LESS GHEE REFINED FLOUR HALWA

IT IS GOOD TO CLEAN YOUR HOME WITHOUT ANY HELP!

I dislike it though. Doing the cleaning job everyday by yourself means you sacrifice the liberty to go anywhere, at anytime of the day. That is impossible if you want your home to be well-kept. I like clean homes, in pursuit of that I had to sacrifice roaming around the island anytime of the day. Cristine is not there to take care of my home. I cannot do exercises properly that I do on the weekdays, I am doing them abruptly. Yet, the puffiness of my body has reduced a bit. That is the best thing about doing house chores on your own. You also get a grip of your home. In Cristine's presence, I hardly take care of my home, I only shop and cook. Every two years when she goes on leave, I throw this and that from one corner of the home or the other. I promise I would monitor even in her presence, once she comes back I dump my home in her care and go out to roam the city, watch movies, update my blog. Not that she keeps our home messy, I fail to give her clear instructions. I believe we should not be strict task masters, they leave their home to stay with us, we have to make them feel comfortable. With years, most importantly staying with the senior of the men, I have learnt we need be nice with our helps, treat them well. Our mother's helps worked for her over 20 years, they still visit her. Same is with the mother-in-law, she had been been even more lenient. 

I AM TRYING TO AVOID OVEREATING AT THIS TIME!

That is out of fear given I do not have time to go for long walks, swim enough. The root of the problem is the time management, I have got disorganised. Cristine gets us even the glass of water, medicines. This amount of luxury is bad, gives birth to laziness. The man hates cleaning jobs back from office, neither I ask him to do the chores. I can do everything but dislike ironing. There is already a big pile of clothes to be ironed, he has to. Cristine has to come back. You may criticise I have not taught the son anything, he has learnt after he left home. I am a Bengali mother, my heart aches, he has to do everything on his own even when he doesn't want. Yet I have asked him to keep his home clean, does not matter it is rented or self-owned. Keeping our home and surroundings clean is a necessity. 

WHAT IS LESS GHEE REFINED FLOUR HALWA?

I am cooking, clicking less. Taking care of my home is a priority now. I made this vegetarian dessert LESS GHEE REFINED FLOUR HALWA using half of ghee than what is recommended for traditional halwas. If you want to live more, follow this recipe. I would get you an oil or ghee free halwa, today accept this light on your stomach halwa, you won't get acidity after having it. Many Bengali families earlier had a dessert post dinner. In our family, it was warm cow milk boiled longer to get a thick cream atop. Both sugar, over boiled thick milk are harmful for us. Okay, calcium is required but there are other sources to get it. It took many years for my family to accept that hot milk post dinner is a wrong idea, more if meat is on menu. Cow's milk was considered auspicious among us, owning cow meant prosperity. The Grandparents, other relatives domesticated cow. If you use milk in the halwa dessert, it would get rich and tastier. I avoid using milk as much as possible if I want to have a large share.

Few similar recipes from the Blog are the following :

GULA MELACA PUDDING, ANAROSHER HALWA, MIXED FRUITS OATS HALWA. I have more in the blog.

INGREDIENTS :

REFINED FLOUR : 1 SMALL TEA CUP

GHEE / CLARIFIED BUTTER : 2 TBSP + 1 TBSP

SUGAR : 6-7 TBSP

GREEN CARDAMOM : 2-3

WATER : AS REQUIRED

ROASTED CHOPPED DRY FRUITS OF CHOICE

PROCEDURE :

Dissolve the sugar in a bowlful of hot water.

Heat 2 tbsp ghee in the wok, add the green cardamoms tearing them a bit, give a stir.

Add the refined flour, keep stirring & roasting at minimal heat.

Once the refined flour would change colour, gives out nice aroma, add the sugar-water.

My family only cooked semolina halwa, I do not know the rules about the way of adding water to avoid lumps.

I added the sugar-water, broke the lumps with ladle, hand beater would also help to get a smooth paste like consistency of halwa.

At this point, add 1 or 2 tbsp ghee, the roasted, chopped dry fruits. Mix well and enjoy warm.