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Rasgulla Making Disaster - Remembering little things

Remembering little things make life worthwhile. Here is short story of a disaster in Rasgulla making :-) Hope you enjoy reading this...

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My daughter remembers all my recipes even if was made once upon a time..

"I don't want Onion Bhaji..I want Corn Bhaji... "

"You don't make curd rice anymore" (Prepared last week only!)

" You don't make Idlis often" (Unavailability of ready made Idli Batter is the only reason!)

In India I was ever reluctant to venture into making sweets at home which are easily available in market especially Bengali Sweets...Accidentally I made Rasgullas once, while setting curd. I poured little extra curd into boiling milk and realizing the mistake I made Rasgullas googling the recipe. They turned out well...

Now, my daughter was persistently asking me several times.
Why don't we make Rasgullas at home now? You just made it once..

I quickly remembered it takes just 15 minutes of my time to make Rasgullas. All I need to do is curdle the milk, extract the water and make balls of the extract..and boil in sugar syrup! My criteria for making or attempting recipe is just one.It should take maximum 15 minutes to prepare... Bang!
So, I boiled the milk to make my little kiddo happy... Lemon was unavailable so I added one large spoon of yogurt. I kept on boiling for 5 minutes..and it was not making any move to curdle.I kept on adding yogurt one after the other...15-20 mins passed...

I lost the patience..but still added one more spoon..!

By the time, my husband came beside me for rescue..
We were engaged in discussion to curdle the milk quickly..suddenly there was big bomb blast! One fourth milk came out of vessel, the flame extinguished and the vessel tilted...!

Thank God we were away from the vessel!

The milk did not spill over entirely even after the tilt!

Remembering Hirakani who climbed down Raigad fort to give milk to her baby, I got all courage to provide Rasgullas to my baby even after the disaster

Quietly I added one more spoon of yogurt, and kept on stirring... after 5 minutes eventually the milk curdled!

Like in most of the cinemas, the end is sweetest...so were my Rasgullas!

In spite of little disaster, Rasgulla making was fun!

Make your fussy child eat - teach food gratitude

How to make your fussy child eat?

Simple teach the song -

Dal Roti Khao Prabhu ke Gun Gao. ( Eat Dal-Roti and praise Lord)
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As usual, I was helpless before my daughter...She refused to eat normal dal – roti meal.

Out of desperation, I switched on this amazing song on YouTube- Dal Roti Khao Prabhu ke Gun Gao.. And she started laughing while watching that song...

Why is she dancing like that on this song?? (ती अशी का नाचते आहे गाण्यावर?)

Then suddenly she saw few poor people...

ज्यांना खायला मिळत नाही त्यांना ते खायला देत आहेत..

(Food is being given to those who don’t get enough to eat )

She realized this on her own...

And watching the entire song..she finished eating lunch with my hands!

My husband and I were raised to respect food and be grateful for the food we eat. We have tried every means to convince her to eat stuff on her plate without cribbing. This may be too much to comprehend for her little mind. But we both are firm on one point instead of making food stuffs of her liking every day, let her eat dal-roti-subji-chawal on most days.

This path is very rough, as we have many arguments at meal times. But we feel there is no substitute to simple meal. Because it keeps us healthy. We also don’t give her cold drinks. Fast food is limited to maximum twice Or thrice a week. Results are visible. We had to visit doctor just once from last three years!

My only dream is that with some magic, she becomes like her Father eating every small food particle on the plate... Makes plate so much clean after eating that one has a doubt if it has been recently washed!

True example of mindful eating and showing food gratitude!