Tomato Bhat

Ingredients Tomatoes - 250 gms Onion - 1 Green Chillies - 2 Red Chillies - 2 Ginger Garlic Paste - 1 spoon Rice - 1 Cup Groundnuts - 25 gms Curry Leaves - 5 Turmeric powder - 1/4 spoon Salt - 2 spoons(optimum)/to taste Mustard seeds - 2 gms Chana Dal - 5 gms Udit Dal - 3 gms Jeera Seeds - 3 gms Procedure Boil the rice in a pressure cooker(take twice the amount of water) and  keep it ready. Take 4-5 spoons of oil in a pan and heat...

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Angry Potato

Ingredients 1) Potato - 3 large size 2) Onion - 1 3) Spring onion - 3 4) Corn flour - 3 spoon full 5) Red Chilli sauce - 2 spoons 6) Red Chillies - 5 7) Tomato Kechup - 1 spoon 8) Garlic  - 3 9) Ginger - 5 gms 10) Soya Sauce - 1 spoon 11) Black pepper - 1 spoon 12) Salt - 1 and half spoon Procedure 1. Take a bowl and add soya sauce, 1 spoon red chilli sauce, one and half  spoon corn flour and potatoes(cut into medium sized pieces)  and...

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Sambar

Ingredients 1) Toor Dal - 50 gms 2) Onion - 1 3) Green Chillies - 3 4) Drum Sticks - 1 5) Brinjol - 1 6) Ladies finger - 1 7) Tomato - 1 8) Tamarind - 10 gms 9) Sambar Powder - 1 spoon 10) Channa dal - 3 gms 11) Udit dal - 2 gms 12) Black Mustard seeds - 2 gms 13) curry leaves 14) Salt - 2 spoons 15) Red Chillie - 1 16) Jeera seeds - 2 gms 17) Garlic - 3 pieces 18) Red Chillie powder - 1/4 spoon 19) Red chillie - 1 Procedure 1. Boil the toor...

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Trek to Harishchandragad via TolarKhind

I had done a trek to Harishchandragad on 1st-2nd Sep. Harishchandragad is the fort situated in Ahmednagar District. There is a temple on the top which is well built. Trek Location Name: Harishcandragad Base Village : Khireshwar Base Distance: 210kms from Mumbai(approx) Route to reach base: From mumbai take eastern express way and get down at khubi fata. From khumbi fata take left nad reach the Khireshwar base village Ascent time: 4.5hrs Descent...

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Tomato Bhaaji

Ingredients 1) Tomato - 3 2) Green Chillies - 2 3) Malai - 100 ml 4) Methi - 10 gms 5) Jeera - 15 gms 6) Ground nuts - 30 gms 7) coriander powder  - 10 gms 8) Red Chilli powder - 5 gms 9) Asafoetida(hing) - 5 gms 10) Mustard seeds - 5 gms 11) Turmeric powder - 5 gms 12) Salt - 1 and half 13) Ginger - 5 gms Procedure 1. Take a bowl of water and boil it. 2. Once the water is boiled add two tomatoes to it and boil them. close the bowl with...

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Veg Schezwan Fried Rice

Ingredients 1) Rice - 1cup 2) Cauli flower - 100 gms 3) Beans - 100 gms 4) Carrot - 40 gms 5) Garlic - 10 gms 6) Ginger - 5 gms 7) Schezwan sauce - 1 and 1/2 spoon 8) Onion - 1 9) Black pepper - 1/2 spoon 10) Salt - 1 and 1/2 spoon 11) Vinegar - 1 spoon 12) Red Chilli Sauce - 1 spoon Procedure 1. Boil the rice in a pressure cooker.(take two cups of water for 1 cup) 2. Take oil(two spoons) in a pan and heat it. 3. Add ginger and garlic to oil...

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Aloo Cabbage Masala

Ingredients 1) Cabbage - 250 gms 2) Potato - 1 3) Onion - 1 4) Tomato - 1 5) Green Chillies - 2 6) Channa Dal - 5 gms 7) Urad Dal - 3 gms 8) Mustard Seeds - 2 gms 9) Garam Masala - 1 spoon 10) Salt - 1 spoon 11) Curry Leaves - 5 Procedure 1. Wash all the vegetables and then cut cabbage into small pieces. Peel the skin of potato and cut into small pieces. Finely chop the onion. Cut Chillies into small pieces and keep all of them ready. 2. Take...

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Bhindi Masala Fry

Ingredients 1) Bhindi - 250 gms 2) Onion - 1 3) Green Chilli - 3 4) Chana flour - 1 spoon full 5) Garam masala - 1/2 spoon 6) Jeera powder - 1/4 spon 7) salt - 1 spoon 8) Mustard seeds - 3 gms Procedure 1. Take the bhindi, wash and clean it properly. 2. Take oil in a pan(oil quantity such that the bhindi can be immersed) and  heat it. 3. Place the bhindi in the oil and fry it until it turns brown. 4. Take the fried bhindi in a separate...

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First Aid

I have attended a first-aid session on 29th July  at TATA Power Colony  Chembur. It was my first ever session. It was fabulous, very good knowledge  gaining session and I believe everyone should attend atleast few basic  sessions like this to be aware of basic precautions that need to be taken  to ensure that we do not do any harm to the fellow citizens even with  intention to be good. First Aid :  It is the...

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Trek To Naneghat

I had done a trek to Naneghat on 7th July. Naneghat is the mountain pass near Junnar in Pune district of Maharashtra which was extensively used as a trade route  between Kalyan and Junnar during the reign of the Satavahana (200 BCE–190 CE). Literally, the name nane means "coin" and ghat means "pass". The name is given because  this path was used as a tollbooth to collect toll from traders crossing the hills. The pinnacle at naneghat...

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Sev Upma

Ingredients 1) Vermicelli - 1 cup 2) Onion - 1 3) Tomato - 1 4) Groundnuts - 50 gms 5) Green Chillies - 2 6) Red Chilli - 1 7) Chana Dal - 5 gms 8) Udit Dal - 3 gms 9) Mustard seeds - 2 gms 10) Salt - 1 spoonfull 11) Curry leaves - 4 12) Jeera seeds - 5 gms 13) Refined Oil - 2 spoons 14) Water - 2 cups Procedure 1. Take oil in pan and heat it. Add mustard seeds, chana dal, udit dal, red chilli(make it to 2 -3 pieces), green chillies, curry leaves...

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Mumbai to Hyderabad

I went to Hyderabad on 21st July by bus. Journey Details: Travels: HKB, muli axle, volvo, semi sleeper Time: 8:45 pm vashi old toll naka Date: 20th July 2012, Friday Journey experience: I reached Vashi stop at 7:45 pm. Had  dinner and reached the boarding point by 8:30 pm. The bus arrived late as expected but just half an hour late. 9:15pm the bus  arrived at Vashi. Bought Water bottle, Chips packet and boarded the bus. I booked a...

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Trek to Prabalgad

I had done a trek to Prabalgad on 14th July. The fort on top of Prabalgad is destroyed by the British. It is one of the twin forts along with Kalavantin. Trek Location Name: Prabalgad Base Village : Thakurwadi Distance: 53km from Mumbai and 14 km from Panvel Route to reach base: From mumbai take eastern express way, reach panvel. take a rick(or tum tum) and reach Thakurwadi.(On the way we cross Shedung Phata, Belavli and Vardoli) Ascent time:...

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Tomato Dal

Ingredients 1) Toor Dal - 1 cup 2) Tomato - 3 3) Green Chillies - 2 4) Red Chilllies - 2 5) Tamarind - 10 gms 6) Garlic - 2 7) Mustard seeds - 3 gms 8) Chana Dal - 5 gms 9) Udit Dal - 3 gms 10) Jeera seeds - 3 gms 11) Curry leaves - 5 12) Turmeric Powder - 1/5th spoon 13) Salt - 1 spoon full 14) Coriander Leaves - for garnish Procedure 1. Boil the toor dal(for one cup of dal take two cups of water). While rice  is prepared, soak the tamarind...

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Curd Rice

Ingredients 1) Rice - 1 cup 2) Milk - 1 cup 3) Curd - 1/2 cup 4) green chillies - 2 5) red chillies - 2 6) Mustard seed - 3 gm 7) Jeera seeds - 5 gm 8) curry leaves - 5 9) Salt - 2 spoonfull 10) Coriander leaves - optional Procedure 1. Boil the rice(in pressure cooker) and keep it ready. Cool the boiled  rice. 2. Add milk and curd to the cold rice. Mix them well. 3. Cut the green chillies into small pieces and add them to the aboce mix....

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Lohagad Trek

I had done a trek to Lohagad on 7th July. There is a fort on top of the  hill which is of 2000 year old. Lohagad fort is also known as Iron Fort. It  is on west of Visapur Fort(They are twin forts). Trek Location Name: Lohagad Base Village : Lohagad Base Distance: 130kms from Mumbai(approx) Route to reach base: From mumbai take eastern express way take the next  exit from lonavala(Karla exit). Once the exit is taken, there is Kusgaon...

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Trek to Chanderi

I had done a trek to Chanderi on 1st July. It is actually a hill and the top is big rock(pinnacle) and technical climbing skills are required to reach the top. I went upto the base of the pinnacle.  Trek Location Name: Chanderi Base Village : Tamsai Distance: 53km from Mumbai and 14 km from Panvel Route to reach base: From Mumbai take eastern express way, reach Panvel. take a rick(or tum tum) and reach tamsai. Ascent time: 2hr 30 mins Descent...

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Tamarind Rice

Ingredients 1) Rice - 1 cup full 2) Tamarind - 50 gms 3) Ground nut - 50 gms 4) Chana Dal - 5gms 5) Udit dal - 5 gms 6) Turmeric powder - 1 spoon 7) Green chilli - 3(large in size) 8) Red chilli 9) oil - 4 spoon 10) Curry Leaves - 5 11) Sesame seeds powder - 1 spoon 12) Salt - 2 spoon full Procedure 1. Boil the rice(in pressure cooker) and keep it ready. While rice is prepared, soak the tamarind in water(tamarind should be completely in immersed...

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French Fries

Ingredients 1)Potatoes- 3 large/long 2)Salt - 1/2 tea spoon Procedure 1. Take the three potatoes, peel off the skin and wash properly. 2. Take the potatoes in a bowl, add water(until the potatoes are fully immersed) and put the bowl in pressure cooker and put the cooker on stove. 3. Keep the flame high and wait for 3 whistles. Turn off the cooker and take the bowl and cool it for 5 mins(they should be dry). 4. Cut the potatoes into thin vertical...

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Swami Vivekananda School Visit

I had visited Swami Vivekananda School(alias Aadivasi high school) on 23rd June 2012. I went to the school as a representative of a company which has adopted the school for the welfare of the children. My main purpose of visit is to hand over the weekly donation for the food supplies and to spend some time with the children. About School : It is a small school in Valvanda(Thane district) which comprises of three blocks. First block comprises...

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Dukes Nose Trek

 I had done a trek to Dukes Nose on 16th June 2012. It is actually a pinnacle and hence the name Nose. This name was given by the British. Previously it was known as Nagphani. Trek Location Name: Duke's Nose Base Village: Kurvanda Distance: 150Km (approx) from Mumbai Route Glimpse: Travel on Mumbai-Pune Express Way, take Khandal exit, Locate INS Shivaji Board and reach base. Ascent time: 90 mins Descent time: 45 mins Height of the...

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Trek Introduction

What: Trek is one of the greatest exercises that helps one to improve both mental and physical strength. That is why walking at home or walking on road up to bus stop/office/bank is not trekking(It is a normal walk that just helps to reduce some calories). Trek means walking, climbing to achieve higher altitudes, it symbolizes the heights we reach in our strengths. How: To do trek, we select a hill, reach to the base village of the hill...

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Groundnut Chutney

Ingredients 1) Groundnuts - 250 gm 2) red chillies - 3 3) Mustard Seed - 2 gm 4) Salt - 1 spooon 5) oil - 1 spoon Procedure 1. Take groundnuts in pan and fry them without any oil for 5 mins, the colour of groundnuts become dark and blackspot appears on them. 2. collect the fried grouondnuts in a vessel and now take oil, mustard seeds and red chillies in the pan and heat them 2 mins, until the mustard seeds get fried and chillie colour changes. 3....

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Spicy Noodles

Ingredients 1) Plain Hakka Noodles() - 150 gm 2) Cabbage - 30gm - finely chopped into small pieces 3) Carrot - 30gm - finely chopped strips 4) Capsicum - 1/4th of 1 capsicum - cut into small pieces 5) Soya Sauce - 3 spoons 6) Chilli Vinegar - 2 spoons 7) Ajinomoto(tasting salt) - 1/4th spoon 8) Tomato Chilli Sauce 9) Red Chilli Powder - 1 spoon 10) Oil - for fry 11) Salt - as per taste 12) Onion - 1 - chop finely as springs. Procedure 1. Take...

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Gobi Manchurian Dry

Ingredients 1) Cauliflower - take florets(10-12) 2) All purpose Flour/Maida - 3 spoons full 3) Corn Flour - 3 spoons full 4) Garlic - (3 flakes - cut into small pieces) 5) Ginger - (small piece - cut into small pieces(same quantity as of garlic)) 6) Ginger Garlic paste - 1 spoon full 7) Capsicum - (1/4th of the capsicum) 8) Milk - 1/4 cup 9) Green Chillies - 3 , cut into small pieces 10) Hot Water - 1/2 Cup 11) Soya Sauce - 3 spoons 12) Tomato-Chilli...

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