Memories

Memories start from the day we open our eyes on this planet. We hardly recall any of our memories of our infant age, the age  spent with our parents. They teach us to walk to talk and so much more but these we can hardly remember because nature has it own say and that we can feel it when we raise our offspring. The unconditional love, faithful care, the hardship faced. Then we start to socialise make friends in school, have fun, play games, share food, secret crush and the list goes on.  
Next phase of life is the college life where memories is defined by our actions. Some bunk classes and make them as their memories and some by attending classes. Sometime a group of friends and sometimes a single special person. Those time spent in canteen, acting of studies in library, and infinite pulling of legs all these small things make such a huge difference in life.
Then there is the next phase of life that's the phase where we actually work and earn for living and then we cherish all the days past in life. Then career growth settling in life becomes the aim. And we go through so many memories in the path. We meet so many people few become our loved ones and few leave us forever. The loss of a person can only be felt when you have shared ur live care feelings with them. Then working hard to make a name climb up the ladder, nurture a family be good parents. Guiding the children. All these things become our memories.

But memory is like a two faced coin. Some people suffer from the day they are born, some due to country, others due to fate. Some are not privileged to have parents and some are born in such poverty that they  hardly have something to cherish. Some children are bullied in school and some are abused. Some people find it difficult to study and some hardly afford studying. People don't have a success life. People don't find their true soul mate. Misunderstanding, anger, terrorism, fear these things fill our life in such a way that hardly there is any breathing space in life. Some people are not blessed with an offspring.   

We always tend to remember the hardship faced, recall the bad memories of our life but in the process we forget that we had equally good memories to cherish on. "Only in a dark room will a candle prove its true luminance, with the help of a matchstick, oxygen and a human hands". Memories can be altered good memories can be cherished all it needs is some humanity, some help, hope, faith and self belief. Time will turn on you like anything else in this planet so when your time is good don't buy Rolex or a Royce rolls, share your happiness. And while facing worst days keep faith don't expect anything from anyone except time because it will change and when it does you help those who are going though a phase that you have been through.

The Universe Bends to the Lord Shiva

I Bend to Lord Shiva🙏😇

Chicken Mughali Style Recipe

Chicken Mughali Style Recipe

 

Recipe Servings : 4          Preparation timing: 20min     Cook timing: 1hr 30min

This recipe will help you cook chicken in mughali style and help you relive the royal cuisine of the mughal era. 

 Ingredients (1kg chicken):

1.  1kg skinless chicken
2. 500g onion (5-6 large onions)
3. 200g tomato (3-4 large tomatoes)
4. 25g garlic
5. 25g ginger
6. Sunflower/Mustard oil 200ml
7. Ghee 30ml
8. Masala (list)

Masalas list:

1.  4 indian bay leaf (tej patta)
2.  One tea cumin seed  (jeera)
3.  Four dry red chilli
4.  8 pieces cardamom (elachi)
5.  8 pieces cloves  (laung)
6.  3  sticks cinnamon (dalchini)
7.  8 peppercorns (kaali mirch)
8.  half piece of mace (javitri)
9.  one fourth piece of nutmeg (Jaiphal)
10.  2 big teaspoon chilli powder (Mirchi powder)
11.  2 big teaspoon turmeric powder (Haldi powder)
12.  Salt as per taste

 Preparation:

1. Chop the onion and tomato
2. Clean the ginger and garlic and make a paste of it
3. Mix the 2 teaspoons of chilli and turmeric powder with the ginger paste and keep it aside
4. Take about 20ml oil and on low flame heat the chicken very lightly for 10 min to slightly brownish tint.
5. In a dry pan oven dry the masala(except tej patta cumin seed and chilly) for a minute or two and then grind it to fine consistency

 

Method:

1. Heat a big vessel and heat the oil then add cumin seed, bay leaf and dry chilli in it. After a minute or two add the chopped onions

2. Saute the onions till it just starts to turn light golden brown. Then add the tomatoes and saute it for 5 min

3. Add the masala powder prepared earlier and saute it for 3-4 mins

4. Add the ginger garlic paste mixed with chilly powder and turmeric and saute it in low to medium flame for 8 to 10 mins.

5. Then add the chicken with the ghee and cook it for 30 to 40 minutes in alternating low to medium flame while continuously turning the chicken in the vessel(turning is frequently required to ensure masala and chicken don't burn). 

6.  Then add one cup water(200ml) and salt as per taste and mix it thoroughly and let the gravy cook at alternative low and high flame for 10 min.

7. Finally plating can be done but don't garnish with coriander leaves.

This gravy goes best with basmati rice and roti. So do try the recipe and please comment your enquiry and experiences and follow my blogs for other exciting and unique recipes. 

With love,

Avijit Ghosh

 

The Noble Eightfold Path

The Noble Eightfold Path

The fourth noble truth of Buddha is desertion of desires and that it can be achieved by following "The Noble Eightfold Path"

1. Right Belief
2. Right Intent
3. Right Speech
4. Right Behavior
5. Right Livelihood
6. Right Effort
7. Right Contemplation
8. Right Concentration

In this world of competition many loose the right path to life. There are time when career problems, personal problems cloud around us. We feel dejected, lost, downhearted, depressed, disappointed and demoralized. At those time we try to find escape from life with many wrong doings. Escape is no solution to any problem. It is enlightenment that is required and by following the Noble Eightfold Path you will find the solution to many problems in your life.