The twenty rupees breakfast and memories of life
hive-120586·@sanjeevm·
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# Taking me thirty years back Today I wanted to try out some street foods - as I had to go out for some work, early in the morning. There are plenty of options available very close to my house in my native, and I was not quite sure, where to try, so I went and ate at few places and now I understand, why there are so many people in front of these shops. It's pretty tasty and affordable at the same time. One can get the breakfast as cheap as ₹10/- - you get three of these (each costing ₹3/-), and a nice curry for the extra ₹1/- you can ask the curry more. I did not feel like cost of that is just ₹1/-, but they have made it like a combo. And if you give take it for ₹20/-, then you get seven of these, which will be enough for a person. And everything served hot - in fact at times, one has to wait, till they get out because there are so many people waiting to eat and take parcel.  |  -|-  |  I was almost done, but since I thought, I would not come back, let's try this out as well - the Raj Kachodi - crispy and tasty - each plate costs ₹10/- only. It was so tasty that, I grabbed couple of them - with different preparation - the person knows how to tweak them for different tastes.    Then I felt like I should try the sweet somewhere and in search of sweet, visited few other outlets to check what they have in store and price. Apparently, everyone has same model - they are too competitive in business.      This guy seems to be having a lot of customers - few were waiting and before even I asked anything he told me I have to wait for 20 mins, before my turn comes. And he also has a contact less payment - quite smart.  Finally found the sweet that I was looking for - only ₹5/- each - it was so tasty that I ate 4 of them. It was feeling like I almost ate a big breakfast that would last for the entire day.  After couple of hours, I felt very thirsty - I was feeling like I should drink water every 10 -15 minutes. When I came home, asked my mother and she was able to explain - they use some cheap cooking oil which causes this thirstiness. Since our body is accustomed with good oil, we are not able to digest them as the hard working village people. Mom had told me to bring Coriander leaves in large amount to make a chutney - she prepared it immediately and it was like a rescue. Let me know if you are interested to know how to prepare the Coriander chutney - a super simple recipe. I still remember, I did not have any problem eating these, when I was very young and was playing football and doing all sort of hard work. That time, I used to eat fifty of these everyday ( I think, even the size was bigger than these) on my breakfast along with sweet - still having a flat belly. It used to cost only ₹20/- - in exchange of a liter of milk - yes, I did sell milk riding a by-cycle to meet our livelihood at one point of life. I used to sell them to such a food vendor who was our regular customer. So he would take 5 liters of milk and give money for 4 liters - we survived on that ₹80/- per day for almost 2 years - I was growing all vegetables at home. Even though my father did a decent job, he had to pay most of the salary for the loan that was taken with the house being the collateral. The house is in the name of my Mom - my father served the notice to my mother asking her to repay the loan else, it will be auctioned - because he was the bank manager. So to save the roof, we did all sort of hard work. Some people laughed at me that time - but hey, status and wealth are not borne qualities. They change over time with consistent effort. Any work is fine as long as you are honest - of course I don't mean cheat or steal with honesty!! It's not that I did not get a job - I did qualify for good jobs - but my mom was bed written so I did not go for any job because, I wanted to see her alive and the place of work was not suitable for her - it was a government job in Central Excise and Customs at Shillong, Meghalaya located in the North-east. She was suffering from chronic asthma and we always had life saving injections at home along with oxygen cylinder. She persuaded me many times to leave her and join and live my life with constant NO from me. One fine day, while breaking a termite royal chamber, I discovered a queen termite alive - it was the size of a big prawn. In the process of trying all sort of alternative medicines for my Mom, I somewhere heard that if she eats a termite queen, she will be all right. And what should I call it - pure LUCK - had I hit it directly, it would not have been that effective. I took it alive and asked our neighbor staying on rent to fry it alive in ghee - it shrunk and I asked her to swallow it. After couple of weeks, we saw the magic. She slowly started to recover and was able to walk. After a month or so, she was able to do her work and then slowly we felt, she was not getting serious like before. She still had asthma but it was not that severe. Life changed thereafter.......  Copyrights @sanjeevm - just let me know, if you want to copy.
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