True price, utmost importance or very special …. expressions used to describe something very valuable. Valuable personally, otherwise it’s just another thing.

It is very difficult to take some decisions, unless we decide their importance, and line them up according to their rank in our lives.

Relationships are the no. 1 for me. One thing I had realized quite a
few years back, the only people who can influence are the ones we give importance to. Nobody else can make any difference.

Unless we value somebody or something, it cannot be important to us, it can’t bother us, disturb or take away our time.

“The true price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it”. Henry David Thoreau

This is exactly how we should measure the value of everything in our lives, from the smallest things to the most precious relations.

There are times that we are so upset with things around us, we really have no clue what to do and don’t realize that the time just passed by.

Bills not paid, grocery not shopped, books not returned, classes to attend, work to finish,….. and lot more. Nothing is going to change just being upset, set the list right, that’s all I would say. This is home front, everyday.

But then the storming stage in our personal front with family, friends and everyone else. Trying to learn, trying to adjust, trying to impress……everybody around us influence our behavior, sometimes we are not what we are but what they want us to be. This is where things get difficult and stressed out, this is when it should be  made clear who is important. If not, we lose our true price and the best time of life too.

Some true priced moments with my family, time spend over a glass of wine with DV, eating together at the dinner table, family movie time once awhile, family outing for ice cream after dinner………… undisputed equal exchange for life.

A recipe from one of my treasurable moments, thanks to my friend………..

Haree Murgh

                                                                                                                                     One quick chicken curry, very easy to make, no complicated ingredients and less attention needed.

Chicken, the best source of protein combined with ingredients rich in antioxidants and medicinal properties.

Ingredients: Makes 6 servings

• Whole chicken or any pieces             3 pounds cut into small pieces
• Onions                                                    2 large ones sliced lengthwise
• Cilantro                                                  2 big bunches
• Green chilies                                         8/9 (as per taste)
• Turmeric                                                1 tsp
• Coriander powder                                3 tbsp.
• Ginger garlic paste                               1 tbsp.
• cloves                                                      5
• cardamom                                             4
• Cinnamon                                              1 1/2 inch of piece
• Bay leaf                                                  2 big ones/3 small
• Salt                                                          as per taste
• Oil                                                           3 tbsp.

Directions: Take a deep dish, put in the cut onions, cilantro and the green chilies. Steam cook in medium heat. Don’t add water or oil. Cook till the onions are transparent. Switch off and let it cool, may be 10 minutes.

Now put the steamed mix in a grinder, add ginger garlic paste, cloves, cardamom, cinnamon and salt(1 1/2 tsp) and grind it to make a fine paste.

Pour the mix back into the same vessel, add bay leaves,  turmeric, coriander powder, oil and the chicken, mix it well. Close it with a tight-fitting lid.

Switch on the stove, cook the meat on medium high, stirring occasionally for 30 mins or untill oil floats, with the lid on still. Check for salt, add if required,

I know this was exactly how I felt ” THAT’S ALL” , yes we are done cooking.

I enjoyed it and am sure you will too. Unless you try you can’t appreciate.