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Monday, March 17, 2008

Basic rice recipe


Nityananda Gauranga Hare Krsna
Here is very simple way how to cook rice!

Basic rice recipe

1 � cup rice
2 tablespoons ghee (or butter)
� teaspoon salt
� teaspoon black pepper (it is optional, you may also prepare "plain rice" without pepper)
2 � cups water
Heat ghee and then add rice. Stir rice on medium heat for 1 minute. Add water and spices and bring to a boil. Cover and put on low heat to simmer for 18 minutes.

While you are making rice, you can meditate on ecstatic "rice" lila from Caitanya Caritamrta:

"In this way, by submitting various humble requests, Advaita Acarya made Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Lord Nityananda eat. Thus Caitanya Mahaprabhu fulfilled all the desires of Advaita Acarya.

Nityananda Prabhu jokingly said, �My belly is not yet filled up. Please take away Your food. I have not taken the least of it. After saying this, Nityananda Prabhu took a handful of rice and threw it on the floor in front of Him, as if He were angry. When two or four pieces of the thrown rice touched His body, Advaita Acarya began to dance in various ways with the rice still stuck to His body.

When the rice thrown by Nityananda Prabhu touched His body, Advaita Acarya thought Himself purified by the touch of remnants thrown by Paramahamsa Nityananda. Therefore He began dancing. Advaita Acarya jokingly said, �My dear Nityananda, I invited You, and indeed I have received the results. You have no fixed caste or dynasty. By nature You are a madman. To make Me a madman like Yourself, You have thrown the remnants of Your food at Me. You did not even fear the fact that I am a brahmana.�

Nityananda Prabhu replied, �These are the remnants of food left by Lord Krsna. If You take them to be ordinary remnants, You have committed an offense.�
(Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila, 3.92-99)



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