Bon Appetit

It's all about learning...

2010-08-09T17:59:00.000-07:00

"Yes! fasting is a way to control on desires"... a sudden thought came into my mind. Vik told me in the morning that it's Tuesday today so he does not want to eat egg in breakfast. I never heard such things from Vik. For me he is not a believer of such customs. He left and I kept thinking why do we create such customs? There must be some cause behind it.
Then the churning process started deep down the mind. it went something like this...
Vik = Meat lover
Tuesday = Ma Durga's day
Tradition or Custom says "Say no to Meat or Egg on a particular day"... ( for some it's Tuesday for some it's Thursday...& i know some people for whom it's 5 days a week :-/ )
What is the reason behind this custom?
Eating the food you love is a desire and eating what you love is a normal human tendency. Our tradition and customs teaches us to keep control on desires. I think that is why this custom came into existence, to teach us that ' To become happy after getting whatever we opt for is normal but To remain happy even after not getting what we love is great'... and the highest point of the moral will be to donate the thing we love to some needy.

A Marathi writer has wrote some beautiful lines about this. Here is rough translation of that:
To eat when one feel hungry is Natural
To eat even when one is not feeling hungry is Abnormal
To give away your food to someone hungry, even when you are very hungry is called Culture

Another thing this custom will teach you...
To follow sincerely what ever you believe in and to never give up...
I am sincerely thinking of giving company to Vik to follow this custom... let's see what happens?

2010-07-02T04:56:00.000-07:00

Apple Kheer
माझी छोटी मुलगी आहे. तिला काय खायला दयायच हा प्रश्न मला नेहमी पडतो? दिवस भर तिची चालणारी धावपळ दंगा मस्ती या साठी energy पण तितकीच पाहिजेना? म्हणून तिच्यासाठी Apple Kheer कराचा विचार केला. Apple मुलांना खाऊ घालण्याचा मस्त मार्ग होता हा. खीर बनली म्हंटल जरा taste करुन बघावी. Believe me ! इतकी छान लागली की मी थोड़ी अजुन बनवली आमच्या दोघासाठी. ही माझी पहिली recipe या ब्लॉग वर.

साहित्य:
३ लाल मोठे Apples
तुप ३ TS
वेलची पावडर
बदाम तुकडे करुन
१ लिटर दूध
कृति :
१. Apples grate करुन घ्या
२. ऐका pan मधे ३ TS तुप गरम करुन त्यात Apple चा किस घाला.
३. एकीकडे दूध आटवायला ठेवा. १५ min . दूध आटूदया.
४. Apples golden brown होत आले की त्यात आटवलेल दूध घाला.
५. गैस कमी करुन १५ min . शिजू दया.
गरम गरम serve करा.

Apple Kheer

2010-07-01T20:43:00.001-07:00

Some times I wonder what little kids should eat? My little one is 11 months old. Want to give her the best food to keep her energy lasting for her very busy, active day :-) So I decided to make apple kheer for her. Good way to make kids eat Apples. When It was prepared & I tasted it, believe me it was so yummy, I modified it a little bit so that me & my husband can also eat it...
So here is the first recipe of this blog to share with all of you...

Apple Kheer
Servings: For 2 people

Desi Ghee ( clarified butter)
3 big fresh red Apples
1 lit. milk
Green Cardamom powder 1 TS
Almonds cut in to pieces 3-4 TS

Recipe:
1. Grate Apples
2. Heat a pan and add 3 TS pf ghee in to it. Add the grated apples
3. In another pan boil milk and keep it reducing for 15 min.
4. constantly stir apples till turn light brown. Then add reduced milk to it.
5. Keep stirring for 5 min. Then keep on low flame for another 15 min. Stir in between
6. At the end add ground green cardamom, almond. and serve.