Aseeda

Aseeda Recipe

Ingredients: 

1/2 kg rye flour

Water

1/2 cup yeast 
1 tsp salt

   

Method

 Add 1/2kg flour, 1/2 litre of water and yeast into bowl and mix together.  Leave in warm place for 5 hours to rise.

 
 Boil 1 litre of water with salt.  When water is boiling, add aseeda mixture and mix with a wooden spoon.  

  
 Once thickening (add more flour if dough thin*), add 1/2 cup of water and simmer until bubbling.

  Pour into bowl, and let stand until cool and thick.   

  
 Turn upside down and plonk onto plate to serve, covering with a sauce such as tagalia.

*For the Nuba Mountains edition, when making mixture, add much more flour until the mixture is very thick, "until the spoon can stand in it"

Food of Sudan and Choice of recipe   

 Sudan is located in the northeast of Africa. There are a lot of Sudanese cuisine that is influenced by exotic culture.

  
 For example Syria, Turkey, Egypt and Ethiopia brought spice and red pepper to Sudan and influenced Sudanese culture very much.

 And Sudanese cuisine is different by region.

 
 Northern Sudan is classified into desert area. And the northern Sudanese tend to eat the cuisine that include wheat flour.    

 Particularly, northern Sudanese often cook and eat the cuisine called gourrassa (the right chart). Gourrassa is invented native Sudanese and made of wheat.

  In the east part of Sudan, there are border with Ethiopia. So in the east part of Sudan, there are many influence of many direct by Ethiopia. And people tend to eat the cuisine called moukhbaza. Moukhbaza is made of banana paste.

 

  In the west part of Sudan, there are sheep and cow everywhere and a lot of group that have different culture. But every people still eat simply. So people tend to eat dairy product.

In the southern Sudan, there are a lot of rivers and swamp. So in southern Sudan, people can find unique plant and animal. So people in the southern Sudan tend to eat fish cuisine with rice or porridge.

  

 Sudanese cuisine has been enveloping and changing, but almost all of these cuisine are still simple and natural. Sudanese often eat Wheat, Beef, sheep meat, tomatoes, sesame seeds and rice.

    

 And in Sudan, there are a lot of variety of stews. Stews are often eaten with bread or porridge. The aseeda is one of the most popular porridge. Aseeda is often eaten by every region of Sudan. 

 So I thought that research of aseeda would give me great understanding of Sudanese cuisine.

 My recipe is traditional Sudanese aseeda.

Reference

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Bhutan Travel

Bhutan travel

Basic information

Area        38394 km2

Population  About 7 hundred thousand

Language   Dzongkha, English

Currency   Ngultrum (1Ngultrum=1.6yen)

Capital     Thimphu

Religion    Mahayana Buddhism

Visa        excluding

About Bhutan

Bhutan is famous for untouched environmental and rich ecosystem that owe to geographic factor. There are many plants. So Bhutan is counted up for the top 10 that have numerous lives.

 In terms of economy, Bhutan is the developing country. The one-third people are still in poverty. But Bhutan is improving this condition by quickly transition to modern.

 And Bhutan is also famous for GNH. GNH is the barometer of spiritual satisfaction.

 Bhutanese temperature is very different compared with its noon and night. So traveler must take summer clothes and winter clothes all the year around.

 Bhutan doesn’t permit the individual travel. So we must reserve the travel company. According to official website of Bhutan travel, one person costs 290 dollar a day. This 290 dollar include inland duty, the expense of staying, the expense of guiding, the expense of domestic moving, and trekking fee, the expense of using camp goods.

So we estimate that the travel price is at least 💲6070(including travel expenses)

    

Visa

The person who comes from except India, Bangladesh and Republic of Maldhives must have Visa.

And we must arrange visa via travel agent.

Things

Light (use at night), toilet paper, cap, summer and winter clothes, camera, battery, wet tissue, rainwear, first-aid kit

 

Schedule

10/3, 10/4

We use the airport

We plan to go to Trashigan that locate in east Bhutan.

Trashigan is the district that called “east jewel”.

This picture is Trashigan Dzong.

Dzong mean the monastery of Buddhism.

And Lhakhang mean temple.

 

This picture is the example of dyeing famous in Radhi village.

10/3

00:20 depart from Haneda Airport (use TG661)

04:50 arrive at Bangkok

06:50 depart from Suvarnabhumi Airport (use KB127)

09:50 arrive at Paro Airport

11:00 depart from Paro Airport

21:00 arrive at “Trashigan Hotel”(Trashigan)

10/4

08:00 eat breakfast

09:00 depart from Trashigan

09:20 arrive at Trashigan Dzong

11:00 eat lunch

12:00 depart from Trashigan Dzong

12:30 start looking three Lhakhang

(Chador, Bremung, Kupijigtsam)

16:00 depart from Kupijigtsam Lhakhang

16:30 arrive at Radhi village

18:00 eat diner

19:00 depart from Radhi village

22:00 arrive at “Choki Farm House”(Trashiyangtse)

             

10/5

We plan to go to Trashiyangtse.

Trashiyangtse is famous for the strength of religion.

And this district is developing quickly.

There are two Kora. (look like temple)

That is the building related with Buddhism closely.

And Trashiyangtse has Zoring Chusum museum.

Zoring Chusum is the traditional industrial arts.

That is composed of 13 departments for much long terms.

08:00 eat break fast

09:00 depart from Trashiyangtse

09:30 arrive at Zoring Chusum museum  

12:00 eat lunch

14:00 depart from Zoring Chusum musium

14:30 arrive at Gom kora

16:30 depart from Gom kora

17:00 arrove at Chorten Kora

19:00 eat diner

20:00 depart from Chorten Kora

22:00 arrive at Wangchuk Hotel(Mongar)

 

10/6

We plan to go to Mongar

Mongar is famous for fort of Zhongarps.

There are two famous Dzong.

08:00 eat break fast

09:00 depart from Mongar

09:30 arrive at Mongar Dzong

11:00 move to Zhonger Dzong

13:00 eat lunch

14:00 depart from Zhonger Dzong

15:00 arrive at Jarung Khashor Choeten

16:00 depart from Jarung Khashor Choeten

22:00 arrive at　Amankora Bumthang (Bumthang)

10/7, 10/8, 10/9

We plan to go to Bumthang.

Bumthang is very holy place for Bhutanese and there are a lot of temple and monastery.

Bumthang is located 2600~4500m above sea level.

And there are good place for trekking.

So we plan to go trekking three day.

The course follows the official website (http://www.travel-to-bhutan.jp/activity/trekking)

We follow the owl trekking course.

It begins from Menchugang to Tharpalomg monastry

At last day, we head for Thimphu the capital of Bhutan, Amankora Thimphu.

It takes four hours.

 

 

10/10

We plan to go to Punakka.

National environment of Bhutan looks like that of Japan and we can see beautiful rice terraces everywhere.

We'd like to be billeted in a private home, and eat Bhutan rice ball.

 

06:00 eat breakfast

07:00 depart from Bumthang

12:00 eat lunch

14:30 arrive at Punakka

15:00 look around rice terraces

16:00 experience archery, the national sport of Bhutan

18:00 eat dinner

 

10/11, 10/12

We plan to go to Thimphu, the capital city.

In Thimphu, we can see Bhutan government, Takin (national animal of Bhutan) ,stamp(famous all over the world),manned traffic light, etc...

Also there are a lot of Buddhism center.

10/11

08:00 eat breakfast

10:00 depart from Punakka

13:30 arrive at Thimphu

14:00 eat lunch

15:00 arrive at Memorial Chorten

16:00 arrive at Tashichho Dzong

16:30 arrive at The National Folk Heritage Museum

17:30 check in Hotel Phuntsho Pelri

18:00 eat dinner

 

10/12

We plan to do to Sabzi Bazaar, a morning market which is held on only weekend.

08:00 eat breakfast

09:00 arrive at Sabzi Bazaar

11:00 arrive at the factory of paper pressing

12:00 eat lunch

15:00 arrive at Motithang Takin Preserve

17:30 arrive at post office in Thimphu

18:00 arrive at the hotel

19:00 eat dinner

10/13, 10/14, 10/15

We plan to go to Paro, the start point of this trip.

Bhutan is a mountainous country, but Paro is on flat land.

10/13

On the way to Paro, we call in Bondey village.

Here, Keiji Nishioka spent his life trying to modernize Bhutan agriculture.

He is the most famous Japanese in Bhutan.

08:00 eat breakfast

09:00 check out the hotel

10:00 arrive at Bondey village

12:00 depart from Bondey village

 

12:30 arrive at Paro

13:00 eat lunch

13:30 arrive at National Museum of Bhutan

16:00 depart from National Museum

16:10 arrive at Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang

16:30 depart from Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang

17:00 check in Hotel Jigmeling

18:00 eat dinner

10/14

We plan to hike to Taktsang Monastery. (located in the criffside of the upper Paro valley)

Taktsang Monastery, which is called Tiger's nest, is a Himalayan Buddhist sacred site.

So we cannot photo the inside, and need to wear a shirt with collar.

08:00 eat breakfast

09:00 depart from Paro

10:00 start hiking

11:00 arrive at 1st and eat lunch

13:20 arrive at Taktsang Monastery

14:40 depart from Taktsang Monastery

16:00 arrive at the start point

17:00 arrive at the hotel

18:00 eat dinner

10/15

08:00 eat breakfast

09:00 depart from Paro

09:30 arrive at Rinpung Dzong

10:30 depart from Rinpung Dzong

10:50 arrive at

11:30 depart from

12:00 arrive at the main street of Paro, and eat lunch

13:00 take a stroll and do shopping (buy souvenirs)

17:00 arrive at the hotel

10/16

The last day of this trip.

We only go back to Japan.

08:00 eat break fast

09:00 check out the hotel

09:40 arrive at Paro Airport

11:40 depart from Paro Airport (use KB128)

15:40 arrive at Bangkok

16:00 eat lunch and do some shopping

22:00 depart from Suvarnabhumi Airport (use JL034)

10/17

06:10 arrive at Haneda Airport

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If I know then what I know now

Supposing I could return in the past, I have a point that I would like to do again.

I would like to return the point when I was a junior high school student at third grade.

At that time, I was desperate to pass the high school that has a great popularity and fame. As a result, I had little entrance examination neurosis.

When I was a junior high school student at first and second grade, I practiced table tennis hard and obtained good prize at table tennis contest and scored relative good rating in school and cram school. So I do club activity and study smoothly.  

However, when I became a third grade in a junior high school, the situation that surrounded me was changed. The club activity and entrance examination study became very hard and busy. Then only I could tackle both halfway. As a result it became impossible for me to obtain good prize at contest and good score at examination. I was impatient about that situation. At that time, I tended to care about the surrounding eye more than needed. So I had complex that I must get good record at club activity and good score at exam.

Although I tried very hard, results are not followed. At last I became desperate and depressed. I became to hate studying, and absent from cram school without permission. This bad situation continued until finishing entrance exam. So I did not study at all. I only played.

As expected, my entrance examination was failed.

This is that I repent most in my life. I do not repent of the result that my entrance examination was failed.

I repent of the things that cared about the public eye too much, missed myself, and gave up studying. So If I know then what I know now, I want to go back the point when I was a junior high school student at third grade. I would like to tackle club activity and study without caring about the public eye too much and giving up. Although there is no telling whether I finished entrance exam with the best result or not, I think that expected result is completely better than that time on condition that I did that way.

However, I think that I do not feel like returning the point when I was a junior high school student at third grade. That is because the redoing of junior high school life means that the lost of my high school life that I had experienced. I tried hard to reform myself at high school and at last I achieved that. So I could pass the examination and enter Tsukuba University. This experience was very precious experience for me and also important experience for me. That experience occupies at large part of me. So I do not want to return and redo my junior high school life.