Wheat Foods We Cook at Home

I remember the first look I made at my childhood was the bread made of wheat. This is not a mere story of mine. This is a story of every person who lives in the regions where wheat serves to be the primary food. The story of wheat goes back to the beginning of life on the planet.

Coming back to my memory, I was surprised at how a bread is baked.

Later on, my mom provided me answers to questions. With the passage of time, a company with this necessary food seemed necessary. Thus, I divide my familiarity with wheat into three phases, which can be taken into consideration as follows:

1. Childhood phase and memories about Wheat

This phase, encompassing ages 5 to 10, includes wonders about bread, the shape of grain, and the spikes of wheat, etc. I remember the company of coeval cousins when we used to go to the fields full of wheat. I remember the sounds of the Persian wheel we listen to while roaming in these fields. I also remember the phases of threshing wheat. Herewith, the grains were separated from the raw stuff. So, what this phase includes:

1. Wheat fields

2. Persian wheel sounds

3. Threshing gathering

2. Later Boyhood and Wheat Memories

Then, the second phase of my beloved life begins, wherein I used to go to the ranch (deraa in Punjabi). I saw my father working in the fields, weeding shrubs, plowing, and preparing it for the wheat. At that phase, we installed a peeder engine run on diesel and made by China with a capacity of 12 horsepower. The sound it produced was amazing then. Once, we returned to our home around 1 am; that is too late to work in the village life. Herewith, I got a bit of experience on how wheat is grown in the fields.

The things to keep in the memory:

1. Sounds of the peeder engine

2. Fragrance of Soil during Ploughing

3. Steam coming out of water channels

4. And swaying wheat spikes

3. Third phase and managing wheat cultivation

This was the phase when I was fully grown up and completed graduation. For a couple of years, I took the responsibility of land agriculture at home because I was the elder one of my siblings. Herewith, I experienced agri-chores in variety.

I bought seeds and fertilizer, i learnt how to sow a seed, how to operate tractor, how to spread fertilizer, how to manage peeder diesel engine, how to water wheat fields, how to cultivate the grown wheat crops and how to thresh it. At this phase, the mystery unfolded of how wheat is prepared for food and feast.

Things learned herewith at this stage:

1. Management of agriculture

2. Responsibility of bargaining about pre- and post-phases of wheat cultivation

3. Usage of wheat for serving feasts

Foods made of wheat

In the region we domestically live in, wheat is used in preparing the following foods:

Bread (Rooti):

The basic kind of food we cook from wheat is bread, a primary food eaten with various cooks. In our side of the world, bread is baked in two ways: (a) bread is baked on a griddle (tawa). (b) Bread is baked within the oven. The ingredients used in bread include:

1. Wheat flour

2. Salt

3. Water

Pratha:

Paratha is another food we bake at our home. It is used for breakfast. Some people eat it with egg, some with channa (grams), some with jam, and others with tea early in the morning. Ingredients used in preparing paratha are as follows:

1. Wheat flour

2. Salt

3. Butter or Ghee

Varieties of Paratha:

We have tasted various kinds of parathas, which can be taken into account as follows:

Radish Packed Paratha: These sorts of parathas are baked during winter because radish is grown in it. The ingredients of this paratha are as follows:

1. Radish smashed

2. Fresh butter

3. Wheat flour

4. Salt

5. Red chili

Gur/Sukkur packed Paratha: this type of paratha is attached to special events and occasions. It is a blend of both taste and energy. At my young age, it was baked on a rainy day. The ingredients used in it are:

1. Gur/Sukkur

2. Fresh Butter or Ghee

3. Wheat flour

4. Salt

Halwa (Sweet Pudding):

In the South Asian region, halwa is a mark of celebration. In previous centuries, it was served at royal courts. But now it restricts to the rural areas. Herewith, it is served at feasts and special occasions.

About Halwa, various tastes and diverse cooking ways are undertaken in many regions of the world. In our area, it is cooked in two ways: (a) a simple halwa is cooked. It is a tastefully sweet dessert. People serve it at feasts. The ingredients used in it are as follows:

1. Wheat flour

2. Desi Ghee

3. Sukur/sugar

4. Nuts

5. Racine

(b) A special kind of halwa is cooked in our area. This type is cooked specially with special arrangements at weddings or celebrations during the cultivation month of Beesakh (a month as per the Punjabi calendar). The ingredients used in this halwa are as follows:

1. Wheat flour

2. Milk

3. Nuts

4. Ghee

5. Sukur

High Potency Halwa: This sort is a specific food that is full of energy and potency. It is baked to energize people who get it baked on a special demand. It is also served to feast guests. The ingredients used in it include:

1. Wheat Heavy Flour

2. Khowa

3. Sukur

4. Desi ghee

5. Almonds, walnuts, etc.

6. Racines

7. Dates, etc.

Miscellaneous Usage: A wheatis used in various ways in other parts of the world, such as pizza, etc.

Tips to use it at feasts:

Consider these tips as follows:

1. Take wheat as a precious food.

2. Consider its special usages.

3. Make a blend of milk, nuts, and wheat flour.

4. Get it cooked at bakeries if cooking at home is not possible.

5. Serve it to guests at special events.

6. Serve it as a gift to kith and kin.

Call to Action:

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