YIN & YANG RUNS PARALLEL IN MY LIFE;SO ARE THE NECESSITIES OF FRIES & FRITTERS IN LIFE AND THEIR SIDE EFFECTS!
Did anyone ever question why Yin is conceived as negative & feminine; together? I too do not question myself why I require to have fries & fritters regular at age 51, with an overweight body type!I know if I am to have an hourglass figure and superbly healthy self, I have to follow a specific diet pattern which is impossible for me!I dislike science, mathematics; to study in fact, to play, to exercise!I grew up with food in one hand & story books in the other!At this stage in life, I took to cooking and find it extremely relaxing!Do you think I should give up the happiness of cooking, feeding, eating and take recourse to what I never did like? Who can guarantee me a tomorrow; another few years of life on this earth? What I believe in is not going berserk with this only life of ours!Any kind of over do is not something I have ever liked!Look at the surrounding, what exhaustive work, exercise gets to your body!
THE DIFFERENT NEWS AROUND THAT TRY TO PULL ME DOWN!
I am an avid social media user and I do not know why all the negative and sad news comes my way! Is it me who always reads about death & destruction? Just when I get to be in a lighter mood; the media houses, people around force me into news that are bound to make one sad!Because I suffer from a condition, I feel miserable even if they are not related to me!News of untimely deaths disturbs me the most. In such scenarios,I take to cooking; a better exercise & timing than what Emperor Nero did what & when. In multiple occasions, I have seen a good cup of tea & coffee with fries & fritters have lifted up my spirit, taken off my attention from unwanted topics!
WHAT IS THIS DAL SNACKS?
I actually wanted to prepare "Gathi Bhaja Mix"/ "Gathiya" at home; not with gram flour but with lentil paste! I also forgot to add the baking soda to the mix!So, instead of the hard textured gram flour snack, I landed into lentil fritters!The lentil variety I have used today is skinless, split black gram dal / urad dal! We can prepare snacks with any variety of dal / lentil; each will have it's own unique taste I believe! Although, the outcome of my effort was not what I wanted today, I think what I got was interesting enough. This DAL SNACKS is a vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free snack mixture that I enjoyed both with rice, dal & butter and with my hot cuppa! I am actually very particular about what I am having with my tea & coffee! On a Sunday evening yesterday, I prepared "muri makha" for both of us! As we watched a series in Disney Hotstar, I felt we knew the son would fly off some day but I did not wish to believe it, I kept escaping from the truth!I have already lessened the amount of cooking because a dumpling & soup or some chapati & sabji, meat or an ilish dish, torkari & dal are enough for us to sustain. Moreover, the excess from what I cook for my clients also makes up for some of our meals!
INGREDIENTS :
SKINLESS SPLIT BLACK GRAM LENTIL / URAD DAL : 1 SMALL TEA CUP
RICE FLOUR : 2 TBSP
GREEN CHILLI : 2
RED CHILLI FLAKE : 1 TSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
BAKING SODA : 2-3 PINCH [I FORGOT]
CURRY LEAF : 10-12
RAISIN : 10-12
CASHEWNUT : 7-8 [HALVED]
PEANUT : 10-12 [SKIN ON]
OIL : AS MUCH REQUIRED TO DEEP FRY GREASE THE PALMS
PROCEDURE :
I drained the water, washed the dal and prepared a paste with one or two green chillies in the blender!
Remember not to add more than 2-3 tbsp water while blending the dal!Else, it would get unmanageable!
I have had fried the peanuts & cashew nuts too!
We have to have patience here, fry them in batches over longer period!
