Whey Soup

This is a excellent source of protein. Note that this is an image i shot with a 60mm Nikon Lens. Great fun doing so.

Preparation time: 10 minutes. Cooking time: 2 to 5 minutes. Serves 4.


Ingredients
2 tsp oil
1½ tsp cumin seeds (jeera)
2 green chillies, slit
4 cups whey, refer handy tip
Salt and pepper to taste
2 tbsp finely chopped coriander (dhania)
½ cup paneer (cottage cheese), cut into ½” cubes

Method
1. Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan and add the cumin seeds.
2. When the seeds crackle, add the green chillies, whey, salt and pepper, mix well and bring to boil.
3. Add the paneer and coriander, mix well and simmer for 30 seconds.
Serve hot.


Handy tip: Put 1 litre of milk to boil. When it starts boiling, add 200 ml curds and mix well. Remove from the flame and stir gently until the milk curdles. Strain the curdled milk and use the whey (white coloured water) collected below. Use the paneer from the muslin cloth as required.

Delhi Half Marathon, Nov 2009

Here's the first non food post. What's running fast and eating right got to do with each other. Everything. Over the last 16 months, i have been eating every 2 hours and that happens just naturally now. Its really eating clean food. I am on no diet. Clean eating, translates to a leaner body and end result is being a faster runner. I have moved to the 2 hour pattern just to get lean and feel fit. The end result has translated into running faster which i just love doing. :)

Ran the Delhi Half Marathon, 1st Nov 2009 in 1 hour, 52 min and 26 seconds. Incredible for me. A pace of 5 mins 16 seconds a km. My previous fastest run was 2 hours and 6 minutes for a half marathon done 2 years back during the Mumbai full marathon. Really an awesome timing and that's been possible through very little running. My schedule has been running 2 days a week, wt train 3 days a week all year except the last month where i added a day of running and cut a day of wt training. The lesson is run less and faster.

Next target is to do Mumbai Marathon in Jan 2010 under 4 hours 30 minutes. If i do that then i will train onwards for the Commrades Marathon 89km, in May 2010.