CURRY AND SPICE: MIXED FRUITS OATS HALWA

Monday 22 August 2022

MIXED FRUITS OATS HALWA

AFTER A SPECIAL PRAYER MEET, THE QUESTION THAT ARISES IS HOW TO USE UP THE EXCESS OF CUT FRUITS OFFERED TO MY GOD FAMILY?

That is the reason I prefer offering whole fruits to them which the Bengalis usually would not! On some occasions, I may offer cut fruits & witness, the next day the few guests that come or I send the "proshad" to, they would want to have less of fruits! Because there are either polao or khichuri, luchi, kheer, vegetables, sweet meats to indulge in! The Thai Pineapple & Chausa Mango varieties are of high order but mine got over-ripened! Something had to be done with the excess of cut fruits, I had offered a plateful of!

I think I should wrap up early today, just not feeling well! I suffered from cough & cold for three weeks! Again today, since morning there is pain in the throat area whenever I am to swallow anything! After a late shower, I feel shivery! I feel I have overeaten the lunch outside today!

THE REFRIGERATOR IS BEAMING WITH FOOD, THE DECISION TO EAT OUTSIDE WAS WRONG!

We had little of shopping in Daiso, Cristine came back, I had an island style lunch at Nex, sat for few minutes & took a longer route to home! I hear walks after eating, if not immediately after does not let fat accumulation! But it made me feel tired, why would a mere 5.6 km walk make my legs pain? I had this platter which initially I did not feel would be big for me! I enjoyed my food but I did not require all of them!

After having the fish & fried tofu soup, I felt full! The chicken mince noodles & the greens were too good but I was full! Only the white sauce on top of the sautéed greens I did not like! For the first time, I went to the mall's rooftop today; there is a gym, music school, enrichment center and a public library! I do not know why I never wished to be a member of it in these 12 years of stay! I think I have stopped reading enough!

The kids' play area is closed at this time! Thereafter, I had the food at Basement-1 and walked back home 3.6 km, taking a longer route! Given a choice, I would not have done any exercise, not even a cardio! What makes me happy are small buys; today it was a plant tub stand for 4.07$ from Daiso, Japan! I placed it outside our main door!

WHAT IS THIS MIXED FRUITS OATS HALWA?

I think I already have a mango-oats halwa recipe in the blog! I loved it then, I loved more what I cooked with some cut fruits yesterday morning!

I did not use any amount of sugar or jaggery or artificial sweeteners! In this island, fruits are of good quality & sweet if they need to be! I may tell you, I loved this vegan, gluten-free, diary free, quick made dessert with few ingredients; MIXED FRUITS OATS HALWA pudding! Our son stopped loving semolina at one point in life, he ate if only it had fresh fruit juices in it. Mumma totally discards the semolina part & uses oats to cook the halwa with a fresh fruit punch! I enjoyed it, I believe my son, T & the rest in the family too would! The father is no more, the brother & his get fruits for our mother, she cannot eat with her weakening teeth all the varieties; a soft, warm, healthy dessert would have suited! Also, my in-laws have stopped eating sweets & desserts for long now, it would suit them too! Anyway, diabetics like us should not eat too much of fruits either! Who listens? I am having my coffee with a Dollar Shop's 1$ cake, it's yet bigger! I used Olive Oil to make it vegan, using ghee would give you the best flavour! Yesterday for lunch we had two more friends willing to have "proshad", please comply, it would get you good fortune!