I wake up late today but after a restful sleep. I decide to finish everything including pooja and then start studying so that I have no distractions. I have a wedding to attend in the evening, so I know post 7.00 pm I am barely going to get time. I make a quick juice of broccoli and apple (I don't like it too much as I have not added anything else to it... but it is not totally inedible so I finish it). I have a raw guava (I can't stand the smell of the ripe guava at all) and some jamuns through the study sessions.
Today I am in an indulgent mood and have made laddos out of groundnut and jaggery. Since they are tiny, I keep popping them once in a while. They are quite filling. So I don't feel the need of anything else.
Today's salad is a Raw Papaya and Bell Pepper salad.
Ingredients:
Grated Raw papaya - 1 big Katori
Mix of Red, Yellow and Green Bell peppers sliced- 1 big katori
Pomegranate seeds - 1/2 katori
Chopped Coriander
For dressing:
Coarsely grounded peanuts
1-2 petals of garlic - finely grated
1 finely chopped green chili
1/2 lemon
Salt to taste
Method:
Mix all the ingredients just when you are about to have the salad.
I have this with the Kanda Kairichi Chutney. I have (ahem) the aamras for dessert as usual and a couple of more laddos :P
Evening I have a couple of katoris of puffed rice or Kurmura (am I getting addicted to this I wonder) and start getting ready for the wedding hoping that I will stick to the salad counter and not stray or get tempted.
Come back from the wedding happy as I didn't sway in to the temptation. I have been a good girl and had some slices of cucumber and tomato and some fruit salad inffused with mint and chaat masala. I see a paan counter and have not 1 but 3 sweet paan filled desiccated coconut and some sounf and maybe some candies fruits. Couldn't really figure out, but I enjoy the cool taste of the paan on this humid summer evening.
Pass or fail, tomorrow this tension will be over I tell myself and get back to my books. Don't know when I will call it a day... hopefully after a long study session and without any more food cravings! Today I feel like I have conquered the world as I did not give in or rather did not even feel like having all the wedding delicacies around me :D