ways to roast and steam vegetables, but this is a totally different way. There are so many flavours into it. Not that my kids can have spicy food, but they will like a dish with new spices," she added.
Anderson even packed up some Indian garments to take home. "I am taking some saris with me. I also wore an Ashley Rebello lehenga-choli for one of the days and I am also taking that with me. I wear these kinds of similar things, but not in such beautiful fabrics. I am also taking three sarongs and a churidar-kurta set. I feel Indian drapes are very beautiful, very feminine," she said.
Bollywood
While she was in the Bigg Boss house, Anderson got a taste of Bollywood and learnt to dance to Madhuri Dixit's popular number Dhak Dhak Karne Lagaa. Once she was out of the show, she even gyrated to host Salman Khan's chartbuster Munni Badnaam Hui.
"I think it would be fun to work in Bollywood. My decisions are always around my children. How long to be away or what's going on in their life, their school or their sports — they are first and if anything falls okay into their schedule, it happens for me. I think if you prioritise your life, good things happen," she said.
Now Anderson is eager to go on an extensive Indian tour with her children. "It was nice to come here. I am happy that I could come here for a bit. Of course, I wanted to stay long, but because of my children, I have to get home. Once I bring them here, I want to wander, travel around, trek, go to Goa, see Taj Mahal.
"Since I have tasted India, it has aroused my interest more in the country. I am going to come back for sure".
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