Celebrating their food on Mother's Day

The world, or let's say the Americas, honour mothers and motherhood on the second Sunday of May. Since it's an interesting concept, we follow suit and celebrate our mothers and everything motherly on the day. Not that we think this is the only way to honour or respect them, but we just take it as a collective birthday, in a lighter vein! So, amidst one hundred chores that they do so well, the one thing that they should be remembered and thanked for, is for feeding generations of hungry stomachs. Cooking could be an art for some, but for most, it's the necessary love that needs to be shared everyday. And while the mothers are up for it more often than not, it's the rest of us who forget to keep track of how many times they've mesmerised us with their splendid creativity in the kitchen. So we talked to a few actors trying to get them to remember the flavours of their mom's cooking. Director Jude Anthany Joseph of _Om Shanthi Oshana_ fame confesses his weakness for boiled eggs and a special egg curry that is mother prepares. **[Here, Jude talks about his love for eggs](http://food.manoramaonline.com/food/foodie/for-the-love-of-eggs.html)** Actress Anumol who bowled over audiences with _Chayilyam_ and _Njan_ shares her nostalgic stories of mangoes, and a certain tryst with mango pulissery! **[A mambazha pulissery as tasty as a teacher's love!](http://food.manoramaonline.com/content/mm/en/food/foodie/of-a-mambazha-pulissery-as-tasty-as-a-teacher-s-love.html)** Music director Shaan Rahman, although doesn't take to seafood much, falls flat over his dining table when his mom greets him with a plate of delicious fish biriyani! **[For Shaan, fish biriyani is not seafood!](http://food.manoramaonline.com/content/mm/en/food/foodie/fish-biriyani-seafood-kerala-sadya-shaan-rahman.html)** Funny man Aju Varghese is, and has always been a die-hard fan of appam. And what goes best with it according to him? Any guesses? **[In the actor's own words, it is 'Oru Vadakkan Appam story'!](http://food.manoramaonline.com/content/mm/en/food/foodie/oru-vadakkan-appam-story-aju-varghese-beef-mothers-day.html)** His acumen for naming his own movies is bang on, and director Anil Radhakrishna Menon displays the same flare while picking his favourite dishes. Find out how his palate turns quirky at the thought of food! **[Anil's amma's cooking is as wacky as his movie titles](http://food.manoramaonline.com/content/mm/en/food/foodie/when-mother-s-cooking-gets-as-wacky-as-his-movie-titles-anil-radhakrishnan-menon-favourite-dish-mothers-day-cooking-fish-dishes.html)**