Have a Joyous new year

Wish you all Have a Joyous New Year -2009

Flower show in Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden is a place of various plant, trees and foliages that attracts the visitors with variety of flora and is located at Kothaguda, on a way between Kondapur to Gachibowli. From January 9th onwards All India Flower show will be exhibited by the Dolari Tourism. This Flower show will be exhibited for 3 days from Jan 9th to 11th of 2009. During this Flower show, various Nursery sale outlet dealers will participate by exhibiting their flowers and plants.

Along with the flower show, a few competitions like Essay Writing, Painting, Singing and Dance will be conducted among children of various schools. And also from January 1st onwards the timings of the Botanical garden will be extended till 8 pm to facilitate the visitors.

Industrial Exhibition at Nampally

From January 1st onwards the 69th All India Industrial Exhibition will begin at Nampally Exhibition grounds and all the necessary arrangements were made for the exhibition to happen. Due to the recent attacks of Terrorists in Hyderabad and other parts of the country, the Officials and the Government Authority are taking all the security measure and arrangements.

The Nampally exhibition Grounds has Three Main Entrances through– Gandhi Bhavan Gate, Ajanta Gate and Malakunta Gate along with the one VVIP entrance gate. As part of security measures along with Police officials, the Private security will take part in providing the security with the help of C.C cameras and Metal Detectors and also scrutinizing every visitor of the Exhibition.

As of now, about 2500 Industrial stalls were given permissions to setup their Stalls and exhibit their Products and Promotions. This All India Industrial Exhibition will commence from January 1st, 2009 to February 15th 2009.

Consumer Toll Free Number

As a part of Consumer rights Day, at the event in Lalitha Kala Thoranam in Hyderabad, the honorable Minister Kaasu Krishna Reddy said that from January 1st week onwards all the Wholesale, Retails, Malls and canteens in Cinema Theaters should display a Phone numbers of the respective Officials to control the deception of Consumers.

On the eve of Consumers Day, the honorable Minister has said that, if any consumer finds that the respective Shops or Malls deceive the consumer with High rates or adulterated products, then they can lodge a complaint by contacting the officials at the Toll Free numbers -1800 4252 977 (Only through BSNL lines).

Happy Christmas !!!

Formula to calculate loan emi

I hope this will be useful for those applying for loans.

Calculate your EMI using the following formula.

E = P x r x (1 + r)^n / ((1+r)^n -1)

Where P is the loan amount you have applied.

r is the rate of interest per month.

(If your interest rate is per annum or per day, convert to per month.

For example

if rate of interest is 2% per month, r = 2.

if rate of interest is 13% per annum, r = 13/(12*100) = 0.0108333333333 )

n is the tenure in months(duration u want to completely pay back the loan).

E is your monthly emi.

Please note that actually in addition to calculating the emi for your loan with value P equal to the loan amount you have requested, the banks will take the processing charge of x% of P, some fees for stamps, say Rs.y/-. Also please note that if you have signed any insurance form while signing the loan agreement, some extra z% of P will be added to E.i.e. your monthly emi. and Let L is the loan amount you will receive finally.

Therefore L = P - (x% of P + y + if there are some extra charges)

E = E + z% of P.

Gobi Manchurian

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 medium. cauliflower clean and broken into big florettes.
• 1 small bunch spring onoin finely chopped
• 2 tsp. ginger finely chopped
• 1 tsp. garlic finely chopped
• 1/4 cup plain flour
• 3 tbsp. cornflour
• 1/4 tsp. red chilli powder2 red chillies, dry
• 3 tbsp. oil1
• 1/2 cups water
• 1 tbsp. milk

METHOD:
Boil the florettes for 3-4 minutes in plenty of water, to which a tbsp. of milk has been added.Drain and pat dry on a clean cloth.Make thin batter out of flour and 2 tbsp.cornflour, adding 1/4 tsp. each of ginger and garlic and red chilli powder and saltto taste.Dip the florettes in the batter one by one and deep fry in hot oil. Keep aside.In the remaining oil, add remaining ginger, garlic and crushed red chilli and fry for a minute.Add the salt and spring onions.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 dissolve well.

Gradually add to the gravy and stir continuously till it resumes boiling.Boil till the gravy becomes transparent. Add florettes and soya sauce.Boil for two more minutes and remove.Serve hot with noodles or rice.Variations:Dry manchurian can be made by omitting the gravy.Make florettes as above and instead of adding water as above, add fried florettes, spring onions and soya ce at this stage.Sprinkle 1 tsp. cornflour on the florettes and stirfry for 2 minutes.Serve piping hot with toothpicks or miniforks and chilligarlic sauce or tomato sauce.Same procedure for veg. manchurian (with gravy or dry), but instead of using only cauliflower, use finely chopped mincedvegetables andbind with some cornflour or bread crumbs and make small lumps the size of a pingpong ball.

Fry as above and proceed as above.

Making time: 45 minutes

Makes for: 6

Shelf life: Best fresh

Train PNR Status on Mobile

I got this as a forward mail from one of my frnd, thought it will be useful to others and thought of sharing it:
Indian Railway in collaboration with Google is now providing a 10 digit mobile number. Just SMS your PNR number on this mobile number and instantaneously you will get your ticket's current status along with all other journey related details.
The number is 9773300000. No need to prefix 0 or +91. Best of all, you don't pay a premium charge for any of this, just the price of a standard SMS.

For more details: http://www.google.co.in/mobile/default/sms/#

Semiya kheer

Semiya kheer is perfect for every occasion. It can be served at traditional events or at modern parties. Semiya kheer preparation is so easy and fast that it can be prepared any day to spruce up a simple meal.
Preparation Time - 20 mins
Servings - 4 people

Ingredients
Milk 1 kg
Vermicelli 1 cup
Sugar 1 ½ cups
Ghee 1 tblsp
Raisins 2 tblsp
10 Almonds
Powdered ilaichi
Rose petals to garnish

Roast the vermicelli in ghee. Simultaneously put the milk for boiling. Once the vermicelli is ready, add it to milk. After the milk boils, put it on low flame and let it simmer. Keep stirring at regular intervals to avoid burning. Roast the raisins in minimal ghee so they become round balls. Chop the almonds. Add sugar, raisins, almonds, ilaichi to the kheer. Some people like it thick while some people prefer it thin. So keep an eye on the kheer and take it off the gas once you reach desired consistency. Pour it into a dish and let it cool before serving. Garnish it with rose petals.

Dahi ke Aloo

If there is curd in the fridge that is not being used up, let it be there for a couple more days till it becomes sour for dahi ke aaloo is a perfect dish to use it up. If the curd if not sour, you can add mango powder to enhance the taste of the dish.
Preparation Time - 30 mins
Servings - 4 people

Ingredients
6 potatoes
1 cup curd
Oil 1 tblsp
Zeera (cumin) 1 tsp
Hing (asafetida) 1 pinch
Haldi (turmeric) 1 tsp
Mango powder (amchur) 2 tsp
Red chilli powder 1 tsp
Salt 3 tblsp
Garam masala 1 tblsp
Water 2 cups

Boil the potatoes and peel off the jackets. Cut the potatoes into pieces and keep aside. In a pan, heat oil and add zeera and hing. Add the potatoes and fry them slightly. Mix the curd with water and blend properly. Add haldi, red chilli powder, mango powder and salt to it. Then pour this curd mix in the pan and bring it to boil. Simmer it on low flame for 5 minutes and take it off the flame. Add garam masala.

Tip: Instead of cutting the boiled potatoes, you can also mash them slightly with your hand to break them into small pieces.

Apple Cake - baked in cooker

Ingredients
3 eggs
2 1/2 cup flour (maida)
1 cup unsalted butter (or refined oil)
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 cup fresh apples (chopped finely)
1 tsp vanilla essence
Edible green color
1/2 cup milk (optional)

Blend sugar and salt in a mixer so that sugar melts completely. Add the eggs one by one to it then. Pour the mix into a bowl and add flour, salt, soda, baking powder, vanilla essence and apples and keep rolling it with a spoon till it reaches a pouring consistency. Add some milk to the batter if it is too thick. Grease the baking dish and pour the batter in it. Preheat the cooker for 5 mins. Put the baking dish in it and leave the cooker on sim for 1 hour.

Coconut Cake

I was sitting at home this weekend and there really was nothing to do…for a change…no chores, nothing! Suddenly I remembered all the coconuts lying in the house and I thought of trying out a new recipe. Now this is a cake I have designed myself. There is nothing fancy about it but I would suggest that you let it cool before digging in for best flavor.

Ingredients

1 cup maida

1 cup coconut, dessicated

1 tblsp baking powder

2 eggs

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup ghee

1 tblsp vanilla essence

Beat egg yplks, ghee and sugar together. Sieve maida and baking powder. In a bowl, mix in maida, baking powder, egg mixture. For pouring consistency, add a little milk. Add coconut powder and vanilla essence. Heat a cooker fro 5 mins. Grease a baking tin and pour the batter in it and bake for half an hour.

Vegetable Maggi

Ingredients
1 pack maggi
1/2 cup shredded cabbage
1/2 cup shredded carrot
1 onion, chopped
Oil

Salt and red chilli powder to taste.
Heat oil in a pan. Simultaneously, boil the maggi in another pan and add maggi masala to it. Fry onions in the oil till light pink. Now add cabbage and carrots to it and fry for 3-4 minutes till maggi is ready. Now add maggi to this veg mix and sprinkle salt and pepper over it and mix vigorously and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes. Serve with ketchup.

Tip: You can grate cheese into the maggi while it is being prepared to give it a subtle taste.

Dahi Vada

The thought of dahi vada conjures up images of soft cold vada in cold curd which melts when placed on the tongue. It was a favorite dish of my family with Mom looking for excuses to prepare it. The best part about dadi vada is that it can be prepared 2-3 days in advance of the occasion and keeps well for a couple of days later also.

Ingredients
200 gms urad dal
100 gms curd
Oil
Salt

Soak urad dal overnight. Drain the water and grind it in a mixer. Add a little salt to it. Since the curd will also have salt, make sure the salt added to vada compensates it. The consistency of the vada mixture should be such that it does not flow freely. Heat oil in a pan to fry the vada. Now comes the difficult part. Spread a wet muslin cloth on a rolling board. Wet the cloth with water. Place a small ball of vada mix on it and spread into a flat ball while making a hole in the middle. Lift the vada carefully and fry it in the oil till golden brown. Drop the fried vada into a pot of water till soft. Squeeze out the water and keep aside.
Lifting the vada off the cloth takes some practice. You can make the vada on your hand also. Wet the palm of your hand and prepare the vada on it for frying.
Mix curd with a little water to make it thin. Add a little salt and mix properly. Take a container with a flat base and pour a thin layer of curd in it. Put a layer of vada on it. Pour another layer of curd and then another layer of vada and so on till all the vadas are covered with curd. The vadas will soak the curd and become soft. Refrigerate. The left over curd can be used to garnish the dahi vada.
To serve, place 2 dahi vada on a plate. Pour a few spoonfuls of beaten curd over it. Add tamarind chutney and sprinkle white salt, black salt, red chilli powder and roasted zeera powder on it. Use aloo bhujia to top it off.

Tip: You can use ready-made vada mix also to directly prepare the vadas.

Pulav - Quick and Easy Recipe

Sometimes it gets late coming home and there is hardly any energy to cook. You just wanna fall asleep asap but what to do about the hunger? An easy alternative is Pulav. It is filling and quick to make. Here is how.

Ingredients

1 cup rice

1 potato, diced

1 onion, chopped

1 carrot, chopped

1/3 cup beans, chopped

1/3 cup green peas

Oil, Zeera and Hing to fry

Salt and Red chilli powder to taste

1 tblsp garam masala

Soak the rice in water for 20 mins. Heat oil in a cooker and add zeera and hing to it. When zeera starts to splutter, add onions to it and fry till light pink in color. Add the rest of the ingredients along with rice. Add 2 cups of water. Cook till three whistles and then let the steam escape from the cooker. Add a little garam masala and serve.

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ALL India TOLL-FREE Terror Help-line 1090

In case you come across any suspicious activity, any suspicious movement or have any information to tell to the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), please take a note of the new ALL INDIA TOLL-FREE Terror Help-line "1090".
Your city's Police or Anti-Terror squad will take action as quickly as possible.
Remember that this single number 1090 is valid all over India. This is a toll free number and can be dialed from mobile phones also.
Moreover, the identity of the caller will be kept a secret.
Let us make each and every citizen of India aware about this facility.
Let us fight the terror being a common man.
Please forward this information to as many people as possible to make India terror-free.