Saturday, January 18, 2014

Tomato Rice

Ingredients
Tomato puree – 2 cup
Rice – 500 gms
Ginger/garlic paste – 1tblspn
Mint/coriander leaves juice – 1 cup
Grated Coconut – ½ cup
Poppy seeds – 1tblspn (soaked in water)
Cashew – 5 nos
Cumin seeds – ½tblspn
Green chilly – 2 nos
Garlic cloves – 6 nos
Red chilly powder – 1tspn
Cardamom – 4 nos
Cinnamon – 2 pieces
Cloves – 3 nos
Bay leaves – 2 nos
Star anise - 1
Small onions – 6 nos
Big onions (chopped) – 1
Ghee – 2 tblspn
Oil as required
Salt to taste
For Garam Masala
Cloves – 2 nos
Fennel seeds – 1 tblspn
Cardamom – 3 nos
Stone flower – few
Cinnamon – 2 pieces
Nutmeg – 1
Poppy seeds – 1 tspn
Coriander seeds – 1 tblspn
Method
Fry all the dry ingredients for garam masala without oil and grind it all into a fine powder
Grind small onions and green chilly into paste and keep aside
Grind grated coconut, soaked poopy seeds, cashews and cumin seeds into smooth paste
In a cooker, fry star anise, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon, bay leaves in oil
Then add chopped big onions, garlic cloves and red chilly powder and sauté well
Add ginger/garlic paste, onion/chilly paste and sauté until raw smell disappears
Then add coconut/cashews/poppy/cumin seeds paste and sauté for few mins
Now add tomato puree and mint/coriander juice and allow it to boil
Then add rice, salt and water (if necessary)
Add ghee, cover the cooker lid and whistle on and cook for 7 mins in medium flame
Turn off the stove and wait until the pressure release
Open the lid and add 1tspn ghee again and mix the rice well
Serve hot with onion raita
P.S: I have served the tomato rice with meal maker gravy in above picture. I will post its recipe later asap
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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

In Search Of Me

                 I spoke less and think more. Once I was fully loaded with negative thoughts and surrounded with people who are meant to less important in my life. There are too many issues on my head right now. At times I feel my brain will overflow due to too much thoughts. I sleep every night with the hope the next day would be brighter. Even I wake up every morning with the feeling that I am gonna make an another day happily. But end up tired of daily routine.
                Something was wrong. This isn’t my life. I spent too much time thinking about what has happened really. Trying to translate what I feel. But words failed me. I wondered on whom I was so angry. Was it the sudden change of my friends behavior? Was it because my parents told me to do something that I don’t like? Was it because my little sister didn’t listen what I tried to share with her? Were these reasons big enough to justify what I was feeling?
                Why dint I like to go out like others and have fun? Why did I spend all my days in thinking and waste it doing nothing? Why my life didn’t go in the right path like everyone’s? Is it because I depend on my parent’s much? I am clueless.
                Is this what everyone call as depression? Somewhere along the lane, I miss the original me. I had stopped loving myself. I am that kind of person who needs support once in a while, someone to say “you did right”, when I lose and encourage me. I lost control of my life. I lost control of my feelings.
                I am still in the process of finding the lost me. After too much thinking I concluded to love myself to help in finding the lost happiness in me. For that I need to do what I love more often. I have already started writing here and reminding every positive things in every actions I do. Until now I just found a piece of me :p
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Saturday, January 4, 2014

No Matter What Happens

Human life is so unpredictable,
In this earth everything is self-centered,
Success in your life gets you fake friends,
Succeed no matter what happens,
Being honest and frank throws you in danger,
Be honest and frank no matter what happens,
The good you do will be forgotten tomorrow,
Do good no matter what happens,
People remember your mistakes and forget your good doings,
Be nicer no matter what happens,
Everyone likes to celebrate with you and escapes in your sorrows,
Be friendly no matter what happens,
People respects money and dishonor feelings,
Be expressive no matter what happens,
Dreams that you built many years may destroyed overnight,
Dream big no matter what happens,
People blame you even if you help,
Help them no matter what happens,
Broad minded people may shot down by narrow minded,
Think broad no matter what happens,
The world may punch you in face even you give the best,
Give the best you have got no matter what happens.
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