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Do you want to reduce weight? Do you have any particular diet system that you have been following? The two common diet system that I have been most interested are both keto and paleo diet. 

Keto diet - it means a vegan food and diet system, but Paleo diet is semi vegan. Ketogenic diet is good for a lot of treatments  against epilepsy, Parkinson, depression, migraines, Alzheimer's or any kind of cognitive disorders. Foods that contains medium tri glycerides especially coconut oil, palm oil and goats milk are found under the category of ketogenic diet and it is good for brain's overall health and development. 

Beef bourguignon or bouef bourguignon or Meat balls_mixed with wine, also called as beef Burgundy, and boeuf a` la Bourguignonne, is a beef stew braised in red wine, often red Burgundy and beef stock.

Main ingredients

Beef, red wine, beef stock, lardons, onions, bouquet garni, pearl onions and mushrooms.

"Let thy food be thy medicine", high-quality foods are creating a good portion of serotonin in our gut, which enhances our good mood. 

The main difference between a normal beef curry and a French Beef Stew is that we are adding an abundant proportion of pinot gris (or white wine) and carrot or sugar (optional) in a French stew.

We are eating meat content (mutton or beef) because it contains high levels of proteins! Also, its aroma and flavor it is mouth-watering. But, there are plant proteins that offer better or same nutrients or proteins, as animal food, people opt for themselves to be a vegan or other options (for example, Paleo diet) they are feeling good. 

What you eat is what you become

It is an old quote but is all about how we eat. For example, for a person who is opting a Paleo diet, having a mix of both vegetables and animal protein. That means, adding a little bit of meat or chicken, along with an abundant amount of plant foods. They are intaking both plant and animal food, but they are choosing the food they want to eat intuitively.

Consuming Fear and My Concept

"Among the animals, whatever divides the hoof, having cloven hooves and chewing the cud-- -- that you may eat"

It not only related to the importance of consuming the right food, it seeks the importance of consuming fermented foods such as  kefir and Sauerkraut, adding more fiber into your microbiome. Betaglucan to add more fiber to our food, thereby reducing the cholesterol level in the body.

A study done by neuroscientist at University college cork- who took probiotics for a month has less stress and anxiety levels. Those who consumed more levels of bacteria has less levels of stress than with less diverse microbiome, a study conducted by Hoston Methodist Hospital. Also, those who consume, more processed foods negates the effects of consuming more probiotics.

 I just said the connection between developing fear and consuming some meat. the animal has developed fear, when we are supposed to kill it for the purpose of preparing some Curry for our food. It is all about consuming fear or having something clean or unclean - whether we need to eat it or not, or it is a small criteria to understand what it is supposed to eat or  what not to eat, . It is just about following a standard criterion that has already set, but it is all about maintaining better health and well being.

Another concept about this food is whether it is healthy or not? If the particular animal is consuming some organic food, as green grass contains natural rich omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids, better source of iron and zinc- when we consider consuming such meat to consider consuming for our daily food requirements. In turn, just think whether this animal is consuming some toxic or low-quality food, it will affect our health in an adverse manner. 

In the end, I want to ask you or convey one of my doubts, are you sure whether you are buying the meat of Buffaloes or ----? 

Here is how we tried to make a Beef bourguignon recipe.

Ingredients 

Beef - 800 grams
Carrots - 6 medium ones
Onion - 5 medium ones
Tomato paste - one teaspoon
Garlic - ten cloves

Pinot gris - 200 ml of white dry white
Rice flour - 1 teaspoon , it is optional 

Normally , we are adding the flour to improve the thickness of the curry.

RICH SPICES
Parsley leaf - grated 4 pinches
Thyme & coriander leaf (optional)
Bay leaf two or three numbers
Crushed Cardamon - 4 numbers 
3 shallots
Pepper - 2 big teaspoon
Salt and oil as required

Cleaning the meat 

First off, wash the beef well using tamarind water,  lemon, then normal water & so on. 

First off, wash the beef using some tamarind water, secondly some lemon water and then normal water :-)

                

          Daube _ French Beef Bourguignon

Method of preparation 

Before frying the beef, we are going to do some marination process.

Mild fry is enough, just making the cooking process easy ! Otherwise, it will take a lot of time to cook it using water. after the frying process, cook the beef using some normal water.

Marination process

Chilly powder - 8 teaspoon ( based on the level of spiciness you want ) 
Turmeric powder - 2 small teaspoon or 2 pinches 
Pepper powder - 2 small teaspoon or level of spiciness you want
Coriander powder - 4 teaspoon
Garam masala - 2 teaspoon 
Jeera powder - 2  teaspoon

Marination process is nothing but mixing the raw beef using the above spices. At the end of it, add some lemon juice 

(6 teaspoon is enough for one kilogram of beef). 
Once it gets marinated, keep it inside your refrigerator (lower part) for 30 to 45 minutes.  Once you take it, fry the beef using the required amount of Coconut oil. Set it aside.

In the same pan , mix all the spices (like cardamom, bay leaf etc) as I have mentioned above. fry the onion, ginger - garlic paste well, using cooking oil  . Stir it well for 3 minutes. Add the tomato paste. Once tomato gets cooked well, add carrot or potato (carrot or potato it is optional!)

Carrot is bringing some sweetness to the curry. It is the right  time to add all the powdered spices I have mentioned above. Add the beef and cook it for 45 mins -1 hour. 

Cooking time depends on the level of cooking beef requires, to make it more soft we need to cook it for some time. For better results, you have to cook it very well by adding abundant proportion of ingredients into it. 

" I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it with the food" - W C Fields

We will add the Pinot gris then. Pinot grigio or Grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety of the species vitis vinifera. 

Normally people do cook wine along with the beef. Since I don't prefer cooking wine, I do add wine once the beef gets cooked and then the curry is ready. 

Does the curry with the uncooked wine safe for children ? 

Since we are adding the wine to the boiled curry, I think there is no need to cook it further. Normally people do take an extra 15 to 20 minutes to cook the wine, with a belief that its alcohol content moves away while cooking. No alcohol content means it's safe for children. 

Add the mentioned amount of grated shallots and sprinkle some parsley leaf (instead of coriander leaves), also sprinkle both pepper and salt at the end of it. 

Tips & tricks!

• Eat easily digestible food in the evening & those of which are difficult to digest, have that food in the morning or early hours of the day. 

Do you have any other method in stock to prepare french stew? 

Do I need to add any additional ingredients to make its taste & aroma richer? 

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