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Delicious Gobi Manchurian

priyankas1 — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:48:01 +0000

Gobi Manchurian (Gravy)

Gobi Manchurian is one of the favorite delicacy of all the Chinese food lovers. It can be made as a gravy or a dry snack.
Here’s the recipe for Gobi Manchurian as a gravy:

Serves 6

Ingredients :

1 medium clean cauliflower cut into big pieces
1 small bunch spring onion finely chopped
2 tsp ginger paste
1 tsp garlic paste
Soya Sauce as to taste
1/4 cup plain flour
3 tbsp cornflour
1/4 tsp red chilli powder
2 dry red chillies
3 tbsp oil
Salt to taste
1 1/2 cups water
1 tbsp milk

How to prepare:
Boil the cauliflower pieces for 3-4 minutes in plenty of water after adding a tbsp. of milk to it.
Drain and pat dry on a clean cloth.
Make thin batter of ¼ cup plain flour & 2 tbsp.cornflour,& add 1/4 tsp. each of ginger & garlic paste & ¼ tsp. of red chilli powder and salt to taste.
Dip the pieces of cauliflower in the batter one by one & deep fry in hot oil & keep them aside.
In the remaining oil, add remaining ginger-garlic paste & crushed red chilli & fry for a minute & add the salt & spring onions to it.
Stir fry for a minute & add 1 1/2 cups water and bring to a boil.
Add 1 tbsp. cornflour to 1/4 cup water and mix it well.
Gradually add to the gravy and stir continuously till it resumes boiling.
Boil till the gravy becomes transparent.
Add the pieces of cauliflower and soya sauce.
Boil for two more minutes.
Serve hot with noodles or rice.

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HAPPY GUDI PADWA

priyankas1 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:30:00 +0000

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Happy Holi

priyankas1 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:30:31 +0000

Holi is the festival of colors. It’s the time to spend time with our loved ones and have fun playing with colored powder, water balloons and sprinklers… A time to come together and spread joy…

May this festival of colors bring… a smile in all your lives.

Happy Holi.

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DeskAway goes mobile

priyankas1 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:13:41 +0000

DeskAway, a web-based project management & social collaboration service that provides teams a central location to easily organize, manage and track projects has launched an iPhone web version of their application today. The iPhone site will allow iPhone users to manage and track their projects from their phones.

The DeskAway iPhone site is web-based so there is no need to install anything. The users just need to open up the Safari web browser on their iPhone and point it to their DeskAway account address. The iPhone site is designed to look and feel like an iPhone application.

Filed under: applications, Technology Tagged: deskaway, iPhone, online collaboration, project management

Happy Makar Sankranti

priyankas1 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:55:34 +0000

MAKAR SANKRANTI is one of the most auspicious occasion for the Indians, which is celebrated in almost all parts of the country. Makar Sankranti marks the transition of the Sun into Makar (Capricorn) on its celestial path.

Scientifically, the shortest day of the year is around December 21st-22nd after which the days begin to get longer, hence actual Winter Solstice begins on December 21st or December 22nd when the tropical sun enters Makara rashi. Hence actual Uttarayana is December 21st. This was the actual date of Makar Sakranti too. But because of the earth’s tilt of 23.45 degrees and sliding of Equinoxes, Ayanamasha occurs. This has caused Makara Sankranti to slide further over the ages. A 1000 years ago, Makar Sankranti was on Dec 31st and is now on January 14th. 5000 years later, it shall be by the end of February, while in 9000 years it shall come in June. Traditionally, this has been one of many harvest days in India.

Millions of people take a dip in places like Ganga Sagar (point where the river Ganga meets the Bay of Bengal) and Prayag and pray to the Sun God . It is celebrated in southern parts of India as Pongal, and in Punjab as Lohri and Maghi.

In the western Indian state of Gujarat, the celebrations are even bigger. People offer thousands of their colorful oblations to the Sun in the form of beautiful kites. The act stands as a metaphor for reaching to their beloved God, the one who represents the best. Makar Sankranti also happens to be the day on which Bhishma, the grand sire of Pandavas and Kauravas from the epic Mahabharata voluntarily left his mortal coil. In the rural and coastal areas, cock fights are held and is a prominent event of the festival.
It is celebrated differently in different regions of India.

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