The Yellow Dal (Yellow Lentil)

I gave him the 'grocery list' and he was so excited about fulfilling his marital duty of purchasing grocery for his family....
           I was feeling blessed for having such a caring husband....
           Was on top of the world.... he was so intelligent... he knew so much about kitchen and cooking and its ingredients..

He went to the store and called me " Hey listen... some of the items on list are having special offers like 'Buy One Get One Free' and special discounts. Should I buy extra??"  "Ohhkk",  I said, "so good you are. Love you dear... Buy everything and come home fast.."

Tring tring tring  tring .... he called and asked Hey which is tur dal?? The yellow one? I said here you go ... yes yes the yellow one ... but dear please read on the packet...

Till then the phone was disconnected... I went to the kitchen....Landline started ringing ..I ran to pick it up... there .. my responsible better half again... sheepishly ... Hey there are two yellow dals .. similar looking .. which one to pick???

I said Please read the label.. one would be Tur Dal and the other one the Chana Dal...

He rhetorted .. I used to prepare Yellow Dal and I know what it is and how it looks like.. But here, there are two yellow dals .. I can't buy such things.. now onwards .. you go for grocery shopping... I can't go.. I don't have so much time ... blah blah blah

Oh God!!! what happened???? What's the confusion dear... I asked.

Tell me,  which is the Yellow Dal? He asked , I can't go and read all labels to buy a damn Dal..Tell me the color, I will pick it up...

Dear don't fret... there are other Yellow Dals too.. one small called Moong Dal ... others light yellow ones like Moth Dal.. don't get annoyed.. pick whatever is easy to pick and leave other things .. I will arrange for them myself... you are doing good job.. don't spoil it ... I pleaded.

He melted..  took so much pains ....  read the labels ... asked the sales staff and bought all the listed things ...

And now My Hero has become expert in Grocery Shopping.. He can give lessons on Grocery Shopping to other Boys.. who have become New Husbands and who want to perform their duties perfectly..
         

Eating well by color - Orange color of Pumpkin

As we are born out of Nature and we are part of Nature, I believe that Natural is the way of living. At least we can try.

The beauty of Nature lies in its various colors. Can we name all the colors found in nature??

Well I can't go too far...

I have read somewhere that if we eat food i.e. fruits and vegetables as per colors, we can get all the nutrients necessary for the body. Nature has found a clever way to highlight the nutrients in foods. Different nutrients actually impart different colors to the foods they’re in. There are Blue, Purple, Red, Orange, Yellow and Green colored fruits and vegetables with various nutrients.

Today I would like to talk about orange color. Mango, Oranges, Papaya etc, are of orange color when they are ripe. They can be eaten in their natural form. Sweet Potatoes taste best boiled or baked. Sweet Potato chips can be grilled too. Halwa and dry vegetable is also cooked with Sweet Potato during fast.

Pumpkin is the next vegetable rich in Alpha and Beta Carotene. The Phytochemicals found in them also operate as antioxidants, sweeping up disease-promoting free radicals, thus acting as anti aging agents. It is very popular in West but  in Indian Cooking pumpkin is eaten as dry vegetable or Halwa (a sweet) in Rasam etc. and sometimes we prepare soup also. I make paratha too, which my MIL likes a lot. Let us discuss the recipes of the same