Dal…Delhi…Dill(means heart in Hindi)…Dinning…Dawat (means party in Hindi)

DAL—NEW DELHI FOOD FOR NORTH INDIA---NEW DELHI DAL….

You know Dal so important part of New Delhi that its taste effects family life, its price effects economy and politics and its presentation and cooking makes even street vendor fear full.

So Dal is integral part of New Delhi.

 This month of August, so here I am writing on Dal, as we celebrate our Independence Day on 15^th August every year, witnessed Yoga Guru’s society and political change movement, Muslim festival EID and Hindu festival Raksha Bhandan.

Still I say I am all right to write on Dal.

Romantically good Dal can win hearts of anyone. Good Dal for me makes best family friends where I go for dinner

Dal…Delhi…Dill(means heart in Hindi)…Dinning…Dawat (means party in Hindi)

Dal, curry of thoughts, protein, energy, vegetarian and full meal for every poor and rich citizen of New Delhi, oh no full whole nation, India.

Any type of pulses prices affects the politics of not only New Delhi, but whole nation. So you can understand the importance of pulses in our society, politics and health.

Going into it is business, you will be shocked and get informed that 99% of Dal and daily fresh vegetable business is unaccounted.

Dal from farmers to mill those process the Dal are non-accounted and we can find most of the rich without any listed equity based business houses. Trading of Dal is among the oldest business of mankind. Here we have silk route from where Asia, China and Europe get connected for Dal, spices and silk.

So Dal is very important part of India, which normally have base in New Delhi in terms of food lovers, traders and restaurants.

Yellow, black white and brown colored pulses have different Indian names like Ahrar, Malka, Massor  etc. But yellow and black massor Dal is the most commonly used and served both at home and hotels.

You know you can cook Dal in 5 minutes with pressure cooker and for fine dines and exclusive taste chefs and home cook says it for 24 hours in low heat on charcoal or wood heat in food grade brass pan.

COMMON NAMES OF DAL

1-YELLOW DAL 2-DAL THARKA(Tossed Dal with herbs and heavy Indian butter or oil)

3-DAL MAKAHNI(Buttered) 4-DAL WITH KIDNEY BEANS

5-MIX DAL

Dedicated dal lovers like me normally try to soak Yellow and black Dal with Kidney beans for 10-15 hours before start cooking. After boiling in pressure cooker with make cashew nut paste and sallow fry it with lot of heavy Indian pure oil. We call it Dal Makahni, means Dal with butter and chesses. This is the Dal, which means

Dal is curry made with available pulses, seasoning, spices and water. Boiled and than tossed with onion, garlic, ginger and spices. Easiest cooking menu which is done in almost every household in India. Its taste normally depends upon the water content and spices we add. Same Dal seeds taste varies within 20 kilometer of distance within whole nation. Seasoning or adding salt content counts a lot into taste.

We can get Dal in many forms and very low price to high price, means you can get Dal for 25 $cent or INR 20 TO 2$or 110INR/ one portion or for one person. In five star hotel and restaurants we get medium portion of Dal for $10 OR INR 550 to $50 or INR 2700 depending upon reputation of the place.

After long time a try to keep my emotion on food, as you know August is humid month of the year here in New Delhi. Apart from hot and dry season we had some political rallies those keep my mind occupied. Also this month we normally keep rains cooling town temperature but this year less rains kept food mood out. You know normally during rainy season as per priest of Hindus, it is advised not have non vegetarians food and food from out side homes during rainy season food is normally contaminated with rain water and humid season, it is not a present day advise, it has been written in our holy books those are supposed to be 2000 year old.

So here rationally we have some good advice to keep our self healthy.  

BEST PLACES FOR DAL IN NEW DELHI

All five star hotel in New Delhi serve Dal of all types which I have mentioned but problem is they charge like rocket fare means USD 15 TO 70,where as you can get good dal for 3-5USDin any fine dine small restaurants. Yes to pay more once in the blue moon is fine, once I tried Dal for INR 2000, means USD 40.

BOKHARO, TAJ, MERIDIEAN, OBERIOS AND LEELA in central and South Delhi are best five star hotels to have Dal.

Fine Dine Restaurants

1-Pandara road, Central Delhi, I don’t want to name it but all are good.

2-Moets in Defense colony

3-Punjabis road side Dhaba outside main Lajpat Nagar market

4-Punjabi by nature in Vasant Vihar

5-All cooperative clubs like NSIC,VASANT VIHAR etc

STREET SHOPS THOSE HAVE HYGENIC SPACE-

Normally every part of city had one street vendor or small take away joint serving Dal, we need to consult local resident, as at my locality I have some small vendors those butter fry Dal in front of me and charge USD 1.5 OR INR 80/ for 2 portion of Dal.

Some time I try in afternoon vendor at that time he had opened the shop and seems bit cleaner than evening and he charges onlyUSD0.90 INR 40 for good 2 portion of Dal. So it is matter of choice and quality. Money does not matter as long as you need to enjoy taste of particular day.

1-In front of New Delhi railway station

2-By lanes of Phar Ganj, Karol Bagh etc

You know we can have a really good Dal and Roti, Indian bread cook book with reviews of New Delhi restaurants. It will take time for me to work on this but I think we can do some 100 pages book on that topic that is good for all Indians and those travelling New Delhi for first time.

Any type of pulses prices affects the politics of not only New Delhi, but whole nation. So you can understand the importance of pulses in our society, politics and health.

Going into it is business, you will be shocked and get informed that 99% of Dal and daily fresh vegetable business is unaccounted.

Dal from farmers to mill those process the Dal are non accounted and we can find most of the rich without any listed equity based business houses. Trading of Dal is among the oldest business of mankind. Here we have silk route from where Asia, China and Europe get connected for Dal, spices and silk.

So Dal is very important part of India, which normally have base in New Delhi in terms of food lovers, traders and restaurants.

So here I am writing on Dal, as we celebrate our Independence Day on 15^th August every year.

  A day where British colonial regime liberated us and donated back our nation to most manipulated politicians.

No no I am not political writer

So read about food….

Shailesh Sharma Pokhriyal

11-18^th August 2012

In my house and restaurants as I am not allowed to eat non veg for last one month so I tried Dal in different forms and places.

Thank God, I am not New Delhi journalist…….

Thank God, I am not New Delhi journalist…….

Please forgive me; I am not trying to defame any profession and person. Here I am also not portraying myself and political critic.

The most admired and fast developing city in Asia, city with touch of everything; politics, business, sports, media and all four seasons given to us by mother nature. But the most important part of modern economy and city is news and views expressed and publicized by any form of broadcast medium are turned annoying or not to mention bad word called unacceptable.

These days television journalist and their directors portray themselves as the most privileged and celebrated citizens of India those have the best knowledge and can say and show anything their or their so called political and business friends like to.

For example in New Delhi we don’t have proper hospitals and public schools, but news channels promote and advertise private schools where they say we have Oxford or Stanford qualified teachers.

 Where common middle and poor class will go. New Delhi where we have pay tax just to use roads and need to have own water purifiers and electricity generations.

Do we as writers and those address events and situations in any form to community need to go for real issues in simple format?

I don’t know why I write on issues that matters to me or my community I live? But I try to focus on all good and bad parts and events of the city which I love to live called New Delhi. Please don’t blame city, politicians and governments officials only we as citizens, journalist and writers need to address real issues. One thing more here we find that we raise issues at sensational level to get readership. Why television channels and news papers make reports those have only done to create sensationalism and blaming city administrations.

Why we show debates among different political parties and so called top qualified news editors portray themselves as judges?

I live down town of New Delhi, district called Dawarka which has 2 million people moved in just span of a decade and we don’t have hospital and here people talk about local policies makes money with land grabbing.

Oh my God? Hello, please make real life topics on priority….

Being judgmental, critical informative means good news reporter. Time has made sensational part of news made very important part of news reporting. Television news channels made gimmicks and irrational news like conman or fatal accident reports are more important than any reality reporting. News television channels need film reviews and stand up comedians to cover air time on particular day.

Managing one political news coming every hour with twist or words and with different anchors is name of the game.

Food and restaurants views are made by novice journalist or just being celebrity is called food reporting these days. Some news channels are promoting self proclaimed God man and ghost reports. Some English news journalist are making reports on Tiger conservation and economic slow down like they are true patriotism.

I am just putting my views as normal writer and citizen of this beautiful city named New Delhi.

English news channels journalist present themselves as so judgmental that they can make satire on anyone because they think their Oxford degree and vocabulary skills are better that any person.

I feel, today news channels and news paper are giving true and clear reporting and critical views. New Delhi, being so big city here we have everything from politics to art to big corporate to big sporting events. Here we are into the time of specialization.

It is not like that one can do reporting on all topics. It is funny to find one of the experienced political journalist making comments on food.

Top music writer or journalist becomes high paid editor of daily news paper. Hello knock, what is happening?

I like my city so much, that I seek support from news sellers to make it honest, clear and honest.

Today news channels are the mirror of any city, nation and its people.

Today making money is more important than loyalty to our job. In any civilized community, state or country, newspaper and television news channels play very important part.

As we are into 21^st century where television and internet is the best method to distribute news and views with touch of a button.

Here question is are we getting real and true news and views?

New Delhi being capital of nation has the top rated new channels and new papers in the country. All together in whole India we have the largest number of news television channels in different languages in the world.

In any form of social community we need people to get governed by the people for the people. All these people those are not in the governing community which is always lesser in number than of people in community need to be get informed of movements of governing body and rules those made and followed by governing body.

Here, in New Delhi all governing body heads live and manage their offices to organize 120 corers of people in the largest democracy in the world.

I am not qualified or posses any professional degree and training as journalist, but I suppose and presume that presenting and reporting in words or visual true picture of any event  is primary job of any journalist. Are you getting this?

Written By Shailesh Sharma Pokhriyal in 3 months April to July 2012

Dawraka New Delhi

NEW DELHI CAN MAKE CHANGE THIS SYSTEM OF LIFE WE LIVE? Change is law of nature, FOLLOW AND ACCEPT

NEW DELHI CAN MAKE CHANGE THIS SYSTEM OF LIFE WE LIVE? Change is law of nature, FOLLOW AND ACCEPT

Be positive and participate in change of system of our living, as we need social system and political system to get organized. Politics is not business of making profits and ruling today. Personally we need to change this voting politics and make the system where we all participate in systems how we live in this country.

As we are born and based in New Delhi and witness all political movements closely so we need to raise our voices loudly. Participate in political system to change.

New Delhi is positive and political city in the great nation India. But a few votes makes differences and puts one billion people in confused stages of their professional and social life which the up to large extent don’t like. Here I want to say that, very few votes makes our government as we have only 60-70% voters listed and normally winner gets 10% votes of our total population and only 570 people and few thousand top government IAS decides our life of over billion people.

I am not getting political or media person, I am common man looking to change system where all live together and listen to each other not to fight system but asking government system to listen to us also.

Why we say politics and politician is wrong profession, why only putting our problems in form on media news, agitation and letters send my NGOS is the only way. We have seen al these matters, here result is zero, as common citizen we got to nothing.

Wake up and say your mind and heart. Change can happen, if we even just think positive to accept change. We need change in our political and government system. Time has come here just one vote or one exam shall don’t decide how you and I live in the nation. Why all privileges are with politician and government bur official, media and lawyers in the nation. We as corporate professionals, common workers, farmers, helpers and so called working class will go to present how we want to live in this country, where we have born. Television and computer has made us aware of all things we see and listen whatever we want. So why cannot we present our say on how we want to get governed by government.

You know some time I find myself as common farmer not a corporate professional here we make way to make things happen with our business and market economic brains, on other hand farmer also make way out to grow crops to make his living, we are not entitle to complain because farmer has no where to go and we as professional need to survive in the competition. So professional workers and farmers are on same platform living mercy to accept. As farmer living on mercy of rains and government water, professional on market system and company directors. Farmer gets reward of living in non polluted life in village and professional rewarded as live in cars and air-conditioned office.

I feel as professional we live in material and unreal life .Our bosses say they follow government policy to decide how we work and share our profits with us.

So at last we all are managed and manipulated by governments. So here I feel pity about private business owners also those need to involve themselves to dirty nature of governments professional

Let’s thinks and make changes in our political system.

We as Indian have accepted all changes from living, eating, education and even marriage also. So we should accept that change is law of nature. Our political electoral system is too old and need to change, our national love is changed, our moral and self dignity emotions have been changed. So what we are waiting try change as we have done in our eating habits.

A thing which hurts any human being we try changes, so please follow any one, I am not suggesting Anna or Ramdev, and it is individual’s choice. Listen to your heart. Try to find what is good for you. But remember one thing we need change.

Secondly don’t follow news channels. As they have put in negative wipes to the nation is last 60 years. Be positive and make sure you make your point to look for change.570 people sitting in parliament are not entitle to finalize how we live in our own nation. Just passing one exam called IAS or top journalist does not give permission to decide what you and me as common citizen of nation wants.

I am not political inclined but asking to find change where we feel we live in a nation where I feel we all are same and need to fight for systems. System, government and citizens are same when we say we live in one nation.

Written By Shailesh Shrama Pokhriyal

After witnessing movements of Anna and Ramdev….in month on July and August 2012,New Delhi streets,Janter Manter and Ramlilla Maiden