It's 2:59 pm! There's music playing, instrumental. I listen varied ragas, western jazz, jam sessions, classical vocals! Bollywood songs, specially old classics remains all time love. For the unversed, specific Rag-Ragas were created for different time in the 24 hours span. There are ragas to listen in morning, mid-morning, afternoon, evening, night time. Listening to these helps calm my nervous system I strongly feel. Mental pleasure is major reason too!
I fancy finer things, just can't survive without music, good reads, this blog, I need unwind! I indeed love cooking, cleanliness freak! But daily cooking, cleaning corners isn't my thing! Creative, qualitative beings around fill my heart! I savour creativity around, make myself omelette, chutney butter toast, an instant semolina thatte idli! This Oolong tea bags I pick up from Prime store at nominal price, it suits my tastebuds!
That green chutney uses roasted peanuts, fresh coriander, green chillies, salt, lemon juice, ingredients slightly different from Maharashtrian Thecha Chutney I cooked day before.
I have decided not to do mention in today's blogpost. No specific reason, it's my mood that controls me. I feel not talking of family, friends today would be better decision. It may also be that I have made friendship with people without any amount of communication; verbal or online! How to mention people without relevance? A blogpost doesn't hold enough space to mention all those I wish to today. In fact, it's being long I have stopped mentioning friends, relatives in this space!
It's all in our mind, head! I am dreamer, I make up stories inside my head! Because I fed on novels since childhood, mostly romantic genre since my teens, that vive occupy my head. I am fine with it as long as I don't disturb people. What I cook, eat are source of my happiness too.
We need not go near people who have no interest to communicate with us! It would be like invading one's space, peace! Social Media today lets us keep up with people, things, activities we adore! To meet at a point, our's & their's wish need to tally! This is called respecting wishes, and self of course.
Why is it feeling I would wrap up quick today, wouldn't write much? There's too much unrest around, loss of lives! Depression, Frustration among older kids seems scariest. We don't let them struggle in growing up years, a little stress becomes heavy on them to handle. Why can't they believe there definitely have few family members, friends to reach out to? The environment around needs to feel warm, welcoming, friendly! Isolation is a threat to wellbeing! As long as we are willing to see a tomorrow, we are fit & fine. Singapore straightaway welcomes summer it seems, October to February are cooler, then rushes in hotter days. Here drumstick flowers bloom throughout the year, how to know spring has arrived? I have sustained South Asian summers, this island's heat doesn't bother me! More I age, World seems beautiful to me, Life is beautiful, I am not done with it!
This Vegan, Gluten-free MICROWAVE MADE BANANA STEM FRITTER isn't family recipe but Bengal cooks vegetarian fries/pakoras/ bhajabhuji this way! Who doesn't love fritters? I can break up instantly with one who says no! I forced myself stop frying them, I have ability to turn any leaf to yum fritters! What I do is I cook them in microwave oven using minimal oil! We cook couple of recipes with banana stem, not exactly a fritter. The idea of making use of banana stem this way had been an impromptu idea. It tasted really good! I must say mashing it with hot rice, adding bit of ghee, crushed green chilli is soul satisfying, if you share my tastebuds! Let us do it!
INGREDIENTS :
BANANA STEM : 1 STANDARD SIZED AS MOSTLY SOLD
CHOPPED GREEN CHILLI : 2 TSP
RICE FLOUR : 1 TBSP
TURMERIC POWDER : 1/2 TSP+1/4 TSP
SALT : AS REQUIRED
OIL : 1 TBSP [I USED MUSTARD OIL]
PROCEDURE :
Cut slices, each time use fingers to roll fibre, discard! It's how tailors do with threads in sewing machine.
Thereafter, cut into strips each slice, chop!
The hardest above job I didn't do! I rest is my handwork!
Wash chopped vegetable taken in strainer!
I further pulsed 1-2 times chopped banana stem wanting to avoid using pressure cooker!
Thereafter, marinate it with salt, turmeric for an hour. It has to become soft!
Wash, chop green chillies. After an hour, use your palms to squeeze out excess amount of water!
Add oil, salt, rest of turmeric, chopped green chillies, rice flour, fold in well. We may use gram flour instead of rice flour! I ain't gram flour fan, also thought of non-South Asians! You may use cornflour too!
Make smooth balls, smoothen between palms. Grease an oven proof plate with oil, place the uncooked banana stem fritters on it.
Place bake stand inside microwave, on it the plate.
I cooked in microwave+grill option, one side 12 minutes. Then turned them over, cooked them for 8-9 minutes.
Have it hot, fresh alongside peeping hot steamed rice, spoonful of ghee or butter, a green chilli! We also had chicken curry, dal that day.
We may refrigerate, reheat before having it, that wouldn't give best taste!
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