Mouthpiece #27

Insightful

I was reading something when I came across the story of Dattatreya, the son of Maharishi Atri and Anasyuya. While there are many stories related to his birth, what fascinated me the most is his conversation with King Yadu in which he says that he is a student of as many as twenty-four gurus and goes on the explain these gurus who happen to be a part of this grand creation. The list includes Earth, Air, Water, Sky, Fire, Moon, Sun, Ocean, Pigeon, Python, Firefly, Bee, Elephant, Honey-gatherer, Fish, Deer, Pingala, Sparrow, Child, Girl, Archer, Snake, Spider and Wasp. I would like to start from some of the most surprising ones here. continue here...

What's new in the kitchen?

Although monsoons have not made their ceremonious entry, yet the expectation is in the air. The traditional punjabi dish to celebrate rains happens to be kheer-puda(crepe).  Kheer Milk - 1.5 l Rice - ¼ cup Condensed milk - ½ tin (milkmaid) Desiccated coconut - 2 tbsp Almonds - 20 (soaked, peeled and sliced into thin slivers) Cardamom powder : 1/4tsp recipe here...