A personal observation … Sometimes when i remember , i read Bismillah ( the full verse) before I start making a dish and read it specially when adding spices … and believe me, mashallah the salan turns out awesome …
Try it … I am positive you will feel the difference in your cooking … I did …
**yaqeenan bismillah kah kar kisii kaam ke karne meN barkat hotii hai magar vo teh-e-dil se kahne meN hai na k aadatan kahnaa.
ek baat 'arz karnaa chaahuuNgaa aur vo yeh k isse [ismullah ke saath shuru'aat karnaa] asl ma'noN meN istifaada tabhii hotaa hai jab insaan kii zindagii Allah ke bataaye huye raaste pe gaamzan ho. aisaa nahiiN ho saktaa k banda Ghair Islamii zindagii guzaare aur phir bismillah se istifaada kii ummeed rakhnaa soodmand nahiiN.
**ok ok, don’t cry…i’ll try to translate it for you in my next janam [kidding!] … i thought ur urdu was great…hamesha mujh se urdu emN hii to baat kartii haiN…u to ****vilaayatan **nikliiN lol