INSTANT ICE-CREAM SANDESH

This is my summer assignment to all of the kids.... known ..... unknown. You do not need to know a kid to love them. It just comes naturally. My senior is a better person to talk on this matter. At their home, I have seen a couple of neighbourhood kids growing up ..... from morning till night playing, eating, sleeping. I am not a good daughter-in-law to them, neither they are perfect to me. A perfect situation cannot happen perhaps, then there would not have been any term like 'swargey jaoa'..... going to the heaven. I have no guilt or regret for not been able to say publicly.... aww you know I love my in-laws so much... more than my own parents. I know I am doing my duty well. I do not have the silly habit of patting my own back, I believe it is for other's to say.... yet I wish to say if I could trust my paa-in-law so much so that I kept all my financial papers with him, at times even blank cheques, I know I am on the right track. I respect his dedication and sacrifice for his family and the Communist Party but I cannot accept his patriarchal mental set up. Keeping with the majority of the society, they expected me to leave my parents and be their's totally. I am unable to give in to that, neither do I believe in or support strict rules imposed on the widows of any age. 

My men live with an 'impossible to tame woman'.... they deserve dessert every now and then. I do not bother even if my man's sister is reading this.... she is matured and a daughter-in-law herself, never fuelled her mom and dad against me...... she deserves from her S di..... what? My stupid brother kisses her mother and sister right in front of his wifey.... the poor girl smiles and runs from pillar to post to settle our daddy's property... what gift is awaiting for her from didibhai?..... Well gifts are best as a surprise.

However are my in-laws to me, they are mine. They have a lot of good deeds to their credit. The foremost is that they are helpful to others and have done a lot for people and the extended family once with a limited financial resource. They loved kids, perhaps from them their son picked up this attribute. Kids are comfortable and happy with my man who manages them pretty well. I wished for a second child. He told we have many around as our friend's and relative's! Each time I said, he came up with a personal finance chart.... me too is living with a terrible person. Jokes apart, we could not take a firm decision on it for a couple of reasons. 

Do you know I prepared this sweet just in the morning and wished to blog about it immediately..... for a couple of reasons.... my grand mom is touring 'Jairambati' and 'Kamarpukur'.... with her three daughters. They are holy places for us and 'ailaaa... kya baat'.... grandma too did 'Mangalchandir Uposh' on Tuesdays and whenever I was there, I enjoyed a bowlful of 'shaboo makha'.... tapioca pearls mixed with sandesh, shredded coconut, mango, banana, milk and sugar. It is also a holy month for many others .... I  get a bit tired on the next day of fasting, I respect those who are doing it for a month..... there is no wrong if you sooth your mind and body with this yum dessert.  

I have a message also for those who consider touring or staying abroad..... is a crime..... come on they have earned it in a hard way shedding a lot of sweat. If tomorrow you get a chance you will not spare the time to go .... learn to appreciate people..... and yes I will always praise the country I stay...... from time to time.... besides other reasons.... on my night run day I went to the race ground at an unearthly hour of the night.... ALONE.... praising the good in others does not demean my own. We are more of a nationalist...... we earn foreign currency for our motherland. Finally, I dedicate this post to the angels of the world.... THE KIDS.... rest each one of us have a satan living within. Come angels, let us prepare this instant, easy, melt in the mouth cool dessert sitting at the comfort of our home. Ask your parents to make good use of the leftover things..... I did it with leftovers... a little of this and that.

INGREDIENTS :

Ice-Cream - Any Flavour [I used a homemade mango ice-cream with pumpkin seeds]
Paneer - 100gm
Sugar : 2 tbsp

Green Cardamom Powder : 1/2 tsp [Optional]

METHOD :

Take the cubed paneer pieces in a mixer. Pulse for 30 seconds or so.

Take the ice-cream in a bowl and lightly mash.

Add the mashed paneer, sugar & green cardamom powder to the ice-cream. Lightly mix. 

Transfer to individual bowls and freeze for half an hour. Serve chilled.