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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