Fourth festivities

The highly anticipated Tres Leches cake brought to us by Shelley, Gabbi’s daughter. A Tres leches cake, or Pastel de Tres leches (Spanish, “Three milk cake”), is a sponge cake,—in some recipes, a butter cake—soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.

The whole family gathered at the home of Vijay Chachi, Subodh and Surabhi to celebrate Independence Day with a BBQ.

We got there around 3 p.m. and were treated to chicken, kebobs, turkey burgers, hot dogs, grilled veggies and veggie burgers all made by Subodh. Surabhi was the other half of Team BBQ and made us salsa, guacamole, green salad, chips, potato salad, chutney and the burger trimmings. Karen brought her famous brownies, Bansi Dada brought cantaloupe, strawberries and watermelon. Suki brought some decadent lime-coconut cupcakes. And, of course, there was ice cream sundaes and the highly-anticipated Tres Leches cake by Shelley.

It was a decadent day where we got to bask in the beautiful California sunshine, eat lots of great food and watch a James Bond movie marathon.

Murli Dada grins after a satisfying meal. Dinesh and Sunjay chat in the background.

Lime-coconut vegan cupcakes by Suki.

Is Sunil trying to take away Sunjay’s cake? Serena, Karen, Bansi Dada are transfixed by the Bond movie on the screen.

A lime coconut cupcake with strawberries and a sliver of brownie.

Grilled veggies: zucchini, eggplant, yellow squash, red onions (not pictured)

The spread included grilled veggies, turkey burgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, chicken, chutney, strawberries, pickles, chips, salsa, guacamole, cantaloupe and watermelon. And, of course, dessert (not pictured) included brownies, fruit, tres leches cake and ice cream sundaes.

Serena, Sunjay and Dinesh get in line for the first slice of Tres Leches cake.

These turkey burgers had some great Indian spiciness to them. They were grilled by Subodh

The highly anticipated Tres Leches cake brought to us by Shelley, Gabbi’s daughter. A Tres leches cake, or Pastel de Tres leches (Spanish, “Three milk cake”), is a sponge cake,—in some recipes, a butter cake—soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and heavy cream.