Umma’s Pothu Curry/ Beef Curry

Like I mentioned earlier, this Ramadan is about a lot of reflection. If I am able to help anybody reading my blog in making slight changes to their thought process when I am doing it for myself, it will definitely give Pinme a sense of satisfaction of having done something commendable! 🙂

I keep reading these couple of verses from the Holy Qura’an when my chips are down. The emphasis is on three things – gratefulness, patience and perseverance. When calamity strikes in any form, many of us always ask the question, “Why me?” We instantly forget all the blessings that He has given us during our good times. I know trying to change ourself to think this way is not easy… yet, it takes a lot of mental strength to think in this direction. But once we learn the process, our calamity starts looking lighter to us, not because we are not bothered about it, but because of the feeling that He has been with us during the good days and He will definitely take care of our pain. While we be grateful, “be patient and persevere” is what we are being told. If things go wrong, keep trying to rectify it in ways that are pleasing to Allah, and if it doesn’t work out, keep trying again and again, with lots of patience. I have been reflecting in my previous blog posts as to how much I pray to Allah for “Sabr”. It is definitely a trait that will help us go a long way in bad and good times – to be patient to overcome our trials and to be patient and humble during our good times.

If, last Ramadan, I shared my umma’s Varutharacha Chicken Curry, then this time it’s her beef curry. Everybody would vouch that mom’s cooking is the best. I sincerely hope that my kids would also vouch for that fact once they grow up! Somehow, today’s children have such complicated tongues that are so difficult to please! I guess many of you would agree. Whenever we have guests around at home, umma most of the time settles down to makes this beef curry with neychoru and her dry chicken roast and it is always a hit. The best thing is that when she makes it, it tastes the same all the time, but when I try, it tastes different at all times! I guess it’s all related to experience… hehe… moving on to share how umma has taught me to make her beef curry…