How do we celebrate pongal

Pongal is one of the most famous southindian festival. Here is how we celebrate it in my inlaws home. Pongal is celebrated for 3 days of which 2nd day is the main festival during which rice is boiled with fresh milk and jaggery in new pots, which are later topped with brown sugar, cashew nuts and raisins early in the morning and allowing it to boil over the vessel. Later the cooked rice along with various vegetables is displayed in the front hall of the house in banana leaves in memory of our ancestors.The best part is, after that the food in the banana leaves will be share and ate by everybody in the house. To tell the truth, I havent tasted such a tasty food like that in my life.

The third day is for offering thanks to cattle, as they help farmer in different ways for agriculture. On this day the cattle are decorated with paint, flowers and bells. They are allowed to roam free and fed sweet rice and sugar cane .

My Chinese Class!!!!

One Month before joining IMBA i attened chinese classes. It was one of the most unforgettable experience in my life. I really had a great fun in the class and got good friends .Teachers were so excellent and we dint really feel bore of attending 7 hours of chinese class everyday . We also had one day dedicated for culture class , where we had lot of activities like painting,tea party, and also games..

Two teachers whome we all cant forget is Mr.Qiu laoshi(pharoh) and Miss.wu laoshi(carol).We had a great time with them.Pharaoh took us to taipei and we enjoyed there in danshui the whole day and we tried different kind of chinese food and drinks.

Wu laoshi took us to teppanyakki and introduced one of the tasty taiwanese dessert called mango shaved ice.It was full of mango,milk,sugar,ice which is crushed .It was so delicious.

My Experience at keelung

Hi all,

For the first time in my life I got in to a ship with my husband to meet his friend.I was so excited to see inside a ship . Sealife is something which I have not experienced in my life. It was so thrilling. It is not a passenger ship just a container ship. We went inside and there were lot of compartments,rooms and quite confusing to go around inside.Then we went to the place where ship captain manoeuver the ship. I tried ( not exactly..just for photo) controlling the ship.... Overall it was such a great experience eventhough i was little bit of seasick....

What Friendship mean ?..... nice one

Friendship is not about “I m sorry “ its about “Dei un thappu than ithu..“

Friendship is not about “I m there for u” or “I missed u “ it’s about “Enga poi tholanja “

Friendship is not about “I understand “ its about “Ellam unnala than“

Friendship is not about “I care for u “ its about “Pannada unnai vitutu enga poven naan “

Friendship is not about “I m happy for ur success “its about “Kelambu un treat “

Friendship is not about “I love that girl“ its about “Dei mariyadaiah paru athu un thangachi.. “

Friendship is not about “R u coming for outing tomorrow “ its about “ Dei naalaiku trip porom vera engayum poi tholaikatha “

Friendship is not about “Get well soon “ its about “ Ivlo kudicha ipaadi than agum“

Friendship is not about “All the best for ur career“its about “pannathu varaikum pothum, kelambu vera velaya paru“

Why wedding ring wore on 4th finger very interesting !!

Hi guys!! I got this email from friend and it is very interesting !!!!!

Thumb represents your -- Parents

Second (Index) finger represents your -- Siblings

Middle finger represents your -- Self

Fourth (Ring) finger represents your -- Life Partner & Last (Little) finger represents your - Children
Firstly, open your palms (face to face), bend the middle fingers and hold them together - back to back
Secondly, open and hold the remaining three fingers and the thumb - tip to tip (As shown in the figure )
Now, try to Separate your Thumbs (representing the parents)..., they will open, because your parents are not destined to live with you lifelong (Sorry but its the Truth), and have to leave you sooner or later.
Please join your thumbs as before and separate your Index fingers (representing siblings)... ., they will also open, because your brothers and sisters will have their own families and will have to lead their own separate lives. Now join the Index fingers and separate your Little fingers (representing your children)... ., they will open too, because the children also will get married and settle down on their own some day.
Finally, join your Little fingers, and try to separate your Ring fingers (representing your spouse). You will be surprised to see that you just CAN NOT .., Coz Husband &Wife have to remain together all their lives - through thick and thin.. !!
ISN'T THIS A LOVELY THEORY.. ??

Rice Kheer - Easy dessert

1litre milk

1cup Rice

6 tbsp almonds /cashews

5 tbsp skinned pistachio nuts (chopped)(optional)

5 tbsp raisins (optional)

Sugar around 1 cup and then u can taste and add more.

Keep milk in a thick bottom pan. When it boils put the rice which is cleaned and soaked for 30 mins.Simmer gently till the rice is soft and milk thickens and stirring in between so that it doesn’t sticks to bottom.Add the almonds, pistachios and raisins and sugar and stir till the sugar completely dissolves.Serve hot or chilled.

Know what you eat !!!

Did anybody wondered what percentage of fat,carbohydrate and protein a normal adult should consume. Well here is the calculation. Please follow this and stay healthy. It proved very effective to me.

Every person burn some amount of calories and consume some amount of calories in the form of food. If the consumed calorie is very high , then he becomes fat. To maintain the same weight amount of calorie burnt should be same as calorie consumed on average. In a balanced diet the following percentage of carbohydrate,fat and protein should be present.

If Calorie consumed - 1500kcal/day(Breakfast+lunch+Dinner)

% of carbohydrate = 57% = 855kcal(57%of 1500) = 214gms per day

(1gm of carbohydrate = 4kcal)

% of fat = 25% = 375kcal(25% of 1500) = 42gms per day

(1gm of fat=9kcal)

% of protein=18% = 270kcal(18%of 1500) = 67.5gms per day

( 1gm of protein=4kcal )

If you want to calculate how much calorie you are burning you can use this site http://www.stevenscreek.com/goodies/calories.shtml

If you want to calculate how much calorie you can consume each day you can use this site http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Stay healthy !!!!!!!!!!!

Veg. Rice – Pressure Cooker method

Hi ladies , Getting tired of making veg.rice. Here is the easy way to make that. It will take just 10 minutes. Ofcourse excluding vegetable’s “cutting” time . You can give that job to your husband :) . Try it out and leave your comments.

Ingredients (for 2 persons):

Carrot – 1
Beans- few bunch(10-15 pieces)
Green Peas – 1cup(or as per your requirement)
Onion – ½
Garlic – 2 cloves
Oil/ghee – 1 tablespoon
Corriander – optional
Sambar Powder – ½ table spoon
Five Spice powder-1/2 table spoon
Uncooked Rice – 1 cup
Salt – as per your requirement

Method:

In the pressure cooker add little oil and fry onion and garlic. Then add carrot,beans,green peas and fry until it turns brown.Then add sambar and five spice powder. Wash the rice and add that to the vegetables and pour 2 cups of water and salt.You can add little ghee to make it non-sticky. Add coriander leaves and cover the pressure cooker with lid. Keep it in high mode for one whistle and simmer mode for 8 minutes. Veg rice is ready. You can make cucumber or onion raitha and have it with veg rice. Tastes delicious

Easy Chutney

This chutney is fast and easy to make.This is my own recipie.Try this everyone and please leave your comments.

Peanut chutney:

Ingredients :

Peanut – 1 cup
Yogurt – 1/4cup
Red chilli- ½(Based on you spice level)
Salt,asafetida powder
Corriander - optional

Method:
Fry peanuts in tawa until it turns brown. Grind peanut,corrainder,yogurt and salt together and add asafetida powder. Chutney is ready. You can have it dosa or u can also use it as bread spread.

Simple Breakfast

Hi guys, I found this recipie in internet and was very useful for me . Please try this in your home and leave your comments on my blog
Oats Dosa :
Ingredients: 250gm Quaker Oats(old fashioned)
50gm upma sooji(Rava) 1-2 green chillis
small piece of ginger
Method:
　Soak Quaker oats for 30 mins. Drain all the water. Grind it with 1-2 green chillis and a little bit of ginger, without adding much water. Dough should be around the idli-dough consistency. Add around 50gm upma sooji to the grinded dough, and add salt to taste. Thats it! You will have a ready-to-use dough... no need to ferment. Make thick dosas with the oats dough. Serve hot, with mint or coconut chutney.