How to be a healthy romantic during Covid-9 Lock-in
If you want to stay healthy stick to what your grandmother or great grandmother ate back in those days. We, in south India, ate rice, fish and vegetables day in and day out. We grew our own rice and vegetables in the fields. There was no time to sleep in the afternoons. The time was spent on preparing those elaborate evening meals which were basically fish curry and rice. Now, making curry in the olden days was an art. You have to grind the freshly grated coconut and roasted masala on a stone contraption which is rotated round and round by you, by hand. It's terribly boring because it takes hours to get to that fine consistency your grandmother wants. I have done it. Meanwhile, as you do it, you can talk to your cat which is waiting patiently for that bit of fish you promised it
Back in those days, there was no electricity in our village and if we had it, it came only for a few hours in the morning. But, it was fun to eat under a lantern hung from the ceiling. Nowadays, you light a lamp only if Modi tells you, but, back in those days, we had to do it every evening. It was great fun eating freshly caught fish, cooked in a coconut based sauce under the shadowy light of the lantern hung from the tiled ceiling. Did I tell you I am a great romantic? I still like to eat by the light of the lantern when there is no current in Wayanad which happens to be all the time during rainy season. And, yea, it keeps me grounded and appreciative of things that I have.
If you want to stay healthy stick to what your grandmother or great grandmother ate back in those days. We, in south India, ate rice, fish and vegetables day in and day out. We grew our own rice and vegetables in the fields. There was no time to sleep in the afternoons. The time was spent on preparing those elaborate evening meals which were basically fish curry and rice. Now, making curry in the olden days was an art. You have to grind the freshly grated coconut and roasted masala on a stone contraption which is rotated round and round by you, by hand. It's terribly boring because it takes hours to get to that fine consistency your grandmother wants. I have done it. Meanwhile, as you do it, you can talk to your cat which is waiting patiently for that bit of fish you promised it
Back in those days, there was no electricity in our village and if we had it, it came only for a few hours in the morning. But, it was fun to eat under a lantern hung from the ceiling. Nowadays, you light a lamp only if Modi tells you, but, back in those days, we had to do it every evening. It was great fun eating freshly caught fish, cooked in a coconut based sauce under the shadowy light of the lantern hung from the tiled ceiling. Did I tell you I am a great romantic? I still like to eat by the light of the lantern when there is no current in Wayanad which happens to be all the time during rainy season. And, yea, it keeps me grounded and appreciative of things that I have.
