How to Be Happy at Home | Finding Joy in Ordinary Days | Slow Living & Homemaking

📖 There was a time when I believed I would be happier when life became "better"—a bigger home, more time, fewer responsibilities. But the more I grow, the more I realise that happiness isn't always waiting somewhere in the future. Sometimes, it's already here. In today's video, I share a few quiet moments from my everyday life at home, memories of my grandmother who taught me the beauty of simple living without ever trying to, old-fashioned cooking, homemaking, and the little routines that slowly become the memories we carry forever. If this video reminds you of your own home, your grandmother, or the ordinary days you cherish, I hope you'll feel right at home here. Thank you for spending a little part of your day with me. 🤍 🥘 Traditional Pork Bafat Ingredients For the Marinade 1 kg pork 2–3 green chillies 8–10 garlic cloves 2-inch piece ginger ¼ tsp turmeric powder Salt to taste Fresh Bafat Masala Dry Roast: ½ tbsp fenugreek seeds 3 tbsp coriander seeds 1 tbsp cumin (jeera) ½ tbsp mustard seeds ½ tbsp carrom seeds (ajwain/oma) 1 tsp black peppercorns 3–4 cloves 6–8 Kashmiri dry red chillies (adjust to taste) 1 small cinnamon stick 1 star anise A small piece of nutmeg ½ tbsp turmeric powder Tamarind (about the size of a small lime) For Cooking 3 medium onions, finely sliced 1 bay leaf Salt to taste 2–3 tbsp vinegar (adjust to taste) Method Grind the green chillies, garlic and ginger into a fine paste. Add turmeric powder and salt. Marinate the pork with this mixture and let it rest for at least 30 minutes. Dry roast all the masala ingredients (except turmeric powder and tamarind). Allow them to cool and grind them with the turmeric powder and tamarind into a smooth paste. Sauté the sliced onions until lightly golden. Add the bay leaf and cook for a minute. Add the freshly ground Bafat masala and sauté for 3–4 minutes. Add the marinated pork and mix well. Add salt if needed and pour in the vinegar. Cover and cook on a low flame until the pork is tender and the masala is thick and rich, stirring occasionally. Serve hot with rice, sannas, neer dosa, appam or bread. 🥗 Simple Beetroot Salad A family recipe passed down from my grandfather, through my mom, and now to me. Ingredients 4 boiled beetroots, peeled and diced 1 medium onion, finely diced 1 tomato, finely diced 2 green chillies, slit Fresh coriander leaves, chopped Salt to taste Vinegar to taste Method Boil the beetroots until tender. Peel and dice them. Add the finely diced onion and tomato. Add the slit green chillies. Season with salt and vinegar. Mix gently. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves. Serve immediately or chilled. 🤍 Let's Stay Connected If you enjoy slow living, peaceful homemaking, old-fashioned recipes, family traditions, and finding beauty in ordinary life... I would love for you to subscribe and join me every Sunday. New videos every Sunday. 🌿 Chapters 00:00 A quiet beginning 00:15 Learning to see home differently 02:01 My grandmother's simple life 03:23 Traditional pork bafat 05:03 Beetroot salad 06:40 Homemaking 12:40 Family 09:40 Memories 10:33 What makes a happy home Hashtags #HowToBeHappyAtHome #SlowLiving #Homemaking #SimpleLiving #PeacefulHome #TraditionalCooking #PorkBafat #BeetrootSalad #IndianHomemaker #GrandmotherRecipes #FamilyTraditions #OldFashionedCooking #ChristianHomemaker #CozyHome #HomeVlog #EverydayLife #MindfulLiving #SimpleHome #PeacefulLiving #Home 🤍 Watch More Peaceful Homemaking Videos 🌿 A Peaceful Home – The Old-Fashioned way. 🔗    • Creating a Peaceful Home with the Old-Fash...   🌿 Creating a peaceful home in a busy City 🔗   • The Kind of Home I Want to Create in Delhi...   🌿 Slow living and everyday beauty Playlist 🔗    • Slow Living & Everyday Beauty   🌿Quite reflections for women Playlist 🔗   • Quiet Reflections for Women   Shop My Meesho Picks. https://affiliate.meesho.com/collecti... 🤍 Subscribe for a New Video Every Sunday If peaceful homemaking, slow living, family traditions and simple everyday moments bring you comfort, I'd love to have you here. Thank you for being part of this little corner of the internet. See you next Sunday. 🤍