Some do and dont's in Indian cooking

 Never cook  Raw Banana, Brinjol and any  Gravy to which Tamarind is to be added  as the iron content in them will make the dish black.
 We have been told by our elders never to cook Brinjol and Raw Banana on the same day. Reason is they both contain iron and too much iron in the system the body will reject it.
  On Fridays and Festival days, Karela, Onions/Garlic , Brinjol   and Arvi .is not to  be cooked.
   To store Butter, wash it in fresh water and store in fridge immersed in  water and   change the every day and the butter will stay fresh for  a week  or more.
     To store Semolina (rava)  fry it without oil till its quite hot, cool and store, it will not be attached by worms  The same can be done for Chana Dal.
      In Wheat atta add a handful of table salt and it will preserve well.
 Cook all greens with a pinch of salt to retain its colour while cooking.
  If the gravy is too salty add a few  lime size wheat atta  dough,   it will absorb the excess salt.
 
 

 
  

Time for family.

 In these time when people have no time  for anything, every one is busy all the time, more so after we have all been bestowed with all the new gadgets  , Mobile, Iphone etc etc.
  This evening i was reading a story, which i thought will be good to write on my blog.
 An old father was sitting in the sit out and the grown up son was working  on something nearby. The father who keeps looking up at a nearby tree asks his son what is it sitting on the tree ?  The son says its a Crow, This drill is repeated four times, and son snaps at his father,  father ,cant you see its crow and how many times do i tell you that? Please, let me get on with my work  without you asking any more questions.
  The , father smiles and tells his son , when you were three or four years old, i , used to carry you around and you used to ask me  questions repeatedly and i used answer your questions , time and again and also point out  and tell you the names of  all the  birds and animals we used to see. At that time i too had plenty of work and responsibilities, but found time for you and the family.
  The, son, realized ,  and understood that his father. had  in his own way reminded him, that he had to spend time with the family too.
  This is a lesson to all the new busy generation.