How to Cook Ghande Maaz (Onions and Meat) - Kashmiri style.

Today I'll take you to my kitchen and show you how we ksahmiris cook our Ghande Maaz. Ghande in kashmiri means Onion and Maaz is the word for meat. It is a regular homestyle dish and is cooked often. It is mainly served with rice - the staple food of Kashmir. (We can eat rice four times a day and as for Mutton is is as important as oxygen!). LOL. However, you can relish it with roti, naan, pulao etc.

Ghande Maaz has a rich spicy broth in which meat peices are cooked and it is very easy to prepare. 

Ingredients:

• 1 kg mutton, preferred with bone
• 2 TBS cooking oil, (preferably mustard oil)
• 2 tsp salt
• 2  onions, sliced 
• 1/2  tomatoes/tamatar, diced 
• 2/3 garlic/lahsun 
• 1 TBS ginger/adrak paste
• 1 TBS coriander/dhania, ground
• 2 tsp Kashmiri mirch 
• 1 tsp turmeric/haldi
• Few cardamoms(though you can omit them)
• 1 inch piece cassia bark/dalchini (not mandatory)

This is how we cook it:

1. In a pressure cooker, heat oil, Put the finely washed mutton in it along with salt, ginger garlic, onion and tomatoes.

2. You can cook without tomatoes but that wont be as tangy and spicy.

3. Fry till the meat begins to brown and all the water is dried up. This may take about 10 to 20 minutes depending upon the freshness of meat.

4. Add the rest of the spices and mix well. Let it fry for 5 to 7 minutes.

5. Add 3 cups of water or at least enough water to cover the entire mixture.

6. Let it cook for a while until it starts to boil.

7. Seal the pressure cooker and continue to cook till 4 – 5 whistles or until the desired tenderness is achieved.

Serve hot. Must have delicacy from Kashmir. Try it and share the reviews with me. Enjoy.

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How To Get Stuff Done?

Hi guys!

I hope you enjoy reading my blog posts as much a s I love posting them. The topic that I chose for today is "HOW TO GET STUFF DONE?" Well, it is the most coldest time of the year so many of you like me, prefer to stay indoors with "Pheran" and "Kangri". Moreover the days too are very short which means very little time to get all the things done. I have found that most of the days I am not able to complete with all the tasks that I have to do and makes me wonder all the time if it is me who is getting lazy or is it the time, that is running short. Basically it is both and add the intense below zero temperature to it.

However, I have listed some good key points that might help me and you to get through this winter and the stuff that needs to be done.

Read along.

1. Motivation

Why? Obviously!

The first and foremost step to get anything done is the right motivation. Find it! And it is present everywhere; internet, blogs, books, magazines, friends, family, anywhere, everywhere. 

Let the power of this motivation drive you with full energy to get your stuff done.

2. List-it

I know right! There is a huge bunch of things that need to be sorted out and you don't know how and where to start. Well, Grab a notebook or a diary and make a list of all the tasks that you have to do. Make lists of all the things and of all sorts that are feasible to you. Start with the task that has the highest priority. Mark the ones that you have done. Make sub-lists of the tasks that are composed of many sub tasks. For example: If one of the larger tasks you want to conquer is cleaning your room, make another list of specific tasks. This would include vacuuming, re-organizing your makeup, and getting rid of junk.

3. Do it

To get anything done, you got to do it. Come out of your warm and cozy cocoon and grab the tools that are required to get the stuff done. How else are you going to do it, it you are not doing it? Does that make sense? 

Okay, start with the smallest tasks that require the least amount of your time. This will make your list a lot little and will make you feel accomplished. Your motivation will also surge. Use this motivation to tackle the bigger tasks that require greater efforts.

4. Finish it off!

Once you have finished everything on the TO-DO list, check them all and share with your friends and family. That is you moment of accomplishment! 

Take your time, enjoy and make more lists. 

Well, work is a never ending thing. 

Was this article helpful? Share with us your ways of how to get stuff done. what do you do to keep yourself motivated? How do you feel when you are done with your Stuff?

Bye friends!

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Some Interesting Fun Facts About Crochet You Didn’t Know.

Hi guys. I have compiled a list of some very interesting fact about crocheting. I know many of you like to crochet but did you know what was the first crochet pattern that was released and when? Or is there any relation of crocheting to the world of mathematics? Well, below are some intriguing and fascinating at the same time, facts about crochet. The history and the love for crocheting are absolutely worthwhile to read.

Did you know.

• The word crochet is derived from the middle French word “croc” or “croche” which means hook.

Metropolitan museum of Art.

• The earliest forms of crocheting involved the use of fingers instead of hooks.

• The way you hold your crochet hook is called the “knife hold way.”

• The first crochet pattern was printed in a Dutch magazine in 1824 and it was called “Penelope”

• Crocheting uses more yarn than knitting. (And I thought it to be other way round)

• A double crochet stitch is four times larger than the knitted stitch.

• People are more interested in crocheting than knitting and latest trends in google analytics shoe that it is surpassing knitting in popularity and it is suggested that it will remain so. Crocheting is booming.

• The Weldon Company in London is known to have pulished first granny square pattern in 1897 and it is one of the longest crochet patterns in prints.

• Crochet love will lead you to insane yarn shopping. It can make you yarnholic!

• Crocheting turns your down time into productive time.

• One of the presidents of US used to crochet. He was James Buchanan(1857 – 1861).

commons.wikimedia.org

• The crochet patterns have a mathematical structures underlying them. These have been used to illustrate shapes that are impossible to produce in any other medium. The patterns normally follow the Hyperbolic and fractal patterns. (we will discuss that in new post!)

Hyperbolic crochet pattern : Mentalfloss.com

Fractal crochet pattern : aliexpress.com

• Crocheting is healthy. It reduces stress and makes you relax. (unless you are doing a complex pattern)

• The first crochet hooks were made from hardened mud. It was replaced by volcanic rocks and later to fish bones. (And you thought your cute looking hook was there from start)

broughttolife.sciencemuseum.org.uk

• Crocheting is the second most loved hobby all over the world! (Did you think you were the only one?) It lost to bonsai, scrap-booking, butterfly chasing, and swimming with sharks.

• People are proud of their crocheting hobby and it makes them happy. 

I hope you enjoyed reading these interesting and fascinating facts about crocheting as much as I did while writing them down! By the way, how many of these fascinating facts about crocheting did you already know? Do you know more? Mention them in the comments below.

keep on crocheting and have a fabulous week!

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