Dance Dance

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dance, passion

I love dancing and its like therapy to me……..and I had almost forgotten it…. Seriously, sounds funny… basically its after ages I hit the dance floor yesterday…

Before Ojas happened me and N were regular in the pub/discs scene and used to catch up on dancing atleast once a month if not more… We even took classes in Salsa, Cha-Cha-Cha, Jazz, Rock-n-Roll, Rumba and used to dance very often to it even at home, heck we even have a certificate for these dances 🙂

And then I conceived and all these were forgotten 😦

Yesterday we were invited to a friends daughter’s birthday party and what a rocking time we had… I danced and danced like nobody’s watching seriously… its fun on the dance floor if u let ur inhibitions out and being a panju I think it comes naturally to me he he

With this a therapy a passion is revived, we practiced our Salsa at home today and we both have promised each other to get back to once a month hitting the pub routine soon enough

Life is all about living passions isnt it

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Broken Wheat Khichdi

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broken wheat, chicken, dal, daliya, Friday Feast, green masala, grill, grill chicken, marinate, recipe, veggies

Of  late in my search of healthy things to eat the standard namkeen daliya and khichdi have met to make a Broken Wheat Khichdi for me…

Its extremely healthy, light and good for kids, adults and dieters too and believe me its yummy… the first time I made it N said na u have this boring food but when he tasted he loved it and all of us at home are now hooked on to it..

Ingredients

• 1 cup roasted broken wheat
• 1 cup mixed dals (moong, masoor, tur & channa)
• 1 cup diced mix veggies
• 1 chopped onion
• 1 chopped tomato
• 1/2 cup minced chicken (optional, I put it when Ojas has not eaten his meat for the day)
• 1/2 tsp jeera/cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp mustard seeds
• 2-3 dry red chillies
• 1 green chilli
• 1/4 tsp garam masala (optional again)
• 2 cloves
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tsp oil

Method

• Soak broken wheat and dal for 2-3 hours (its ok if u dont soak, u just have to boil a little longer)  in 5 cups of water
• Heat oil in a cooke
• Add jeera, mustard seeds and dry chillies
• Add bay leaf and cloves
• After 2 mins add onions and fry till golden brown
• Add tomatoes and green chillies and fry for another 3 mins
• Add veggies and chicken fry for 2-3 mins
• Add salt to taste
• Add the soaked broken wheat and dals along with water
• Pressure cook for about 3-4 whistles
• Serve hot with curd,pickle and kachumer salad for lunch/dinner and with green chutney for breakfast/snacks

The other day I was chatting with Tara and discussing the marinates for our grilled chicken and I mentioned to her the green masala and she requested me to put it up here… so here it is dear for u 🙂

• 1/2 bunch of mint leaves
• 1 bunch of coriander leaves
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds
• 6-7 dry red chillies (reduce if u dont like spicy food)
• 2-3 green chillies (again depends on u)
• 1-inch cinnamon
• 4 cloves
• 2-3 black pepper seeds
• 1 black cardamom (u can use green also if black is not there)
• salt to taste

grind the above to a coarse powder, mix with Olive oil and marinate the chicken overnight in the fridge and then grill as usual

PS: I have been running really really really busy will reply to all the comments soon…