These days the word ‘bored’ is
too frequent in use. This boredom makes us cranky, depressed. The other day one
of my friend was saying that she gets depressed after going back home. So she
prefers to be at her work place for long hours. Then again she gets bored; After
all how long can you occupy yourself with net browsing, online games, shopping and
etc etc!!! This depression level was so high that she had to be under
medication. So, we were suggesting her why don’t you do something creative.
Yes, I think creativity is
something that is missing from most of our life now. With advanced technologies
and stressful lifestyle we have bid a goodbye to creativity. Creativity does
not mean you have to be a poet or an artist essentially.
Creativity is something where you nurture your
finer qualities, your imaginations. I have a friend who is software
professional by profession and he spends his free time with any type of machines-
be it an advanced non-functioning toy car or a real one or a food processor- makes
them function. He gets his resources from his home, friends and neighbors and
actually he is better known as a mechanicJ.
I never heard him saying that he is bored. Another friend of mine designs photo
albums after scanning the photos. In this way she goes back to old days as well
as preserves the old photos. The basic thing is this that we need to keep
ourselves busy; we need to give time to us.
R is quite choosy when it comes
for food. My 2 yrs old do not love repetition of foods. Then I cannot blame
her. Like mother like daughterJ.
I have done this enough to my mother. In my tiffin she used to give new and
unique items regularly and most of the time it was consumed by my dear friends
with lot of appreciation.
Anyway I was talking about R’s
choice of food. She loves green leafy vegetables and mostly palak or spinach.
But I have to alter the recipes frequently. This Sunday I had cooked spinach
with coriander, carrots, paneer and green peas. When she saw it on her plate
she said ‘Mamma iddhi (Riddhi) ongin (rongin) bhatu khabe (Riddhi will eat the
colorful rice)’. So, this dish is named by her.
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| chopped carrot and green peas |
Ingredients
Palak 1 large bunch
2 carrots
small
Green peas
1 tomato
Paneer 200 gms
Coriander
leaves 1 small bunch
Salt as per
taste
Turmeric
Any vegetable
oil 1 table soon
1-2
slit green chili
Fresh
cream/ milk/butter 1table spoon
Preparation
Roughly chop palak and coriander leaves and blanch them
Dice paneer
into small medium pieces. In case if you are using frozen paneer boil water with salt and keep paneer in it for 10-15 minutes.
Chop carrots and the tomato into small pieces
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| Diced paneer |
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| blanched spinach and coriander |
Cooking
Heat a pan
with 1 table spoon of oil.
Temper with panch
phoran. If you don’t get it you can also use jeera or cumin seeds. I just love
the aroma of panch phoran so I prefer it.
Add carrots,
tomato and the green peas. When the vegetable gets tender (as they are cut into
small pieces it would hardly take 5-7 minutes) add the blanched palak and
coriander leaves and simmer the gas. Now add salt and turmeric and cover the
lid.
Open the lid
after 5-7 minutes. You can see that the vegetables have released water. Stir
and check whether all the vegetables are cooked or not. If they are already
cooked increase the flame and let the water dry and add the paneer. Don’t
overcook the paneer. As the water dries
up add a spoon of fresh cream/milk or butter.
The dish is
ready to serve.
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| rangin palak |
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