Oh dear Lord of Universe, oh dear God,
Offering you this plate of food to you first,
By your grace nature has served us food,
Everything is gifted by you, nothing is of ours,
Still we offer you to add positive energy,
In this plate of pure food placed on table,
We offer prayer and pour our vision.
Vegans love to drink soya milk and we too,
Cooked rice is seasoned with soya milk,
Cashew nuts and peanuts are added within,
This milky rice is known as Khiri is tasty,
Many use cow's milk generally in Khiri,
This is served in metal cup with a spoon,
Round brown oil fried cakes are pretty,
These are prepared from wheat semolina
And wheat flour with care and hope.
This cake specially contains sugar seasoned
Shredded coconut inside the cakes and
These are known as Suji-Modaka-Pitha.
From the paste of green gram adding little sugar
Square sized cakes are made frying in oil,
These are known as chandrakanti in South Odisha.
Half cyclic cakes are made from dough of wheat flour,
These are fried in oil and served in plate.
A graceful and delightful plate of food this is,
We inhale flavour of powdered cardamom seeds,
Every pure food prepared in kitchen in God's memory,
This carries calmness and positive vibrations,
Offering this first to graceful father of heaven,
We take with great pleasure a plate of food,
The Holy Food we take is full of purity by God's touch.
© Kumarmani Mahakul,03 May 2018. All rights reserved.
Look yummy, another good poem about food. Dear God thanks and i feel grateful for plate of food you give to us, please never let any stomach hungry and dont fill sadness to any heart without cure because you are all trust to. :)
Prayer(or theology I could say) through cooking and eating.Excellent!
Graceful Plate Of Food is given by Almighty Lord, wonderful poem, thanks for sharing 10
Loved the grace and depth of respect and veneration in the first stanza, Kumarmani. And thank you for introducing me to your cuisine! ! ! That was an extra bonus! !
Every food served on the table is a gift and blessing from the Almighty. It is therefore incumbent to offer to Him our thanks in our prayer. A wonderful poem that centers on the virtue of Gratitude.10
Your poem accompanies beautifully one poem of mine: Ode to Food and Wine. Food can nourish us, both physically and spiritually.
Vegans love to drink soya milk and we too, Cooked rice is seasoned with soya milk, Cashew nuts and peanuts are added within, This milky rice is known as Khiri is tasty, - Tasty food mentioned just to readers feel hungry~~~ I love all these food, very healthy and nutritious. BTW, there is an Indian cuisine restaurant not far away from my home. It's elegantly-decorated and the food served there is very tasty and pleasant.Such a blessing! ~Perdita
Oh dear Lord of Universe, oh dear God, Offering you this plate of food to you first, By your grace nature has served us food, Everything is gifted by you, nothing is of ours......pious expression! A sublime piece of work! Thanks dear sir for sharing! ......10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A graceful and delightful plate of food this is, We inhale flavour of powdered cardamom seeds, Every pure food prepared in kitchen in God's memory, Even when u cook you think of God Almighty. everything we do, cooking, sleeping, taking bath, reading..... everything shall be done in the name of God. what a beutiful religion dear poet Kumaramani.. tony