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Week two recipe:

This is also a popular South Indian recipe called Dosa. It is one of my favorite recipes, but I was not able to cook it in Canada because we do not get the same quality of rice that Indian people use. Now, I have followed the instructions given in the video and bought rice and other ingredients from a superstore and other Indian stores. First Dosa when I tried it got burnt. The second dosa that I made was not cooked and got stuck in the pan and was not able to flip it. 

Then, I had to Google for tips on how to make a perfect dosa. I learned that the flame should not be too high or too low. Then, I tried the other dosa, which was okay to eat. I will first attach the link that I followed for cooking. 

https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/dosa-recipe-dosa-batter/

For my learning project first, I tried a simple dosa which means without a filling. For my next recipe of the week, I am going to make a filling to learn the fillings of dosa called masala dosa. Then that will be followed a recipe called sambar which also will go along with this Dasa as sidedish. It also says the chana masala recipe will be good as a side dish that will be followed for the following week. So want to learn the complete set that goes along with dosa. To try and eat delicious and healthy food. 

There are also different kinds of dosa to try for my blog in the upcoming weeks.

First week IDLY recipe;

Hello, my name is Fathima. I love to learn cooking from different states. I am from India there are more than 30 states or territories. It was my long-time dream to try different cooking recipes and cook delicious food for my children. But I do not get time to look for new recipes. Through this class, I got an opportunity to learn different cooking styles and to make new recipes for my children. 

For the first week, I tried a recipe called IDLY.  This is a south Indian food. I will write step by step how I made and also attach the link from where I learnt the recipe from.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzgzG2guCZo

This is the descriptive like in English

https://www.steffisrecipes.com/2018/03/idli-batter-for-making-soft-kushboo-idli.html

I have taken pictures of all the steps on my phone and I am not able to upload it here. 

But I have posted the detailed links

This cooking experience took me to my back home Inida. I was thinking of how people work hard to start preparing for breakfast one day a head of time. For example the rice and the incrediatns mentioned should be soaked for 4 to 5 hours. Then grinded in a gringer for 30 minutes. Then we need to add salt and mix well. Then should be kept overnight to ferment. Only the next day we get to eat the IDLY. I tried and for the first time it worked well and it was soft and good. For my next blog i am going to learn a new recipe. 

Hello Freinds my name is Fathima. I have completed my bachelor of Social Work at University of Regina. During that course  i did not get to use my technology and all the assignment were online. This is a new class with technology. I have zero knowledge in technology so i thought i can learn something from this class. My takeaway from this class is to atleast learn how to blog and connect with my classmates. I strictly follow Islam and technology or social media is prohibited to use unless it is for educational purposes. 

I use Facebook. There are a few pictures posted on my Facebook that my daughter helped to post when she helped me open my Facebook account. For now, I only use Facebook to join religious groups or for group studies from university students. I am very far behind in social media and stay away from it as well because it is a strict ‘NO, NO.’ to my culture. I have no idea about TikTok or any other social media. 

Having said that when I open my Facebook i see many people posting about cooking. That makes me follow them on YouTube. I always think of cooking new things trying different things to eat and leading a healthy lifestyle. However, time is a problem as I work full-time at school. But now for this class, as i need to learn something new, I want to learn and try different cooking and spend some time for this class project. Due to my religious restriction for social media i will only take pictures of the steps of cooking pictures and not pictures of myself. 

I have many links to cooling but for now i will post just one. And then i will choose which one i want to cook or learn. 

https://www.feastingathome.com/category/ethnic-cuisine/indian-recipes/