Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Cooking

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May 9 and May 10

 

 

Today, Prabhupada was master of the kitchen. We had no

brains, no common sense, but our merciful master still

took the time to instruct us. When Prabhupada saw the

amount of vegetables cut up for cooking, he said it

was enough for fifty men, not eight. Prabhupada sat on

a chair and directed all the cooking. He tested the

rice and the dal, to see if they were soft. Then he

cooked chapatis. Prabhupada commented that only a lazy

man could not cook. He told the story of a lazy man.

There was a king who decided that all lazy men in his

kingdom could come to the charity house and be fed.

Many people came and they all said, "I am a lazy man."

When the king told his minister to set fire to the

charity house, everybody but two men ran out of the

burning building. One of the two said, "My back is

becoming very hot from the fire." The other man

advised, "Just turn over to the other side." The king

then said, "These are actually lazy men. Feed them!"

 

May 10

Today we were instructed in the art of cooking new

rice. First we mixed ghee with the grains, then added

two parts water to one part rice. After the rice had

been soaking for one to two hours, we cooked it on a

low flame. Each kernel turned out individual and

perfect. Gopinatha, Yadubara and I all cooked; and

Prabhupada found everything very tasty. Tomorrow,

Yadubara alone would cook. In this way, we would all

cook so that even if one man was absent, things would

go on. After we had practiced for several days,

Prabhupada would teach us to make other preparations.

Thus far, he taught us to cook rice, dal, chapatis,

neem baigan, louki, and badi charchari.

 

- From the TKG's Diary by HH Tamal Krishna Goswami

Maharaj

 

 

 

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