The aroma of my lunch....
@arunima25 (87796)
Bangalore, India
July 4, 2024 3:02am CST
Good afternoon and a Happy Thursday from this side of the planet 
. It's 1:30 PM and I am waiting for my elder daughter to finish her work( she is doing a remote internship in her semester break) and join us. Younger daughter is sitting down with her crochet project while waiting for her. She is making a mobile pouch for her friend who has invited her for lunch on Saturday. My husband is working from home and he too will join us in some time. What better way to kill this waiting time with some mylotting . So, I am here.
The aroma of my lunch is filling the house. I had made breakfast and did all the preparation for lunch before leaving the house early in the morning for lunch. And as soon as I entered the house at 12:15, I changed and entered the kitchen. And quickly the lunch got ready. It's daal palak( lentils cooked with spinach and seasoned with cumin, bayleaf, green chillies, garlic, onion and tomatoes), basmati rice, Egg plant and raw banana slices shallow fried as side dishes along with curd and sliced cucumber. It's a heavenly aroma 
in my house and I am really feeling hungry 
.
Hey, another Friday is here. So, weekend is knocking again 
. I hope that you all had a good week and are looking forward to this weekend. 
Enjoy your time in your myLot corner. Stay happy and healthy.
I will move to reading your posts and responding. I have few notifications and I will make them wait for a while.
Take care
That's the picture of my Daal palak. Doesn't it look yummy!!
. It's 1:30 PM and I am waiting for my elder daughter to finish her work( she is doing a remote internship in her semester break) and join us. Younger daughter is sitting down with her crochet project while waiting for her. She is making a mobile pouch for her friend who has invited her for lunch on Saturday. My husband is working from home and he too will join us in some time. What better way to kill this waiting time with some mylotting . So, I am here.
The aroma of my lunch is filling the house. I had made breakfast and did all the preparation for lunch before leaving the house early in the morning for lunch. And as soon as I entered the house at 12:15, I changed and entered the kitchen. And quickly the lunch got ready. It's daal palak( lentils cooked with spinach and seasoned with cumin, bayleaf, green chillies, garlic, onion and tomatoes), basmati rice, Egg plant and raw banana slices shallow fried as side dishes along with curd and sliced cucumber. It's a heavenly aroma in my house and I am really feeling hungry .
Hey, another Friday is here. So, weekend is knocking again . I hope that you all had a good week and are looking forward to this weekend.
Enjoy your time in your myLot corner. Stay happy and healthy.
I will move to reading your posts and responding. I have few notifications and I will make them wait for a while.
Take care
That's the picture of my Daal palak. Doesn't it look yummy!!13 people like this
14 responses
@luisadannointed (6157)
• Philippines
4 Jul
Just by the look at it... It seems creamy an tasty, i thought it also hass a squash but it was not mentioned in the ingredients. Thank you for sharing.
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
4 Jul
Thank you. It's indeed yummy, healthy and quick to cook. What else can one ask from a dish. I did not use squash here. We have other preparation with daal ( lentils) using bottle gourd, ridge gourd, raw papayas and few other veggies. They all taste good after some good seasoning.
. I did not use squash here. We have other preparation with daal ( lentils) using bottle gourd, ridge gourd, raw papayas and few other veggies. They all taste good after some good seasoning.1 person likes this
@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
4 Jul
Thank you. I can't wait to eat. These two are working over time and it's already past my lunch time. I might start after few minutes if they don't join. I can hear my stomach growling
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@psanasangma (7288)
• India
9 Jul
This looks delicious!!
Nowadays is roselle's leaves season.. I love cooking with roselle leaves too
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@psanasangma (7288)
• India
10 Jul
@arunima25 We use to add instead of tomatoes during summer and rainy season. It's a kind of substitution I guess... we ends up cooking with fish, chicken, okra, brinjal ... and my native people mostly cook roselle leaves with dry fish
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
10 Jul
@psanasangma I would love to try your native dishes. They all sound so delicious. I am a vegetarian by choice but can go for little chicken and fish once or twice in a year. I cook non veg for my husband and daughters. They love it.
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
10 Jul
Thank you. It was delicious and we relished it. I have never tried Roselle leaves. I have never tasted it either.. Once I read about all the health benefits that it has in one article.
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@sathviksouvik (19461)
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9 Jul
your dal palak Arunimaji has been lovely from the picture. I can smell the aroma
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@sathviksouvik (19461)
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10 Jul
@arunima25 thanks Arunimaji you always come up with very innovative dishes
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
10 Jul
Thank you. It was yummy. We relished it. It's simple and quick to cook too.
@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
10 Jul
@sathviksouvik This is not innovative one. Dal palak is a very common dish in every Indian household. Isn't it. Quite simple and easy to cook too. Comes handy on working days when we are too busy.
@LindaOHio (178476)
• United States
5 Jul
Your lunch looks delicious. Yesterday was the 4th of July...our Independence Day. There were constant fireworks for 2 hours starting at 9 pm. I hope you have a wonderful day and weekend.
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@LindaOHio (178476)
• United States
6 Jul
@arunima25 You're welcome. I am still hoping that my husband will be coming home in 2 weeks. He's back in rehab now.
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jul
Thank you Linda. It was yummy and we relished it. I hope that you had a good Independence day. My husband's counterparts in the US were on a holiday and so, it was a pretty relaxed day for him at the work. He worked from home.
How is your husband doing? I hope that he is feeling much better now. Take care .
. It was yummy and we relished it. I hope that you had a good Independence day. My husband's counterparts in the US were on a holiday and so, it was a pretty relaxed day for him at the work. He worked from home.
How is your husband doing? I hope that he is feeling much better now. Take care .1 person likes this
@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jul
@LindaOHio I am happy to hear that. Keeping fingers crossed. Hope that he is back in two weeks. You have waited a long for this.
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@sarik1 (7221)
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10 Jul
@arunima25 yes just come online.but now I am going to NGO teaching duty.i will come in evening.
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
10 Jul
@sarik1 Oh! Good to know. What are you teaching there? I hope that you are enjoying it. I too keep coming online in between the work and chores.
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
10 Jul
Thank you..it was yummy! Good to see you here. How have you been?
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@ifa225 (14461)
• Indonesia
4 Jul
@arunima25 you are absolute right, hot noodle soup amd spicy. That is out fave meal when it is cold and rainy
Enjoy your food
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jul
@ifa225 Sounds yummy! I love hot soupy and spicy noodles, especially on a cold and rainy day. We enjoyed our meal. It was yummy!
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
4 Jul
Thank you. We relished it.. Simple home cooked hot meal... nothing beats it up. . Well, hot noodle soup is the right choice for a rainy weather.
. Well, hot noodle soup is the right choice for a rainy weather.1 person likes this
@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
10 Jul
..you can smell and taste it through your eyes 1 person likes this
@RasmaSandra (79814)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Jul
I hope you enjoyed lunch and will have a good start to the weekend, Here in the US starting with today all the next days are part of the Fourth of July Weekend to celebrate out countries independence,
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jul
It was yummy! We relished it .
Enjoy your long weekend.
My husband's counterparts in the US are all gone on long weekend vacation. So, he too had some relaxed days at work. He is working from home since 4th July.
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Enjoy your long weekend.
My husband's counterparts in the US are all gone on long weekend vacation. So, he too had some relaxed days at work. He is working from home since 4th July.1 person likes this
@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
4 Jul
Thank you. It was really yummy and we all relished it. What else can one ask from a good dish... yummy, healthy and very quick to prepare. . There are times when we also manage with easy to go snacks in our dinner, especially when we have a late lunch or we eat more in lunch
. There are times when we also manage with easy to go snacks in our dinner, especially when we have a late lunch or we eat more in lunch1 person likes this
@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
4 Jul
Thank you Valerie. It was yummy. We relished it.
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jul
Thank you Judy. It was yummy..we relished it.
You are right. I was getting so impatient with all the aroma. It was tough to wait for them to join for the lunch
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@aninditasen (16389)
• Raurkela, India
4 Jul
It looks tempting. However I have never made dal palak. I will try it sometime.
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@aninditasen (16389)
• Raurkela, India
6 Jul
@arunima25 I think it's common in North India. I have never found it in Eastern India. I shall surely try it.
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@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jul
@aninditasen Oh! Is it so? My Bengali friends make it too. And here in South India too, they make South Indian version of it . Even that is very yummy.
@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
6 Jul
Thank you Anindita . Oh! That's surprising. Daal Palak is very common Indian dish. You can try it. It's yummy and quick to make.
. Oh! That's surprising. Daal Palak is very common Indian dish. You can try it. It's yummy and quick to make.1 person likes this
@arunima25 (87796)
• Bangalore, India
7 Jul
Thank you. I make some or the other lentils almost daily. That's the major source of protein in our diet. This one is yummy! We relished it. Have a good time in your myLot corner
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@grenery8 (10578)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
10 Jul
@arunima25 protein is always good. Thank you, you too.
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