hAlDi DoOdH (tUrMeRiC MiLk)

I am a very passive drinker. The only stuff which I drink include Water, Milk(flavored/plain/shakes),Fresh fruit juice, Soft Drinks, and no etc.
I remember having haldi doodh a couple of time in my teens, but it had been a distant memory by now.

Why am I speaking about haldi doodh, I will have to rewind a few days back.
Last Friday it was the first summers rain at Manipal, so me and CNM Gang( Hope u remember them) decided to go to CNM in heavy rain on our bikes. It was an amazing 5 km ride from hostel to CNM. The lightening striking just above your head, Rain making it tough to ride the bike, bad roads,etc. But getting drenched in the first rainfall of the season is quite an experience. After that we go for dinner to an Air conditioning restaurant. And it had to happen, I caught cold the next day.

As with me I do not take any medication or give the doctor a visit for the first two days. Continued drinking chilled lime juice in canteen during lunch and dinner.
The cough becomes terrible by day 3, and so I push myself to give the doc a visit.
The worst thing about seeing a doctor here at Manipal(KMC) is that u have to wait for atleast half an hour for your check up, so I hate going. But then I had to.

The doc does the check up, gives me the prescription for three days, I take all the medicines and precautions, but it does not help. It only gets bad by the day. Yesterday I could not sleep the whole night because of the coughing. My throat, lungs and head are literally blasting off. Many others in the college are down as well. Few are suffering from diarrhea, fever, etc. I know its high time to give the doc another visit. Another important thing- we have the seniors farewell party tomorrow.
So I visit the Doc and guess wat, he repeats the prescription for 5 more days. He says that medicine takes time to work and by end of this dose i should be fine.
I take medicine today and honestly there is no improvement. It has only gone worse by the day.

I call up home and my Mom suggests me to have haldi doodh, many other friends at college suggest the same. An hour back I am just sitting in hostel coughing the hell out of me. I could take it no more. So I decide to make some "haldi doodh".

I take help from friends over gtalk on how to make haldi doodh. I arrange for all the necessary items and prepare the haldi doodh. But with a small mistake. This is not the kind of haldi milk i have had before. There is haldi powder swimming/floating over the milk and it had not mixed with the milk. But i somehow gulp it all down in one shot. My previous experience with haldi milk was very gross as i always end up puking. But not this time. Me and Shivaji smile at each other after the bottoms up and then laugh out loud. Man that was quite a scene.

Anyways I dunno if it helped or not, but it was fun preparing Haldi milk. I am sure my Mom and Gran will be very happy with my effort.

HALDI MILK- Recipe
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Milk - 1 Glass
Haldi - 1 tea spoon
Salt - Swaad anusaar.

Method: Boil the milk to boiling temperature. take a glass or bowl. Put one spoon haldi and a little salt in it. Now pour the hot milk into the glass and stir continuously. Make sure the haldi mixes well with the milk. Drink it hot.