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   गुरुपुर्णिमा = गुरु + पुर्णिमा Gurupurnima is celebrated in India by Hindu's on the full moon day (purnima) of Ashad month as per hindu calendar. This day is considered as a festival, where people worship their Guru (preacher/priest/saint) who direct them on their religious paths. Earlier i.e. during the era of Mahabharat and Ramayan, we have studied that there was a Guru-Shishya Parampara गुरु-शिष्य परंपरा that used to be followed, wherein the shishyas (students) used to stay with guru and get all the education needed. As time moved on, this parampara slowly started diminishing. In modern world, Hostels, Boarding schools are some of the examples where you can relate to a guru-shishya parampara. Guru is not the one who only teaches you, but he is the one who guides you to the right path. He is the one who will always show you the path of truth and honesty. But now there is a market of Spiritual Gurus and so one should choose wisely the "Right Guru". Find...

Dadpe Pohe- A traditional breakfast item in every Maharashtrian house. If you ever visit Maharashtra, then do try out this dish instead of the regular Kande Pohe. I am sure you would definitely like it. So let's move on to how this dish is prepared. Ingredients - serves 4-5 persons Thin Rice flakes ( Patal Pohe) (4 bowls) Finely chopped Onion (1-2) Grated Coconut (half bowl) Finely chopped Tomatoes (1-2) Groundnut powder - half bowl 1 Lemon - sqeeze and take juice of it 1 teaspoon sugar Salt to taste Oil (4-5 table spoon) if it becomes more than that its fine, but it should not be less than this. Mustard Asafoetida Turmeric powder Curry leaves Green chilies (2-3) if the chilies are not that spicy then you can have 4-5 quantity. Recipe Take 4 bowls thin rice flakes. Since it is called Dadpe Pohe - Dadpe means getting sunk, you have to soak these pohe into Coconut water for some time. If you do not have coconut water to soak the rice flakes, then also it is fine w...

Sooji or Rava is always filling and healthy so it is the most preferred food item to make any dish. Apart from Upma, today we will have a look at how to make rava dosa instantly. Ingredients 2 cups Rava or Sooji/ Suji 1 cup buttermilk 1 bowl rice flour 2-3 finely chopped green chilies Finely chopped onion Corriander Salt Oil Water Recipe Batter preparation Soak 2 cups sooji  in butterimilk for half an hour. after half an hour add all the ingredients mentioned above i.e. 1 bowl rice flour, chopped onion, green chilies corriander and salt as per taste. add water to make it a free flowing batter. You can add water and adjust its consistency as per your choice. If you want the dosa to be too crispy then make the batter more thin and if you want the dosa less crispy or spongy you can keep the batter thick. Dosa making Now once the batter is ready, keep a pan over gas flame and let it become hot. Once it is hot, put 1-2 table spoon oil over it and spread it. Pour ...

Mother Child Relation A Woman gives birth to a child, but a child gives birth to a MOTHER in that woman. A great hats-off to all the mothers in this universe whose job or duty is priceless. It cannot be measured or weighed on any scale. A woman changes her whole life after being a mother. A mother lives and plans the future considering the child first and then herself. A daughter or a girl would never understand the real meaning of her mother unless she herself becomes a mother and it’s the mother only who understands the pain of her daughter once her daughter becomes a mother.  Be it her own child or an adopted  child, a mother will always care and sacrifice one point times more compare to a father.  Despite all the pain she goes I still believe that being Mother is the happiest thing to be in the world.  My Experience on the first sight of my child Every mother would still remember the first time they had held the baby in their hands or the first glimpse of ...

Ingredients: can serve 5-6 people. usually 25-30 medium sized pieces can be cut Oil - for cooking as well as greasing the plate Ginger (small piece) Garlic (5-6 pieces) Green chilli (2-3 if chilies are non spicy if too spicy then 1-2 are enough) spinach washed, cleaned & chopped (1 judi) 1 spoon lemon juice 2 spoons sugar 1 small spoon salt 2 glass water 3 big spoons gram flour 2 big spoons rice flour few sesame seeds   Recipe: Initial preparation Grease the plate with oil first and keep it aside. wash and clean the spinach and chop it and keep it aside. make ginger garlice and green chilli paste. you can increase or reduce the number of chilies as per the spiciness you prefer.  Main preparation over flame Add 5-6 tbsp. oil in an utensil. add the prepared paste to it. add chopped spinach and mix it well. cover it with lid for 1 minute. Spinach gets cooked very fast. Now add 1 spoon lemon juice and 2 spoons sugar to it. stir it...

Cold Drinks are a bliss in hot summer's, and if its a natural drink, then it adds a point in being healthy. Kairi as called in Marathi or kaccha aam in Hindi are the names for Raw Mangoes. A soothing drink from these raw mangoes, rejuvenates one being and makes a person energetic helping to beat the heat. Our previous health drink - Coconut Juice received tremendous response on facebook and youtube and so here we come with our second natural and healthy drink of this season 1 summer session. Kairi Panhe/ Raw Mango Juice Ingredients : serves 6 glass 2 raw mangoes 1 Full Big Bowl Jaggery Water Cardamom powder Recipe Remove skin of the raw mangoes. Put them in cooker and bring 2-3 whistles. After opening the lid, remove the mango seed and squeeze entire juice out of it. add 1 big bowl jaggery to it and heat it on a slow flame untill it is boiled and all the jaggery is melted. Add half spoon cardamom powder ti ti and stir it well. Let is cool down and then you can store...

Since summer's have started, we plan friends meet, unions, family get together's aur even baccha party's i.e. party of kids or only their moms, or even our regular kitty party's (bishi) and in such party, what should we have for munching becomes a big question mark. So here we have come across with an answer to your question that would reduce your tension and provides you with a unique dish to serve your guests. Ingredients: (serves 8 people) 8 boiled potatoes 1 bow; boiled green peas 5-6 small pieces of ginger- 5-6 pieces of garlic 2-3 green chilies 1/2 bowl coriander 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds salt to taste Oil to fry Recipe Filling First make a paste of ginger, garlic, green chilies, coriander and cumin seeds. Then Smash the boiled potatoes. Add boiled green peas to it and smash them as well. Add the prepared paste and mix the filling well with hands. Outer cover For outer cover, you can knead dough of wheat flour alone. you may also add some ...

Coconut.... Conutut 😉 Juice When summer's arrive, it brings hot air and sweat making us feel more drained out and thirsty. Only water then won't suffice and hence cold drinks are on high demand. But if you are health conscious person, then you generally tend to avoid aerated, altered, artificially flavored cold drinks and hence we are here to show you healthy & natural recipes for cold drinks to keep you energetic and alive this summer season. We are releasing our first ever episode for the summer series and i.e. COCONUT JUICE. Its not just coconut water, but its more than that. So lets move to its preparation. Ingredients: serves 6 glass 2 Tender Coconuts (शहाळं) 8 spoons sugar Ice cubes Recipe: Remove the water from the tender coconut. then remove all the Malai i.e. tender coconut from inside the coconut. Add 4 spoons sugar and few ice cubes and grind it in a mixer. Similarly, do it for the second coconut. and serve it chilled. To know the preparation in m...

Besan ke ladu is a famous sweet dish in India, bu people who are acidic in nature or allergic to (gram flour) besan cannot have them. So an alternate sweet dish with a similar taste i.e. mugache ladoo is the best option for them. This ladu, highly nutritious, healthy and high on proteins is on the top list of recommendations to pregnant ladies, oldies, youngsters and children. So lets jump on to its ingredients and recipe which would take hardly 15 minutes of your time to have these melting and mouth watering ladoos in your mouth. Ingredients: 1 bowls Moong dal 1/2 bowl Udad Daal 1/2 to 1 bowl Desi ghee/ Sajuk tup 1 bowl sugar powder dry fruits as per your choice (especially cashews and kishmish) Recipe: Roast 1 bowl mong daal in kadhai for 2-3 mins. Then roast udad daal separately. Make sure not to roast Udad daal too much as it might give bitter taste to the ladoo. Grind both the roasted daals separately. Now add 1/2 bowl (7-8 spoons) desi ghee in the Kadhai once hot, add g...

The area from the northwestern region of Maharasthra is generally called as Khandesh and the people their are known as khandeshi. These people love spicy food and shev bhaji is a famous dish in this region. So if you are ought to go in Dhule, Nagpur or northern parts of Maharashtra, then don't miss to have this cuisine for your lunch or breakfast. But if you have no plans to visit that area sooner, then you can give a try to prepare this unique dish on your own at home and we will help you do so.  Ingredients : (serves 6-7 people) Jeera 1 dry coconut 5-6 onions Mustard Asafoetida Turmeric Sugar red chilli powder Ginger-garlic paste 2 chopped tomatoes 1 tbsp. garam masala 4-5 bowls water Tikhat Shev Corriander Salt to taste Recipe: How to make blend for the gravy add jeera to 1 tbsp. oil heated in a pan and toss large slices of onions till it becomes brown. Then add grated dry coconut and toss it till it becomes brown. switch off the flame once the mixture...

Kids keep on grumping for eating, they do not like all the items, and mother's keep worrying what to cook everyday different for their kids. Also hunger of kids is more compared to elders as they exercise and play much more compared to adults, so their stomach must be kept filling every time. In order to cook delicious yet healthy food for kids, we have come across this recipe made from rice flour. Ingredients 4 tbsp. rice flour 1 tbsp. gram flour 1 chopped onion Asafoetida (hing) Turmeric (haldi) Salt Water Recipe: Add all the above ingredients in a bowl and add water slowly to make a slimy mixture. Do not add too much water. With the help of hand or spoon, you can release balls of the mixture in hot oil in order to deep fry it. Pakodas, bhaji's are instantly ready to be served with chutney, sauces, mayonnaise.  you can also visit our FB page : https://www.facebook.com/Bluebits-425902781486786/

One of my reader requested me to write a blog on pregnancy. I instantly said yes, but was thinking as to what should I put across, as there are many articles books and videos, which talk a lot about it. So after a lot of thinking around a month, an idea struck me to write about, my experience and journey during this whole process of pregnancy and also suggest some tips which are crucial at specific points. 5 Ways of how to reveal a good news to close ones? Seeing two red lines on a pregnancy test Kit, gives the most awaiting and happiest news to a married couple. But once the test has become positive, Immediately turn your legs to a visit to your Doctor or Gynecologist for further prescriptions and suggestions. I was alone at the doctor's clinic, when I got the confirmation on this news. I was so eager to reveal it to my husband, but still waited for some time to think as to how should I disclose the news to him. I sent him a picture of the positive result kit along with a c...

Dudhi or bottle guard is not a favourite of many people. Very rarely it is a favourite main course dish of anyone. But Dudhi has many medicinal qualities and its consumption improves digestion, treats urinary problems, helps in losing weight and good for heart and liver, recomended by doctors for diabetic patients etc. Drinking lauki juice has become popular among health conscious people, but if you do not want to drink lauki juice neither are you fond of this vegetable, but still for healthy reasons you have to eat it, then this recipe will suffice both the objectives. Your tongue will also have a great taste and you can also remain healthy. So lets move on to this unique recipe of Dudhi (lauki). Ingredients: serves 3 people Dudhi (half) Gram flour Rice flour Salt Oil Cashews Onions Dry coconut Ginger, garlic and green chilli paste Curd/ yoghurt Garam masala Water Recipe - this quantity serves 3 people Kofta Grate 1/2 bottle gaurd. Add 3 spoons gram flour, 1 sp...

Working women strive to cook tasty and yummy food but in a faster, easy and quick way. So here we come with an easy and quick vegetable from cauliflower. Fast and easy recipes of vegetable for working women. Ingredients Cauliflower Onion Cashews (Kaju) Tomatoes Ginger garlic paste Red chilli powder Asafoetids (hing) Turmeric (Haldi) JAggery Salt to taste Oil Water Recipe Cut cauliflower and put it in salt water in order to remove germs and dust from it. This is a cleansing process. you can also add turmeric in addition to salt to the water. Then in a small kadhai take only 1 tbsp. oil and toss cashews. Once they turn brown from both sides remove and keep it aside. now toss onion and when it changes color you can keep them aside. Finally toss tomatoes. Grind all the 3 in a mixer and add water to make the mixture smooth. Now in a kadhai, you can add oil. once the oil is hot, add the grinded paste. saute it well till it leaves oil. then add  (hing) asafoetida, tur...

Acceptance of Change "Change is the only constant thing in life" is said by a Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Everyone takes time to accept change. No one accepts a change in life so easily. Even a child takes time to adapt to a new place and becomes cranky and gradually when it gets adjusted there is a decrease in its crankiness. This shows that a child who doesn't seem to understand anything also resists change at first, then a matured adult who seems to understand things is also bound to resist a change as it is a human nature. But as matured individuals we should be able to overcome the resistance to change and try to reduce the time we take to adapt to a change and accept it fully. The more faster we accept to a change the more easy it becomes to enjoy the life Relationship between acceptance of change and learning eagerness and Age I feel that acceptance of change has a relationship with eagerness of learning of a person and their age. A young person is more ...

Since its winter, there are lot of carrots in the market, and they are even good for eyes, so jump and lets start with a tasty sweet dish from carrots, the all time favourite sweet dish in bollywood movies "GAJAR HALWA" Ingredients : 5-6 Carrots (Gajar) 2 tbsp. Desi ghee (butter without salt) 1 bowl sugar 1 bowl fresh milk cream 1/2 bowl fresh milk kaju and kishmish Recipe Grate the carrots. Add 2 tbsp. ghee in kadhai and add the grated carrot into it. Keep stirring them till its color changes. then add sugar to the mixture and keep stirring it again till the sugar melts completely. Then add the fresh cream and milk and stir it again. after 15-20 mins Gajar Halwa is ready and now you can add the dry fruits of your choice (kaju, badam, pista, kishmish). Serve hot & healthy gajar halwa and satisfy your sweet tooth. .

Brinjal is a vegetable which many people love. There are variety of brinjals and hence it can be cooked in different styles as well. I am using a big single brinjal of which we generally do bharata, but I would be showing you a different style of making a vegetable out of this brinjal which would look like a fishy fry and hence the name baingan fry. So now we move on to the recipe. Ingredients Single brinjal (baingan) Groundnut powder Red chilli powder Asafoetida (hing) Turmeric (haldi) Salt (namak) Recipe Cut the brinjal into 4 pieces. poke them with the help of a knife. and soak them in a water wherein salt is added. The salted water is absorbed in the brinjal through the pores. Then prepare a mixture with groundnut powder, Red chilli powder, Asafoetida (hing), Turmeric (haldi) & Salt (namak). mix it well. remove the brinjal's from the water and apply the mixture on them. since brinjal is wet mixture stucks to it firmly. Then put the brinjal pieces on a pan and ...

Are you in a mood to have Chinese? But afraid of ajinomoto? Have a very less time to prepare food? Then come, we will help you to prepare your Chinese fried rice at home in just a few minutes. read and watch the recipe of this fried rice that will be ready on your table in no time. Ingredients Half cooked rice or you can even use already cooked leftover rice Oil (olive oil preferable) Soya sauce Green chilli sauce Red chilli sauce Tomato sauce Vinegar Salt garlic (this is must) Onion Spring onion Capsicum Cabbage French beans you can even add vegetable as per your choice like mushrooms, baby corns, lentils etc to make the rice rich in nutrients. But you can go with basic vegetables if you are in a hurry. Recipe Let the oil get hot in a Kadhai. Add small pieces of garlic. let it turn brown. Also when you will get its smell then you can add finely chopped onion. Once onion turns its colour, you can add other vegetables. Cover the kadhai with lid and let the v...

Do you have a sweet tooth? Would you love to have a sweet breakfast? Then do read this recipe and see our video of how to make sweet poori from pumpkin commonly known as Gharge in India.  Ingredients Small piece of pumpkin Jaggery wheat flour salt to taste oil for deep frying Recipe First grate the pumpkin. Grate jaggery or make pieces of jaggery whichever you find suitable. Put them into the grated pumpkin, add salt as per taste and add wheat flour. Now knead it to form a thick dough. Apply oil to your palms and make small balls of the dough. Then flatten the balls to give it a round shape with palms on a plastic or butter paper. If the dough isn't soft you can even flatten it with the help of a  rolling pin. Then deep fry the poori and your sweet dish is ready to be served with pickles or sauces as per your choice.