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Golden Tea / Haldi wali Chai

Golden tea was the me and my father's escape place. I am not a morning person but my dad is. He always use to wake me up & convince me for a walk or a exercise session. After completing the session with baba, he always made me happy with this "haldi wali chai" and used to sing a special song for me ❤️. That was "  Zindagi ek safar hai suhana ". That means life is beautiful journey just enjoy it. Listen to the song beautifully sung by the legend Kishor kumar. Now my father is near his 60s and whenever I visit my house he still makes a nice warm cup of Golden tea but now he just doesn't wake me up. Instead he waits for me to wake up and sings this song while I enjoy my tea.                     Okay Foodies... That was so overwhelming for me! Whenever I talk about my father I forget where to stop!!! So about the Tea! Yes as name it's a turmeric Tea but with the herbs and spices. The turmeric in this tea is used fresh wet Turmeric. Along with

Habshi Halwa

                                  Habshi halwa is the most time consuming sweet dish I have ever made till now. I have heard about this dish on the trip of Royal Rajasthan. I was so curious that I asked every single person I met on that trip about the recipe. But very few people know about the recipe. We went to my mother's paternal Village there one old lady told me about this recipe. The generous lady even offered to make it for us but our stay was too short to accept her kind offer. Next day I left that place heavy hearted as I really wanted to see the process and have that lip smacking Halwa. As I reach home from trip I started preparing for Halwa.                        Preparation is little patience checking. First soak wheat overnight. Then let it sprout in a pot. 1 cup of wheat is enough for 4 people. Roast sprouted wheat in ghee untill golden brown. Allow it to cool and grind it in to thick texture like cracked wheat. Before this boil 1 ltr milk until it reduce

Papad Churi

Papad churi is literally crush papad. This is fastest made fun side dish everyone loves. Me and my kids relish papad churi on very busy day. My kids are always wants to help me in kitchen and now with papad churi they become independent when I am asleep or not available and thay want to ditch any disagreeable subzi. And they are so smart to escape from my scoldings for ditching the subzi, they already offer me a plate of Papad churi with a big smile on their face. Then how can I deny such a flavourful offer!                       Preparation is very easy just need chopping and assembling the dish. Deep fry or roast 8-10 any available papad and crush it. Chopp onion, tomato, and coriander. Dump it in to a Big s iioiiurprise bowl. Add salt, red chilli powder, a spoon of oil and juice of half lemon. Mix well and vollah Papad churi is ready to be enjoy! You can even add boiled chopped potato, raw mango or cucumber as per your choice. I like to keep it simple.. otherwise taste o

Shengole

Shengole & I both belong to Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Whenever I wanted to eat something comfortable yet tasty my mum always prepared this great yet simple dish Shengole. Even this is still my favourite dish when I am sick. Now my kids love this too! Tangy, spicy & warm bowl of shengole is like way to calm your tummy as well those naughty taste buds. My mum prepare dry version of it too.  I will try to upload that soon!                    Preparation and ingredients are simple. Jowar flour, wheat flour, chickpea flour in the ratio of 3:2:1. Add spices like carom seeds, Cumin seeds, Sesame seeds, Turmeric powder, red chilli powder, & salt. I like to add some chopped Coriander as well. Add water as per needed and make dough. Now rest the dough and prepare water to boil it. Add Ghee in a pot, let mustard seeds, cumin seeds splutter, salt and turmeric powder along with crushed garlic. Let the water boil. Till that time prepare shape of shengole. Roll in to l

Satvic Food

Satvic food!!!  My father practice yoga and a he is a yoga teacher, so am I. I practice yoga and satvic lifestyle from my childhood. Being a yoga practitioner satvic food still is a part of my daily life. I get lots and lots of questions about food to eat while practicing yoga and meditation in daily life. Today I would like to put my cent about satvic food!                       What is satvic food? Satvic is no fancy, no forigen or costly food which has internet made about. Word Satvic explains about it. Satvic is simple and balanced food to keep you focus and alert without making any trouble in digestion. Satvic is to keep your mind and belly light so you can focus on yogic practices.  Acidic food, lethargic food and even any sharp taste is avoided in this course of meal. Very light but fulfilling and easy to digest is Sativc.                    Why satvic food? Satvic food is followed by who are in yogic practices and want to learn meditation. Though it is great way of