Vegetable Pulav/Pulao


My hubby had a potluck in his office and he works for an American company, so he told me that he wants some Indian dish,which is a demand from his office.I wanted to make a dish where there is a touch and aroma of Indian spices with loads of veggies which attracts all health consious people. As I had to make the dish befor my hubby goes to the office,so i decided to make Vegetable Pulav which is easy.

Differance between Pulav/briyani/fried rice

Briyani-The name biryani or biriani is derived from the Persian word bery?(n) which means “fried” or “roasted”.This dish originated from the family of Middle Eastern,South Asian dishes made from a mixture of spices,rice(usually basmati), meat/vegetables and yogurt.Biryani is made by the draining method of cooking rice.In biryani the main ingredient is at the base of the vessel.Biryani uses lots of aromatic masalas. There are many kinds of biryanis such as Hydrabadi Briyani,Lucknowi briyani ect.,and each kind is tasty and unique on its own!Its a full meal by itself.

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Another Indian Genius : Pranav Mistry

This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some.

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Chole Masala – Chick Pea Masala

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Before sleeping, my husband said he wanted to eat Yummy Yummy “Chole” for his lunch. I was very happy as my husband rarely demand for food. I thought to make the best for him (i always try). So I soaked the chole.

My both mother & in law, have good hand in cooking, so I usually take help from them. This recipe came out too well and not only my husband but all his friends also like the chole’s which i make. Thanks to my both the mum’s!!!!

I use very less of spices and oil in all my dishes, and trust me its healthy as well as tasty!
So lets start….

Serving : 4 Adult

Ingredients:

250gm Chole or Chick pea

Chole (Chick Pea) Soaked in water

Chole (Chick Pea) Soaked in water

1cup green onion or red onion paste
1cup tomato puree or fresh tomato paste

Tomato & Onion paste

Tomato & Onion paste

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Hats Off to India

I recieved this email in my mailbox couple of days ago and just thought of sharing it with you all.

An Olympic shooter wins Gold (Only a game) & Government gives him 3 Crores

Abhinav Bindra

Abhinav Bindra

Another Shooter dies, fighting with terrorists (Saving our country and our live) & government pays his family 5 lakhs

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

  1.     Do not worry about those who have come thru boats…
Our forces can easily defeat them.
WORRY about those who have come thru votes….
Those are our REAL ENEMIES….

2.    What a shame and disgrace to every citizen of India that the elite NSG Force was transported into ordinary BEST buses, whereas our cricketers are transported into state of the art luxury buses, these
Jawans lay down their lives to protect every Indian and these cricketers get paid even if they lose a match, we worship these cricketers and forget the martyrdom of these brave Jawans. The Jawans should be paid the salaries of the cricketers and the cricketers should be paid the salaries of the Jawans.

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Indians… Who Indians?

AN AMERICAN VISITED INDIA AND WENT BACK TO AMERICA WHERE HE MET HIS INDIAN FRIEND WHO ASKED HIM HOW DID U FIND MY COUNTRY THE AMERICAN SAID IT IS A GREAT COUNTRY WITH SOLID ANCIENT HISTORY AND EMENCELY RICH WITH NATURAL RESOURCES.THE INDIAN FRIEND THEN ASKED ….HOW DID U
FIND INDIANS …….INDIANS WHO INDIANS I DIDNT FIND OR MET A SINGLE INDIAN THERE IN INDIA…….

WHAT NONSENCE WHO ELSE CAN U MET IN INDIA

THEN……

THE AMERICAN SAID ……..IN KASHMIR I MET A KASHMIRI–IN PUNJAB A PANJABI—–IN BIHAR,MAHARASTRA,BENGAL,TAMILNADU I MET A BIHARI,MARATHI,BENGALI,TAMILIAN………THEN I MET A MUSLIM,A CHRISTIAN,A JAIN,A BHUDIST AND MANY MANY MANY MORE BUT NOT A SINGLE INDIAN I
MET…………………………………………………………..

DEAR FRIENDS THINK HOW SERIOUS THIS JOKE IS……………..LETS ALL NOT SAY HUM DESI HAI ……..ALWAYS SAY HUM HINDUSTANI/INDIAN HAI……..

JAI HIND……….

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Think Out of the Box

I got this in my mail box (although an old story) and this question has been asked in many Personal Interviews to understand the thought process and decision making aptitude of the applicant.

You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night, it’s raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus:

  • An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
  • An old friend who once saved your life.
  • The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?

This is a dilemma that was once used as part of a job application.

  • You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first;
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UNESCO Announces INDIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM as the BEST National Anthem in the World.

I recieved this article in my mailbox. Proud to be an Indian, Jai Hind.

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Announces INDIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM as the BEST National Anthem in the World.

Indian National anthem

Indian National anthem

Best National Anthem

Best National Anthem

Not sure of the source of above article, if you know the one do pass on the details.

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Impact of Reservation

Welcome to policy of divide and rule

:)What's my caste

result is out, he is a general cast

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Google, flood and Technology

The devastation by Kosi river in Bihar (one of the eastern states of India) has left many dead and many more homeless. Every one is trying to contribute in this situation, goverment & NGOs are running relief camps and trying to reach out to people stuck in the flood. Organizations are donating big amount, old clothes, food & medicines. At this, juncture Google is contributing through its one of the applications, google map.  If you open www.google.co.in (india specif google home page), you will find a link to “India and Nepal floods: maps & resources” which shows the map of affected area and resources available in that area.

Google Home page
This is an excellent use of IT and bring out the importance of IT in a case of a disaster. As we know in India, every year there is a major disastor and that leads to a suggestion to indian goverment that India should invest heavily in IT and lead the world in IT, not only in exporting IT services but using it IT knowledge and resources to strenghten security (as we know so many times indian  goverment websites have been hacked), disaster mangement, information exchange and virtually everywhere.

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Is India a free country?

 

Freedom a word synonymous to Independence Day, yes we got freedom from British rule on 15th August 1947, however real question is are we free?

I have not seen pre independence era but I wonder was it worse than what we have today? I still need freedom from

Corruption

Politicians

Terrorism

Un education

Poverty

Hunger

Breaking News and many more important issues

 

We talk of making India a superpower but just make few people rich are we becoming a super power. Whole country is burning, but will be super power. No one is safe but we will be super power J

People:  I can’t see respect for each other within same cast, language, region, state or religion then why I hope to see respect of for each individual irrespective of his/her religion, caste, language, state, health, color. There is utter disrespect for law and with our politicians leading with example.

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