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My Eurotrip!!!

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It all started with a quick meet  in India with my darling roommate from college when she came to visit me from Ireland. She wasn't her chirpy and happy self and I saw the sadness in her eyes. When we started chatting, I realized I always wanted to go and visit her in Ireland and this might be a good idea to plan a trip and stay with her, visit places around Ireland and make her feel good. Instead the idea turned into trip planning chatter when we decided to go see the castles in Transylvania. Considering that option we said, why not go inter-railing across mid and eastern Europe. Start with the city of love and end with the city of sins. Here we were cheering and drinking to our friendship and around 3 weeks later both our eyes were glued to the sky-scanner website to start the ticket booking process. By Jan 28th our tickets were booked for Paris and I was fiddling around the options of he travel companies who will eventually "help" me out with my Visa(Oh and that i

Determination...

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A quick thought... There isn't any wrong path... There r infinite realities.. Whichever path u choose will be the right one. You can't predict the future coz it has not happened yet...but u can always have a dynamic one. It's like the variable in a c++ code.. They say..if u work hard u can always modify ur fate..if u want it so much u can jump on to it..and u will be living it immediately.. This s something u can always do and which doesn't cost u anything.. If u think u can be someone something.. U can!! That's y the elders say nothing s impossible.. All the permutations n combinations exist..so if it already is then who s stopping u from chosing it..now wat if u get stuck in it? Really can u...yes of course if u chose a reality at the wrong moment u myt get stuck..but again if u want u can get out of it.. That is how ppl quit bad habits.. Just for example.. They think so hard or want to quit so hard that universe makes it happen...it gives u the opportunity t

Mom special Alu Gajar Matar

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Ingredients Carrots Potato Green peas (fresh) Mustard oil Jeera (cumin seeds) Green chillies Salt Turmeric Mix of Coriander powder, Cumin powder and black pepper powder Recipe Put 2 tablespoons of mustard oil in a pan. Put one pinch Cumin seeds. Put the cut vegetables (potato, carrots and peas) in the mix. Then put salt, turmeric, green chillies and the mix of the powders in it and stir. Cover it for 15 mins and stir it in between and check once the potato is cooked. Yummy winter food ready. Serve it with tadka dal and rice and enjoy.

Feathers and my artist side..

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Feathers are epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds, other extinct species of dinosaurs, and possibly pterosaurs. They are considered the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates and a premier example of a complex evolutionary novelty. They are among the characteristics that distinguish the extant birds from other living groups. Although feathers cover most parts of the body of birds, they arise only from certain well-defined tracts on the skin. They aid in flight, thermal insulation, and waterproofing. In addition, coloration helps in communication and protection. Plumology (or plumage science) is the name for the science that is associated with the study of feathers. That's what the wikipedia says..  More styles of feather art which I put on paper today... It took me two sessions to complete this one.. a YouTube tutorial and sketch pens, pencil colors and white watercolor and a nice thin brush to give the fi

Mum in law special Kosha Mangsho (Easy recipe)

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Ingredients: 1.      Ginger (optional) 2.      Garlic 3.      Green Chilly 4.      Red dry Chilly 5.      Cumin Seeds 6.      Bay leaf 7.      Salt 8.      Turmeric 9.      Garam Masala (Home ground will be better) 10. Mustard oil/ Refined oil (according to preference) 11. Chicken - Half kg 12. Potato- 2 (Medium size) 13. Onion 14. Tomato- (2 Medium sized Finely chopped) Recipe: 1. Ground the Onion, Garlic, green chilly and ginger in mix. (Masala mix) 2. Cut the potato in 4 pieces. 3. Fry the potato and keep it aside (shallow fry). 4. Marinade the chicken in turmeric, salt and one tablespoon of mustard oil for 15 mins. 5. Fry the chicken in around 50- 60 ml mustard oil and keep it aside (~20-25 mins).  6. Put cumin seeds, bay leaves and dry red Chilly in the oil which in a kadhai. 7. Put the finely chopped tomatoes and cook it for 5 mins. 8. Once the tomato is completely cooked then put the masala mix. 9. Cook this masala

Kushal Special Prawn Thai Curry (Especially for people who don't like Lemon-grass)

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Ingredients: 1.      Half Kg Prawns 2.      Green chilly 4 3.      Ginger 4 Inches 4.      Garlic 6-7 cloves 5.      Lemon zest 6.      Salt 7.      Home Made Coconut milk 2 tetra pack 8.      Refined Oil Recipe: 1.      Marinade the prawns with salt and a pinch of lemon zest. 2.      Make a paste of ginger, garlic and green chili. 3.      Add a pinch of lemon zest in the mix. 4.      Heat a nonstick pan for a minute and 3 tablespoon refined oil/rice bran oil. 5.      Heat the oil for a minute and put the paste in it. 6.      Cook for 10 minutes so that it is cooked properly. 7.      Add the coconut milk to it and stir it for 30 seconds. 8.      Add the marinated prawns to it and cook it for 8 minutes on low to medium flame. 9.      Cover it for a couple of minutes for it to rest. 10. Serve it with Parsley/plain rice.

Mum special Deem Chholar Dal

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Ingredients: 1.      Bay leaf (2 small leaves) 2.      Dry red chilly 1 3.      Cumin seeds 4.      Cinnamon 1 inch stick 5.      Cardamom 2 6.      1 Sliced green chilly (slight reddish chilly gives more flavor) 7.      Onion (1 medium) and ginger (1 inch) paste 8.      Ginger 9.      Cumin powder 10. Mustard oil 11. Ghee 12. Turmeric powder 13. Salt 14. Sugar 15. Garam Masala 16. Chholar Dal (Soaked overnight then boiled with salt and turmeric and strained) 1 cup 17. 4 eggs (boiled and shallow fried) 18. Coconut chopped (30 grams) Recipe: 1.      Heat a kadhai and put 3 teaspoon mustard oil. 2.      Put one teaspoon of ghee in it. 3.      Add bay leaf, Cumin seeds and Dry red chilly into the oil. 4.      Mix and add cinnamon and cardamom to the mix. 5.      Once it starts sparkling in 30-40 seconds add the onion and ginger paste to it. 6.      Once it becomes golden brown add a pinch or two of Cumin powder. 7.      A