MY STYLE DOSA ALOO MASALA FILLING

 It's 3:10 pm, starting to write a blogpost. I was updating write up of an earlier blogpost VEGETARIAN CURRY PUFF, we do not require too many "the", "and" in sentence! I love writing couldn't master the art. I need to the change pictures too, I cook it better. I was practically doing nothing since morning except swimming. I cannot go out to walk on days I write blogposts. People balance work, home, I cannot manage time, multi-tasking is not my thing! The good part is I never get bored with this unfruitful life. If I close my eyes, think, I see I haven't made any fruitful contribution to society! This hurts; I want the food lovers among you to shout out together, "you have gifted us recipes"! That would make me happy, if not thrilled, I have seen boutique blogs. My question is if blogs have become irrelevant, if reels have taken over totally?

I know nothing beyond cooking, eating, arranging them in blogposts! It is you, my readers, to say if they are captivating, at least engaging or not. I am a food blogger since August 2014, I do not know about seo, traffic. I have not studied deeply about type of my readers. The bloggers I started my journey with are either big names or shifted to other areas of interest! I enjoy doing what I do, but wanted to have big fan following, fruitful interactions. You turn mad if popularity drops even after improving your quality of work, no one helped me with my passion except for few food bloggers at initial stage!

This hurt wouldn't ever go, I pursued my passion but couldn't achieve as desired, should have, that my own didn't help me a bit, encouraged! I hail from a family of great cooks, homemakers, why would I sit and sleep all day! I cannot watch soaps for five minutes, watching movies I like, failing to concentrate since last year. Last year was whirlwind, I doubted if I would be able to get back to blogging again, was in mental trauma! So I can't say Almighty forgot me; my meditation, chanting got me back in track, of course the medications; alternative medicine doesn't suit us! Without belittling health professionals, their years of education, expertise, experience; I would want to say I have noticed if I don't listen to music meant for meditation while meditating, my pressure increases. Those of you who meditate can play those soft music, use headphone.

Each day few times I pray to keep myself well, I work towards it so I need no medical care as long as I live except for the routine check up every month, few medications. If I had been careful fifteen years back, I wouldn't have required even these. I wouldn't claim I do clean eating, I ain't a soup & salad kind of person!

The giant stuffed flatbread, date palm jaggery with puffed rice, onion pakoras did I have at Chola Mart opposite Indian Heritage Centre do not speak of a health consciousness being. I explore small outlets, chat with them, yesterday met a Bengali Young man who served me great lemon tea! Island's favourite chilled Jasmine tea I love, this no sugar one I got from Prime supermarket!

Rajdhani Enterprise got me more of date palm jaggery, sour jujube, they turn brown under day light, heat, thereafter I am to make sweet pickle. I find out ways to remain engaged. Like before, I cannot claim to be happy loner, I needed people to talk last year; few responded, stood by me. I do not wish to bother them, unless required! Those who misbehaved, I do not wish to see their face, they need attend correction homes to learn behaviour.

I don't wish to bother anyone, if I can walk to places without panting, pain, I have gotten lot. I don't want to revisit people or places where I didn't feel loved, valued; to build a home we already adjust, outside of it we need to as much as required! To world, feelings, relationships are all part of gameplay, I can't relate to maximum in this world, vives do not match, loud behaviour irritates me, I keep myself open for those who stop, exchange pleasantry! Yet I minutely watch the surrounding, as long as my public activity goes on, I have to. My contribution to the public today is an easy, vegan, gluten-free potato bowl; let's name it MY STYLE DOSA ALOO MASALA FILLING. In maximum Southern Indian outlets, vegetarian potato stuffing doesn't match my tastebud; feels bland. I tried it my way, not only with dosa, I also used it to stuff paratha. We had it with SHORU CHAKLI, you can call it soft Bengali Dosa or Bengali Crepe! You may use it to stuff sandwich too.

INGREDIENTS :

POTATO : 2 BIG

CHOPPED GREEN CHILLI : 1TSP

CHOPPED COCONUT : 1 TBSP

RED CHILLI FLAKES : 1/4 TSP

CURRY LEAF : 5-6

CRUSHED SKINLESS ROASTED PEANUT : 2 TSP

BLACK MUSTARD SEED : 1/4 TSP

SKINLESS BLACK GRAM DAL / URAD DAL : 1/4 TSP

BENGAL GRAM DAL / CHANA DAL : 1/4 TSP

SALT : AS REQUIRED

TURMERIC POWDER : 2-3 PINCH

OIL : 1 TBSP

This amount serves 3-4 heads!

PROCEDURE :

Boil potatoes, I boil in microwave! 

I prick with a fork all over washed potatoes, take them on microwave proof plate, microwave at low for 5-6 minutes. I allow them to cool, then mash.

Add salt & turmeric to mashed potatoes, mix well.

Warm oil in wok, add washed curry leaves, fry crisp at minimal heat, take out to use latter. Burnt curry leaves put me off more than my burnt skin.

Add rest of ingredients to hot oil except crushed roasted nuts, mashed potato, fried curry leaves. Stir fry for 3-4 minutes at minimal heat.

Add maximum of crushed roasted peanuts, fried curry leaves. Stir fry for half a minute, add mashed boiled potatoes. Stir cook at low heat for 7-8 minutes. We should be done!