Easy and Delectable soyabean curry( pressure cooker method)

Since long time I was looking for some easy cooking recipes for days when you dont feel like cooking at all or when you dont want to devot that much time for cooking. This can be your life saver at hard times  (believe me guys I am not bluffing at all). And have you noticed the main ingredient which I am using here, Yes!

soyabean which i am sure most of the people dread to eat because of the lack of taste or not knowing much about the recipe. So without wasting any more time here comes my soyabean curry recipe.

INGREDIENTS:

SOYABEAN-1 BOX
PEAS-1/2 CUP
POTATO-1
ONION-1
GINGER-1/2
GARLIC-1,2
TOMATO-1
BAY LEAVES-1
CUMIN SEEDS-1TSP
TURMERIC POWDER-1/2 TSP
CORIANDER POWDER-1/2TSP
SALT TO TASTE
GHEE(OPTIONAL)
2 CUPS WATER
HING-1/2 TSP
GARAM MASALA-1 TSP
CORIANDER LEAVES TO GARNISH.

         First and foremost step boil the soyabean , add a  little salt to the boiling water. Take the soyabean out as soon it becomes soft, wash again properly and squeeze the remaining water properly.Keep it aside
   FOR THE GRAVY:
          Add 2 tbsp oil in a pressure cooker, when the oil gets hot  add cumin seeds, wait for the cumin seeds to sputter then add bay leaves, hing, saute for few seconds followed by finely chopped onions, ginger, garlic, tomato. Let it cook for a while then add turmeric powder, coriander powder, salt to taste.
Gradually start adding peas and potato and let it fry for few mins on a low flame. After everything is fried well add 2 cups of water . close the pressure cooker with a lid . Make sure to off the gas after you hear 1 whistle otherwise everything  will turn out more like a soup than a curry.
  Garnish the curry with garam masala, coriander leaves and ghee.
 Enjoy with rice or roti.

Homemakers Journey

  Having tied the knot at an early age of 23, not much was known to me about duties, responsibilities, sacrifices and comprimises. Early years of marriage everything looks perfect , a perfect husband , enthusiasm to learn something new , which i guess every women enjoys at that point of time. But as rightly said: LIFE IS NOT A BED OF ROSES. It comes with a lot of baggage. Every married couples has lot of misunderstandings, fights for pretty no reason yet we exaggerate it over minor issues .Whenever i think of it now a smile appears on my face,as to how immaturely we behaved.

Then came the difficut part ; staying with in-laws especially where a women is still getting used to such a big change in her life, trying to make house a HOME, understanding her responsibilities and most most important accepting the fact , its not "ME" thing anymore , before "ME" there is "US".Constant nagging , taunts, harsh comments became the part of daily routine realising that you are losing the freedom u had before marraige. Maintaining a healthy relationship seemed to be more like a burden than a duty. My in-laws belonged more to a conservative society so as a result of which i was inhibited from doing many things which according to them were inappropriate.

Life took a turn then, we moved from india to states following dreams leaving behind social gatherings, family, fun, celebrations, and altogether moved on with our new brand life on an unknown land where not even one soul was aquainted with us. That journey was surely very tough . But with time everything falls in right place at the right time. Yes! sometimes i do miss everyone back  home despite of all that life seems so much better now.

7 YEARS AND COUNTING.....

7 Years and counting , that spark had vanished from our life. Vivacity and exuberance had been replaced by dreary and vapid actions. Deeply engrossed in our own lives managing work, home;
we almost forgot that there is something called as personal life .
I know may be i am sounding selfish , but trust me this is equally important to maintain a stable relationship and pruning away negative thoughts. Expressing love and care for one another seem to be less important . Often i sit back and wonder does everyone has to face this  or its just "US". And what will happen when we  grow old.

But if we put that extra effort in our relationship , we will be succesful in bringing that oomph back in our life.There are many couples as far as i know are in a similar situation . After our baby was born we
almost forgot that spending time with one another is equally important just as caring and attending for the little one. There was a time when we wanted to have a little conversation but surprisingly fights and arguments would take place instead of a normal talk that too over petty issues.We never tried to understand each others feelings inspite of knowing what was going on in our minds or may be we didnt at all cared to think about that part. Fear gripped my mind , as to what path our life is taking us  and i desperately  needed to find an answer and surprisingly answer was within itself.And we were lucky enough to pass that rough phase with mutual understanding and a bit of effort from both the sides.

So my advice to all couples who are going through similar phase, just try and find out the root cause of problem and eliminate it from your lives if not for yourselves but for the sake of your child .Try to spend some quality time with on each other leaving behind dominant attitude if any and balancing both the lives beautifully.

        And thank god for blessing us with a such a Happy family.