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How To Make Aloo Palak INGREDIENTS: 2 bunch palak / spinach (200 to 250 grams)  water 4 medium sized potatoes 3 green chilli 3 tsp oil 1 tsp ghee 1 inch cinnamon 4 cloves 1 pod cardamom 1 bay leaf / tej patta ¼ tsp turmeric powder ¼ tsp asafetida (hing). 2 onion, finely chopped(medium sized) 2 tomato, finely chopped Salt (as per your taste) ¼ tsp garam masala 1 tsp besan paste(optional)   INSTRUCTIONS Step 1: Boil or steam 4 medium sized potatoes in a pressure cooker or Vessel, Till   the potatoes are completely cooked. Step 2:Then peel and cut the boiled potatoes into dice. Keep aside. Step 3: For Blanching Palak , take plucked   palak leaves in large bowl and wash it well to remove mud from it.Strain the leaves to remove extra water. Step 4:  Boil 3 cups water in a pan. Add ¼ tsp salt to the hot water and stir. When the water starts boiling, switch off the flame. Add the spinach leaves in the hot wate

How To Make Dal Palak INGREDIENTS: ·        1 small cup Dal ·        1 bunch palak spinach ·        Cooking oil( I used coconut oil) ·        cumin seeds ·        5 clove garlic ·        1 inch chopped ginger. ·        2 chopped green chilies ·        Kari leave ·        1 sliced Onion ·        ½ tsp red chili powder ·        ¼ tsp asafetida (hing). INSTRUCTIONS Step 1: Take a Dal in a vessel and rinse it. Pressure cook the lentils with 1 tsp coconut oil or piece of grated coconut for 1 or 2 whistles (coconut oil help to boil lentils quickly even in hard water). Mash the lentils and keep aside. Step 2: Wash 1 bunch palak spinach leaves. Chop them finely and keep aside. Step 3 : In a pan or kadai, heat 2 or 3 tbsp oil. Fry 1 tsp cumin seeds, when the cumin seeds sizzle, add 5 clove garlic, 1 inch chopped ginger. Fry for a few seconds until the raw aroma of ginger goes away.   Step 4:   Add 1 to 2 chopped green chilies, and fry for few seconds. Then

                        How To Make Palak Rice INGREDIENTS: ·        2 cup   Basumathi rice/Sonamasuri rice   ·        4 cup   Palak leaves( roughly chopped) ·        3 Green chilli ·        ½ inch ginger ·        5 garlic cloves ·        2 tbsp oil ·        1 inch cinnamon ·        4 cloves ·        2 pod cardamom ·        1 bay leaf / tej patta ·        ¼ tsp turmeric powder ·        1 tsp cumin seeds ·        1 onion, finely chopped(medium sized) ·        Water (basumathi rice 3 cup water / sonamasuri rice 4 cup water) ·        Salt (as per your taste) ·        lemon juice.   INSTRUCTIONS Step 1: Rinse the Palak leaves very well and roughly chop them and also rinse the rice in a vessel and keep aside Step 2: Now add the spinach leaves in a blender or grinder jar. Also add 2 to 3 green chilies, ½ inch ginger and  5 garlic cloves. Blend it to smooth paste . Keep aside. Step 3:   In a pressure cooker, heat 2 tbsp oil. Add the following spic

How To Make Palak Paneer INGREDIENTS: 2 bunch palak / spinach (200 to 250 grams) Paneer /cottage Cheese   (150 grams) 5 cup water 1 inch ginger 1 clove garlic 4 green chilli 8 pieces cashew 3 tsp oil 1 tsp ghee 1 tsp cumin 1 inch cinnamon 4 cloves 1 pod cardamom 1 bay leaf / tej patta ¼ tsp turmeric powder 2 onion, finely chopped(medium sized) 2 tomato, finely chopped Salt (as per your taste) ¼ tsp garam masala INSTRUCTIONS Step 1: Pluck only good palak leaves and discard the stem and leaves which looks like insected .Then take plucked the palak leaves in large bowl and wash it well to remove mud from it. Step 2: Strain the leaves to remove extra water. Step 3:  Boil 3 cups water in a pan. Add ¼ tsp salt to the hot water and stir. When the water starts boiling, switch off the flame. Add the spinach leaves in the hot water. Let the palak leaves sit in the water for about 2 minute.   Ste

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There Is No Path To Happiness, Happiness Is The Path.                                                                                -Lord Buddha Happiness is not something that you can buy, own or the path you can move into. Happiness is a state of feeling pleasure and contentment. It is a sense of well-being, joy etc. People always describe the Happiness as wants . They always say that, If I get good job, I will be happy…. If I have my own house, I will be happy… If I have my own car, I will be happy…. Did you feel this, ask yourself These continue soon, there is no end for human wants. We convert these wants in to goals. We go on working very hard to reach these goals by thinking that I will be happy when I reach these goals. But wants are the desires which are unlimited in nature. These wants don’t give a complete satisfaction. Therefore Happiness will be question  mark. Conclusion This does not mean that want or desires should not be there, this means that keep a goal wor

LIFE- When Adversity knocks Adversity a difficult situation in which you have a lot of problems that seems to handle it difficult and unbearable. As Adversity is affected to each and everyone in certain point through out there life. Handling adversity plays an important role in everyone’s life. Adversity may be of different types physical Adversity, mental adversity, emotional adversity, social adversity, spiritual Adversity, Financial adversity, Family Adversity. Difficult situation, troubles comes in different ways. But our troubles don’t define us. However the way we handle them does. It is not adversity that defines who we are but the reaction to adversity that determines ones nature and it is true that when the adversity comes for first time in our life, we may react oddly or try to avoid or reject that adversity. But don’t worry whatever may be the situation that comes once ,twice or few times .Tough time don’t lasts ,only we have to change our mind set. We have to plan how t