A culinary retreat from Mom with so much love and dedication.

Mom is a great cook and what she has feed me, will always be a memory of not only my life time, but also kids since they have enjoyed some niche items prepared by her. She always reminds me a simple joy of life - enjoy the food that you eat every time, with gratitude, because tomorrow is not guaranteed. We did not have abundance of supplies because of financial issues, but she always managed to cook tasty recipes made of simple ingredients and still cooks some of those typical items, whenever I go to my native.

Have you ever tasted the banana flower curry ? Banana is probably one such plant, every part of whose is useful - the leaves, the stem, the fruit and even the flower. But cooking the flower is no easy stuff and very time consuming and needs some special skill - that's almost on the verge of extinct. And again, procuring the banana flower at the right time and cooking is like an well timed opportunity, and we got one last time.

So we have had this curry banana ready and that is when we cut the flower, but one was not enough. Luckily we had another bunch in another plant and she decided to use both and prepare the item, as I was there - it reflects her love for me in her work and that is one other quality I inherit from her - if you love someone, then show it in your duty towards them.

And look at this bunch - nature is amazing to produce a side bunch after the main one, we barely see this kind of produce.

So my job was to cut those flowers and bring it to her, but the amount of effort and precision she put after that amazed me, especially at this age.

For the next couple of hours, she patiently took out those flower bunch, extract the unwanted thread in each flower, cut them minutely and then soak them with salt - all this was just to make them ready for the preparation. And the dedication and love she puts in preparing every item deserves heartfelt applause - I wanted to capture and keep a memoir of that in this post. I know they will be extinct after Mom stops cooking.

She follows a simple philosophy of life - if you have a roof to take shelter, food to eat and clothes to wear then thank God and be dutiful, dedicating your effort with honesty. Slowly I am transforming myself to enjoy each moment of life with what we have - try my best to perform my duties with honesty and leave the rest to the almighty. Enjoy your food and sleep every time, every day - they are the most precious assets which we often ignore.

And she does not ask for anything, she stopped wearing a gold bangle as it got damaged and asked me to take her to a local shop to repair them and they denied. Before coming I brought them for a Doctor consultation and got an opportunity to buy her a new bangle, more to come on that.....

This post is in response to the TRANSFORMATION THRSDAY PROMPT of this week.

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