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| Wild greens pakoda...am in love with how pretty this platter looks |
One of the
fondest memories of my childhood was to wander around the paddyfields. People say
that I spent hours jumping from one place to another chasing the crabs, insects or
birds and watching small fishes swimming between the paddy seedlings. That love is
still there. Whenevr I go home to Midnapore or 24 parganas, I get up early and take a walk around the
village and deep inside the fields looking for those familiar sight and smell. It is here that I learnt how paddy
fields provide a nutritious meal even to the poorest of the poor people. The small
mud crabs, even smaller fishes along with the numerous greens growing as weeds
come together in a simple curry to provide all the required protein, vitamin
and micro nutrients prescribed by dieticians.
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